In Today's Case: Suicide or Murder?
Tess groaned as Rachel continued to shake her violently. "Tess! Get up! It's time for school!" Rachel yelled in her ear. Tess pulled her blankets up over her head blocking Rachel out.
"No!" Tess yelled back as she also placed the pillow onto her head. Rachel crossed her arms and began to tap her finger as her eyebrow slightly twitched.
Darien and Conan stood outside of the room listening to everything.
"TESSS! GET! UP!" They heard Rachel yell. Then there was a loud thud.
"OUCH!" screamed Tess. Darien tried not to laugh because he knew if Rachel heard him. He was going to be in trouble as well. Conan shook his head as he listened to the two cousins yell at each other from within the room.
'Man, why doesn't Tess just get up and make Rachel happy?' Conan asked himself. Then there was another thud.
"OUCH!" Yelled Rachel. "TESS! GET! YOUR! BUTT! OUT OF BED! NOOOOOOOOW!" There was really loud thud.
"OUCH! ALRIGHT! ALRIGHT! I'm up!" Tess shouted. Rachel walked out of the room as she looked at Darien and Conan who stood there wide eyed.
"What?" Rachel asked.
"What did you do to her?" Darien asked. Rachel shook her head.
"Never mind that." Rachel said as she took her seat onto the couch. Tess came running out of her room still in her pajamas.
"Rachel! Where are my clothes!" Tess asked her as she slammed her hands by her side. Rachel looked up at her smiling.
"There being washed." Rachel answered. Tess started to twitch. "That means your going to have to where that outfit I bought you when we went to the store."
"I am not! Wearing! PINK!" Tess shouted. Rachel stood up as she forced her younger cousin into the room.
"Yes you are! Those are the only clothes you have to wear!" Rachel said as she shut the door. Tess growled from the other side of the door and then punched it making a loud thud.
Tess soon came back out wearing the red shirt that showed off her figure that said "I'm yours till someone cuter comes by." Her light pink jeans with the red belt on them hugged around her legs nicely showing off her lower figure. Darien smiled as Tess punched him in the arm.
"Shut up!" Tess shouted as she grabbed her leather jacket off of the coat hanger.
"No! No!" Rachel shouted as she snatched the jacket out of her hands. Tess blinked as she looked at Rachel. "You can't wear that! It doesn't match." Rachel said as she turned to the coat hanger hanging back up her leather jacket. "Here." Rachel handed Tess a dark pinkish jean jacket. Tess stared at the jacket as she pointed to it.
"When… did you… get that?" Tess asked. Rachel smiled as she picked up Tess's hand making her grab it.
"I bought it for you when I bought those clothes. You didn't notice?" Rachel asked. Tess sighed.
"I guess she didn't." Conan said as he placed his hands behind his head. "She must be blind as a bat." He added. Tess glared over at him.
"Hey!" She shouted as she turned to look at him. "Watch what you say… PUNK!" Suddenly Conan let out a yell. Tess was chasing him down the stairs and out the door down the street. Rachel and Darien walked to the window. They both sighed as Rachel picked up her backpack and Tess's. Darien picked up his and Conan's and they were both out the door.
They caught up with Tess and Conan at the crosswalk. Tess had Conan in a tight head lock giving him a nuggie as he struggled to get out of her hold. Rachel ripped Conan away as Tess blinked a few times. Conan stuck out his tongue and Tess went to grab him again but Rachel glared at her and she backed down. Darien couldn't help but laugh. He's never seen Tess back down from someone in his life! But Rachel was pretty scary looking when she glared at you.
Once they crossed the street. Conan met up with Amy, Mitch, and George. Tess, Rachel, and Darien met up with Sirena and they both went their separate ways. Conan was glad that he got away from Tess due to she was violent! But he provoked it though.
"So how was your summer Conan?" Amy asked him as she walked along the right side of him.
Conan shrugged his shoulders, "it was alright."
"Did Tess take you on any wild adventures?" Mitch asked from the left of Conan.
"No." Conan answered. George, who was walking behind him, spoke up.
"Are you kidding! My mom saw what happened on the news! You and Tess were brought to the hospital when that cruise set itself back into the docks!" George shouted.
"Well…" Conan didn't know what to say. How was he going to get out of this one?
"I heard Tess jumped off of the cruise ship to get you after you were thrown over board." Mitch said. Conan looked at him and laughed nervously. Amy crossed her arms and looked away not wanting to hear anymore since she was slightly jealous of Tess being around Conan so much.
"Yeah well… she did it to save my life…" Conan's voice trailed off when he noticed Amy looking away.
"It must be cool living with Tess again for another year!" George shouted out. Conan nodded his head.
"Yeah." Conan replied. 'What is he thinking! Living with Tess is suicide!' Conan thought to himself.
Rachel handed Tess her backpack. "Here." Tess looked at her from the right and smiled.
"Thanks. I wish you would've left it there." Tess said as she swung it over her shoulders.
"Well I didn't. And plus, I don't think you want to carry all of those books that we're going to get by hand do you?" Rachel asked. Tess blinked and then shook her head.
"No… I guess you're right." Tess said. Darien looked at Rachel, Sirena, and Tess.
"You guys are going to have to help me get around in the school. Since I'm new." He said.
"Sure we'll help ya!" Sirena yelled as she inched her way to the left of Darien. "Maybe you'll get all of my classes and I can walk with you." Sirena said smiling. Darien laughed nervously as she inched himself away from Sirena.
"Um… yeah…" he said as his voice trailed off.
"I hope you didn't get any of my classes. I'll get in so much trouble with your fooling around." Tess said as she crossed her arms.
"Who did you get for a homeroom teacher?" Rachel asked. Tess looked at her and started thinking.
"Hold on… let me think… um… I got…" before Tess could answer Darien spoke up.
"Mr Jove?" Darien asked. Tess looked at him as she nodded her head.
"How did you know?" Tess asked.
"I'm in all of your classes." Darien answered smiling. Tess's mouth dropped open. Sirena crossed her arms as she looked away.
'Why does she get the cute guy?' Sirena thought to herself. Rachel smiled as she listened to Tess flip out on Darien telling him that he better not get her into trouble.
'That's so cute! I can tell Darien has something for Tess.' Rachel thought to herself.
The day came and went, well the school hours anyway. Tess stood at the gate of Conan's school waiting for him since Rachel went over Sirena's house and Darien went straight home to get some sleep.
Tess looked around at all the little kids. She couldn't believe at how many there were. She's never seen so many in her life. In the elementary schools and America there isn't this many kids there… is there?
"Conan!" Tess called out as she spotted Conan walking over to the gate. He looked up and smiled. He ran up to her looking up at her.
"Where's Rachel?" he asked.
"She went over Sirena's house and Darien went straight home to get some sleep." Tess said.
"Hello there Conan." Came a voice. Tess and Conan looked over to see a girl standing there.
"Ai?" he asked as he blinked a few times.
"Who's this Conan? You're little girlfriend?" Tess asked as she smiled.
"Hardly." Ai snapped back. Tess blinked.
"Well you didn't have to be so rude!" Tess shouted as she crossed her arms. Ai rolled her eyes as she looked at Conan.
"Can I talk to you about something?" Ai asked.
"If it's about the antidote Dr Agasa is making it's alright you can talk about it here." Conan said as he stuck his hands into his pockets. "Tess knows that I'm not Conan and that I'm Jimmy Kudo."
"What did you tell her?" Ai asked. Conan shook his head.
"No. I found out." Tess said. She looked down at Conan. "Now, if its about the antidote she really wants to talk about it how about I take you guys to get some ice cream… after I change back into my normal clothes."
"I don't need ice cream from you." Ai said. Tess looked down at her.
"Fine! I'll take you guys you guys out somewhere. Come on." Tess said. She started to head back down to Richard's Office with Conan and Ai following. Tess didn't like Ai do to the fact that she was rude to her. 'I've never seen a rude child in my life! But… how does she know about Jimmy's secret?' Tess asked as she looked back at Ai.
They got to the office. Tess opened the door letting Ai and Conan in. "You guys wait out here." Tess said as she shut the door placing her backpack onto the floor. She walked into her room and shut the door. Ai walked over to one of the couches and sat down.
"Who is she?" Ai asked as Conan walked over.
"That's Tess Moore. Rachel's cousin." Conan answered.
"How do you not know that she's working for the Black Organization?" Ai asked him.
"Because Tess wouldn't do that because she would know she's putting Rachel and Richard in danger." Conan answered.
Ai crossed her arms, "still. I don't trust her."
"Whatever Ai." Conan said. Tess's door opened and out came Tess putting her bandanna on.
"Alright. Are you two ready?" she asked. They nodded their heads. "Oh wait, I got to leave a note for Richard and Rachel." Tess added as she walked to Richard's desk writing down a note onto the desk sized calendar. "Okay now we can go." Tess said as she slipped her cell phone into her leather jacket pocket.
They left the house and walked down the street to a diner. There they ordered drinks and got them within 5 seconds.
"Here you go miss." The waiter said as he placed Tess's drink in front of her.
"Thank you." Tess said as she took a slip out of her diet coke.
"Who wanted to the Pepsi?" the waiter asked. Ai, sitting next to Conan raised her hand. The waiter smiled as he slid the cup down to her. "And you wanted the coke?" he asked Conan he nodded his head. "I'll be back to take your orders." The waiter said as he disappeared down the hallway.
"Alright, now what do you have to say about the antidote?" Tess asked as she pushed her drink to the side.
"Well I simply want to know who found it and how." Ai answered as she took a drink from her Pepsi. Conan looked at Ai.
"Tess found it." Conan said. Ai stopped drinking as she looked up at Tess who was smiling.
"How did you find it?" Ai asked Tess almost with a glare in her eye. Tess blinked a few times.
"Well… a year ago Harley Hartwell came into town and…"
"The teen detective from the west?" Ai asked.
"Yeah." Conan answered.
"Anyway, he had a bottle of Sake with him. Jimmy was sick and he gave him a cup. Well that day there was murderer and he had passed out and after Rachel took him down stairs…"
"I turned back into my normal self." Conan said.
Ai nodded her head, "nice story. But how did you get the Sake? I'm assuming the Harley took the bottle with him and you don't look old enough to pay a bottle." Ai said. Tess nodded her head as she took a quick drink out of her diet coke.
"Your right. I'm not old enough to pay a bottle of Sake. But you're assuming that Harley took the bottle with him. Did you know the mother of all assumptions is the mother of all mess ups?" Tess asked as she placed her cup down onto the table. Ai sat there looking at Tess. "Harley didn't take the sake bottle with him back to the west. He left it at Richard's office on his desk."
"So how did you get a hold of it?" Ai asked again.
"Rachel had taken it away putting it onto the shelf where I couldn't reach it." Conan answered her. Ai looked at him and then at Tess as she started speaking.
"And when I came back to Japan for another visit I decided to do Jimmy a favor. I took the bottle off of the shelf and brought it to Dr Agasa." Tess stated twirling her straw around within her cup.
"And from there Tess and Dr Agasa started to play around and Tess came up with the antidote." Conan added. Tess nodded her head agreeing.
"It seems to me Ai…" Tess started as she looked up at Ai from her cup, "that you're also a victim to this pill." Tess added.
"I am." Ai said, "but I'm just no victim." Ai added. Tess blinked as she kept listening to Ai. "I was the one who created that pill."
"You were?" Tess asked shocked.
"Yes." Ai answered.
"Then you worked for the Black Origination." Tess stated. Ai nodded her head.
"Looks like you think." Ai said as she took a drink. Tess was really starting to get annoyed by this girl. And Conan could tell that she was inches away from snapping.
"Ai wanted to kill herself so she used her own drug but…"
"I seem to have made an error while making it. Instead of killing someone it shrinks them into a kid."
"I noticed that." Tess snapped at her. "So what's your name?"
"Haibara." Ai told her.
"No your real name." Tess said.
"Why should I tell you?" Ai asked as she looked at her, "how do I not know that you aren't working for the Black Organization yourself." She added.
"I'm not working for a gang that wants to kill Jimmy and you." Tess said to her. Ai smirked.
"But how do I know that? For all I know that you could be working for them and just not telling us." Ai said as she looked up at her.
"Look, you can trust Tess." Conan said to Ai. Ai looked at him.
"How do you know you can trust Tess yourself?" Ai asked him. Conan blinked a few times.
"Do you want your proof you can trust me?" Tess asked. Ai looked at her and nodded her head.
"Yes I do."
"Here! Look!" tess reached into her back pocket pulling out her wallet throwing it across the table to Ai. Conan could hear the anger within Tess's voice. He knew that Tess had had enough of Ai's attitude. "Look instead my wallet!" Tess shouted. Ai picked up her wallet as she pushed her drink to the side. She opened her wallet to see her FBI license. "That's my FBI license. I'm an FBI agent from America." Tess said trying to calm down. Ai looked up at Tess as she closed her wallet throwing it back across the table.
"How do I not know that's fake?" Ai asked. Tess closed her eyes as she breathed slowly. Conan could see that she was angry now. Tess slid out of the booth table and stood up as she reached over grabbing onto her wallet putting it back into her back pocket.
"If you don't believe me fine." Tess said.
"Why are you getting angry? Are you mad that I can see right through you?" Ai asked. Tess slammed her hand onto the table making Conan and Ai jump slightly.
"No! I'm angry because I don't like your attitude and I had about enough of it!" Tess shouted. Everyone looked over at her. tess whipped around looking at them "What! Have you ever seen an angry American before!" tess snapped at the crowd. She turned back around to face Conan and Ai. "I'm going to go to the bathroom and calm down. Tell the waiter I'll be back if he comes before I get back." Tess walked down the aisle and disappeared into the bathroom.
Conan looked at Ai, "now you've done it." Conan said to her.
"She's angry because I saw right through her." Ai said as she took a drink from her soda.
"No. She's angry because of your attitude." Conan corrected.
"Well, if she doesn't like it she'll have to deal with it." Ai said. Conan shook his head.
A couple of minutes went by and Tess was now sitting down across from Ai and Conan where she was sitting.
"Are you alright Tess?" Conan asked her. Tess nodded her head.
"Yeah, just peachy." She answered.
"Are you ready to order?" the waiter asked. Tess looked at him. She saw that this wasn't the same waiter as before. She glanced at Conan and Ai to see that they had noticed too.
"Excuse me… but… where's the other waiter?" Tess asked. the waiter they had now pulled out a click pen.
"He went for his break." He answered. "Are you ready to answer?" he asked. Tess shrugged her shoulders. She kept looking at the waiter funny as Conan and Ai ordered. She knew that this man looked familiar. So familiar that it gave her the chills. "Miss what will you have?" he asked.
"Oh I'll have the Flat Iron." Tess answered.
"How would I like it cooked?"
"Well done."
"Alright, I'll be right back with your orders." The waiter disappeared. Tess looked at the table trying to figure out who he looked like but she couldn't figure it out.
"Something wrong Tess?" Conan asked. Tess looked up as Ai turned her head slightly not wanting to look at her.
"Um… no." Tess answered.
After their new waiter came back with their food; Tess had finally figured out who he was. She looked down at her food and stood up.
"Where are you going?" Ai asked rudely.
"I'll be back… just keep on eating." Tess answered as she followed the waiter. But when she was going to turn the corner into the kitchen her cell phone started to buzz. Tess closed her eyes as she mouthed a swear. She took out her buzzing cell phone and answered it. "Hello… oh hi Rachel… I'm at the diner down the street with Conan and Ai… oh really? Alright me and Conan will be there soon. Do you mind if Ai comes along? Okay then I'll drop her off at Dr Agasa's… alright see you soon." Tess hung up and headed her way back to the table. "Richard got a case." She said to them.
"Alright." Conan said as he pushed him empty plat away. "I'm finished anyway." He said as she stood up.
"Ai, we're going to drop you off at Dr Agasa's place."
"No. I can walk there myself." Ai said as she scooted her way out of the booth and out the door.
"Gr… I hate her attitude." Tess mumbled.
"A lot of people do. Now I know why the Black Organization wants her dead." Conan said.
"They what?" Tess asked.
"They want her dead." Conan answered.
"Oh… I hope they succeed." Tess said as she placed a 50 dollar bill onto the table and walked out the door with Conan following her.
"You don't mean that Tess."
"How do you know?" she asked.
"Because I know you better then that to know that you wouldn't want someone like her dead." Conan answered. Tess sighed.
"You're right Jimmy… I just can't stand her attitude!" Tess yelled.
"I can't either." Conan stated.
"And I also don't know why she doesn't trust me." Tess said as she stuck her hands into her jacket pockets.
"It takes Ai a while for her to get to trust someone." Conan said to her.
Tess sighed, "she used to be like me."
"What do you mean?"
"Well… when I first became an FBI agent I had a hard time trusting my partner considering he was a male and I was a young female teen. Till he saved my life I started to trust him."
"Oh…"
"My trust doesn't come easy in guys older then me." Tess stated. Conan nodded his head.
"I understand why. So did Rachel tell you anything about this case?" He asked Tess.
Tess shook her head, "no. she just told me that she got a case." Conan nodded his head. Tess looked forward trying to figure out where that guy came from and where she has seen him before. She wasn't going to worry about it now because she had a case to solve.
Tess and Conan got to Richard's office to see Rachel and Richard standing on the side walk. Richard had his hands on his hips.
"What took you so long?" he asked. Tess looked at him as she opened the door for Conan letting him in.
"If you don't mind I took Conan and a friend that he introduced to me out for lunch… or something like that, mostly dinner." Tess answered as she got into the car shutting the door. Rachel got in front. She turned and looked at Tess.
"Who was it?" Rachel asked.
"Haibara." Conan answered. Rachel nodded her head as she looked at Tess.
"How did you like her?" Rachel asked.
"She was okay… but I didn't like he attitude!" Tess shouted shivering at her attitude that's how much she hated it.
"No gun today?" Richard asked as he got into the car. Tess blinked a few times as she sighed.
"When do I not bring my gun?" Tess asked as she reached to her left hip pulling her gun out pulling the hammer back pulling the trigger. Rachel jumped getting ready for a bullet to hit the roof but nothing came. Just a click. "But it's empty." Tess said as she placed it back into its holster.
"Ah… well doesn't that suck?" Richard asked as he started up the car. They took off down the street.
They finally pulled up to a white house. It was a fair size nothing to be complaining about. They walked up to the door that was already opened. Tess and Conan were the first to walk in and get cracking on the case. They both suck together as they walked toward a body. The body was a man. His upper body laid over the couch. The tip of the man's toes just touched the floor. Blood poured out the side of his head and a gun laid in his hand. Both Tess and Conan found it odd by the way this man was placed onto the couch like he was.
"It's suicide alright." Inspector Maguire said as he walked over to Conan and Tess with Richard and Rachel following. Tess looked at him as Conan continued to look at the body.
"That's what you think." Tess said as she looked back at the body. Richard stepped forward as he pointed at the man's body.
"Come on Tess! The man is holding the gun in his own hand!" Richard yelled at her. Tess placed her finger onto her chest as she pushed her uncle back slightly.
"Point?" Tess asked.
"Mr. Moore's point is that he killed himself and there's no other way." A woman said as she walked forward. Tess blinked as she looked over at her. There stood a woman dressed in jeans and a T-shirt.
"Who are you?" Tess asked as she looked at her.
"My name is Kayo and I'm the sister of this man who is Jake." Kayo answered as she crossed her arms. Conan looked up at the woman.
'Another woman to get on Tess's nerves.' Conan thought to himself. Tess shoed the woman away wanting nothing to do with her.
"Whatever…" She said as she turned to the body. "Since you're his sister… do you know if he was depressed at all?" Tess asked as she turned to Kayo again.
"No not that I know of… why?"
"Because that's why a lot of people kill themselves. From depression. And if you say he wasn't depressed then why would he kill himself?" Tess asked. Kayo let out a slight laugh.
"Are you kidding me? Your having a teenager do this case? This is even more pathetic. And she's an American as well."
"I'm not American." Tess snapped. "I'm Japanese, I just live in America."
"So? That makes you American in my point of view. My brother was also an American like you." Kayo said. This sent red flags to Conan and Tess. It was obvious that she hated Americans or anyone who lived in America.
"I hate raciest people like you." Tess growled.
"And I hate Americans like you." Kayo snapped back. Tess and Kayo were now locked with eye to eye contact. Conan could see the anger in Tess's eyes as she continued to stare at. He knew if someone didn't break this staring contest someone was going to get hurt.
Then Tess did something that was totally unsuspected by her. She turned her back and said: "You're not worth getting angry about." She said as she looked at the body. Rachel's mouth dropped open as she watched her cousin examine the body. Kayo had turned her back and walked towards the door.
"Wait you can't leave yet." Tess quickly said as she looked up. Kayo turned and looked at her. Almost with a glare in her eye.
"And why not?" Kayo asked. Then the door opened and in came Darien. Kayo turned to look at him but Tess pointed at Darien.
"Don't let her leave Darien!" Tess shouted. Darien spread his arms out stopping her from going anywhere. Kayo growled as she turned and faced Tess.
"Why are you keeping me here? It's clear that he killed himself!" Kayo shouted as she stormed her way over to Tess. Tess who was walked around the couch and now standing in front Kayo; pushed her back slightly.
"Because we don't know exactly if he killed himself or not! And right now! You're the prime suspect! So have a seat and stay awhile!" Tess shouted as she pointed to a chair at the other end of the room. Kayo glared and didn't move from her spot. Conan went to say something to Tess and so didn't Darien and everyone else. But Tess quickly grasped onto Kayo's arm tightly and dragged her over to the chair. She placed her in front of it and then pushed her down. "HAVE… A… SEAT!" Tess shouted. Kayo looked at her arm to see a red mark.
"I can press charges on you!" Kayo shouted. Tess got down into her face.
"Go ahead. See what I care." Tess said softly to her. Kayo then shut her mouth and didn't say another word. Tess turned around to see Darien, Conan, Rachel, Richard, and Inspector Maguire looking at her with wide eyes. She shook her head and walked back to the body.
Richard and Inspector Maguire went to talk about the body as Rachel stood by Kayo trying to get information out of her. Darien stood with Inspector Maguire and Richard trying to get information that Tess might need. And like always Tess and Conan were by the body.
Tess got down onto her knees looking at the hand with the gun in it. Yes his finger was on the trigger. And yes there was a burn mark on his temple where the gun would have been placed. His body did show signs of suicide. But Tess knew it was more then that.
"There's got to be something missing here…" Tess said as she got onto her feet. Conan looked up at her as he stuck his hands into his pockets.
"I see you have calmed yourself down." He said. Tess looked down at him with a confused expression on her face. She then turned and looked at Kayo and then looked back at Conan.
"Jimmy, I really hate people like that." Tess said as she looked at the body. "There's a lot of those back in America. But it's always the case with whites against African Americans." She added.
Conan nodded his head, "I know that. But you really didn't have to be aggressive with her like that."
"I know. But it's just the anger towards those people like that that sets me off." Tess said as she got onto her knees again. Darien walked over standing next to Tess.
"The man was known for gambling." Darien said to them.
"That's it?" Tess asked as she looked up at him. He nodded his head.
"Yeah. That's it. They said that they checked his room and didn't find anything that would make himself commit suicide." Darien said. Tess smiled as she looked down at Conan.
"We'll just have to check ourselves huh Conan?" Tess asked. He smirked and nodded his head seriously.
"Yup." With that, Conan, Tess, and Darien went up stairs into Jake's room, who was the man who killed himself.
"Alright. What are we looking for?" Darien asked. Tess walked forward toward a desk in the room and turned on the lamp as she took a seat on the chair.
"Anything that might indicate him wanting to commit suicide." Tess answered as she started to go through the desk. Darien and Conan nodded their heads as they went off looking around the room.
Conan got onto his knees looking underneath the bed. He didn't see anything till he reached his hand in. He felt something cold and it seemed like metal. He grabbed it and pulled it out. It was a small metal box with a lock.
"Tess." Conan called. Tess turned in the chair and looked at him. "Look at what I found." He added as he looked up at her. Tess stood up as she walked over to him getting onto her knees as Darien stood behind him.
"It's one of those small safes." Darien pointed out.
"Yeah I noticed… but where's the key?" Tess asked as she tried to get the lock undone.
"I know use this." Darien said. Tess and Conan looked at him as he pulled something out of his pocket. It was a pocketknife. "Here." He said as he flipped the blade up. Tess blinked as she grabbed onto it.
"What are you doing carrying around one of these?" Tess asked as she started to pick the lock.
"After that attack on me I now carry that." Darien answered. Who wouldn't? If you were nearly killed wouldn't you carry around something like that?
The lock was picked and Tess pulled it off opening the box. There inside she found pictures of Jake and Kayo together when they were kids.
"Talk about sibling love." Darien said.
"Agreed." Conan said as he picked up a letter. His eyes widened as he then started to read it out loud catching the attention of Darien and Tess. "Dear Jake, you're wanted. Dead. And you'll never guess by whom. If you're thinking about who I think you are then you're right. They're after you Jake. You need to get out of here. Love by your own Sister, Kayo." Tess placed the pictures back into the box as she reached for the letter.
"Can I see that?" she asked him. Conan nodded his head as he handed it to her. Tess reread it as Darien walked over to her looking at the date.
"It says March 27, 2003." Darien said. Tess looked at that top corner of the paper.
"You're right." Tess said.
"Maybe we should ask Kayo by who she means." Conan stated.
"Because who ever she's talking about in this letter could've killed him." Tess added. Darien, Conan, and Tess moved down stairs at the top of the stairs Tess begun to read getting the attention of everyone. "Dear Jake. You're wanted. Dead. And you'll never guess by whom. If you're thinking about who I think you are then you're right. They're after you Jake. You need to get out of here. Love by your Sister, Kayo." Tess read.
"Where did you find that?" Richard asked as he snatched the paper out of her hands.
"Upstairs in Jake's room in a locked up box. The date is March 27, 2003. Do you care to share with us about whom you're speaking about?" Tess asked Kayo.
Kayo blinked. "I don't remember writing that." She said. Well they couldn't do anything about it now. She didn't know who she was talking about and they weren't about to get her to remember. Conan sat near the body of Jake. He looked around when he noticed something shinning in the light. He walked forward and picked it up to find it was sliver earring. He looked over at Kayo. No one has noticed that she was wearing earrings and she was missing one. Conan ran toward Tess tugging on her pant leg. She looked down at him and showed it to her.
Tess blinked as she got down next to him. "Where did you find that?" Tess whispered.
"By the body." He whispered. Tess smiled as she took the earring.
"I guess we found our murderer." Tess said.
"But there's a problem. I can't use Richard for the simple fact that he didn't go anywhere near the body. You do it." He said to her. Tess nodded as she stood up.
"You know what everyone." Tess started.
"What?" they all asked.
"I noticed something about this case." She said.
"That Jake killed himself?" Richard asked. Tess shook her head.
"No he was murdered all right. Conan had found this." Tess showed everyone the earring. "No one noticed that kayo was wearing earrings and she's missing one." Tess said as she walked toward her. Kayo stood up as Tess picked up her hand placing the earring back into her hand. "Here you go Kayo. There's your earring." Tess said.
"Where did you find that Conan?" Rachel asked.
"Conan found it near the body." Tess said keeping her eyes on Kayo. "You see, this letter wasn't really wasn't talking about someone that wanted Jake dead was it Kayo?" Tess asked as she held up the letter. "It was talking about you wasn't it?"
"No. Why would I want to kill my own brother?" Kayo asked.
"Oh I don't know. The mind of a murdered is different then a lot of people." Tess answered. "Maybe it was because you hate Americans. You said it yourself you hated me because I lived in America like your brother. Is that the reason?"
Kayo fell silent and so didn't everyone else. Kayo suddenly landed a punch into Tess's nose making her fall back. Tess hit the floor hard and Kayo ran forward the door. Darien ran forward getting to the door first. He placed his hand onto the doorknob so she couldn't get to it. He then pulled out his pocketknife that Tess had given back to him. Kayo picked away. She then were a click. She turned around to see Tess standing. Her nose was bleeding badly and she had her gun pointed at her.
"Don't make me." Tess said. Kayo charged toward Darien and suddenly there was another click.
"BANG!" Tess shouted and Kayo fell to the floor. She turned around to see that Tess's gun was empty. "Now you know how your own brother felt when you shot him."
Next Time on Case Closed: "JIMMY!" Someone had sent a death threat to Conan. But why? What did he do? When Conan goes missing Tess turns to Ai for help. Will she get it or will Ai simply do it herself? Find out.
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