thank you thank you thank you Tati aka Trinity, MaryRose, Joutsensydn and peach-fan 14 for reveiwing- its great to know that people are reading, please do pick up on spelling errors and punctuation as my english teacher doesnt seem to notice
Interrogation room B
Lilly entered the room followed by Scotty who closed the door behind him. An 11-year-old boy slouched sullenly on one of the chairs hands shoved into the pockets of his black hoodie- he was trying to look cool but it was easy to see that he was daunted, for a brief second his image flashed back to the 8 year old boy he had been when his parents were been killed
LR-"Detectives Rush, Valens, Homicide. It says here, you told your arresting officer that your name was Ricky Henderson"
He raised his eyebrows
"And…? - That's my name"
LR-"you sure 'bout that... Ricky?"
"Yea, I'm sure...Detective"
LR-"cause your sister said your name was James"
"My sister was mistaken, my name is Ricky"
SV-"we did a search- the only Ricky Henderson is 45, currently living in Germany"
LR-"hnm, so either you age really well and you're a long way from home or…"
SV-"…you're lying,"
LR-"hmm… wonder which it is?"
"Alright, so I lied, my name is James, big deal "
LR-"actually it is, James….?"
"James."
SV-" James James… now there's an odd name"
James glared at them angrily
"My name ain't James James"
LR-"no?"
"No."
There was a long pause
SV-" this game is getting boring, we checked, your name is James Hunter, you disappeared after your parents were killed and we want to know why"
James looked surprised and scared
"My name aint James Hunter and you got the wrong room, I don't know nothin' about no murders"
LR-" if you aren't going to cooperate, we'll have to question your sister"
"You leave her out of this!"
LR-"sorry, no can do"
She started moving towards the door, Scotty followed
"YOU LEAVE HER ALONE!"
James shoved his chair out of the way and stood in front of her, glaring up fiercely, there was another pause
SV-"sit down"
"leave my sister out of it"
LR-"you'll co-operate?"
"You'll leave her alone?"
SV-" if you cooperate, we'll leave her alone"
"Fine"
James sat back down
"What do you want to know?"
LR-" what happened the night your parents were murdered?"
James took a deep breath
Flashback
8-year-old James is lying on his bed, staring up into space (towards the camera), in the background we can hear a violent argument, then it stops, the scene fades, then it fades back in, James is lying in the same position, its dark. Loren bursts in, she's covered in blood, there's bruising on her face and arms and she's crying
"Loren? What's the…. i i is th th that b b blood?"
"Pack your things James- we're leaving"
PRESENT DAY
"And then we left"
Headquarters
The team is seated around Scotty's desk discussing the case
SV-"kid didn't see the murders taking place but Loren coming in covered in blood, bruises and crying is worth checking out"
LR-"your saying you think she did it"
JS-"the parents were nasty pieces of work Lil, sounds like the really hated their kids- multiple abuse charges, you beat an animal long enough, it will turn on you. Loren was only human…."
LR-"so because her parents beat her up, Loren's automatically a murderer?"
SV-" its just a lead, Lil, on a case without many of them- we have to follow it up"
NV-"we'll go back to James, see if he has anything more to say"
Exit Vera and Jeffries
LR-"im going for some coffee, either of you want anything?"
SV-"nah, im good"
JS-"no thanks"
Lilly grabbed her coat and left
JS-"I've got some calls I need to make"
He left as well, leaving Scotty alone to review the case, looking for any clues. Scotty picked up one of the reports, and then put it back down as he remembered something, he looked around quickly to make sure no one was paying him any attention. When he was sure, he quickly walked around to Lilly's desk and pulled open her draw, locating the report, he flipped it over and began to read, it looked like any other report so he was puzzled as to Lilly's secrecy
OFFICER- Owen Shene
VICTIM- Lillian Rush
He shook his head and re read it, there was no doubt- this was Lil's 49