Chapter 3
The day was finally over and Jess was so glad.
"Hey, Jess, you wanna go get some drinks?" Nicole asked her.
"No, thanks, I'm gonna stay hang here. I have some things that I want to do." Jess told Nicole."Ok, I'll see you tomorrow." Nicole said as she left.
"Bye, Nicole" Jess said. So Jess decided to look up some records on Lisa but never got anything. But she definitely had her doubts. That's when Lisa walked up behind her.
"What are you doing?" Lisa asked.
Jess was scared out of her mind. She immediately turned off the computer screen and tried to cover up what she was doing. "FBI stuff and what are you doing here?"
"I don't know, I figured I'd check on you. See how you were doing." Lisa said sarcastically.
"Thanks, but I don't need that." Jess told her sarcastically.
"Well, I know the secret behind your father's death." Lisa said.
"What?" Jess asked staring at her.
"Your father was murdered." Lisa told her.
"By who?" Jess asked.
"Why do you think it's a secret? But I figured I'd relieve some stress off of you b/c it wasn't your fault." Lisa said.
"How do you know that he was murdered." Jess asked.
"I'll never say." Jess said.
"Why should I believe you?" Jess asked.
"If you want to find the truth about your father's death, then you'll believe me." Lisa said. There was an eerie long silence. "Maybe its time for your partner to get involved." Jess just stared at her. "Your choice." Lisa said. Then she left.
Jess knew that she had to be dreaming. She just had to be, her dad died from a heart attack, not murder. She didn't want to believe Lisa but she had to. She would get Nicole's help tomorrow. So she went home and pulled out her dad's death certificate. 'Cause of Death: Heart Attack' was exactly what the certificate said. Jess still couldn't believe what she had heard.
The Next Day...
"Hey Jess," Nicole said. Antonio was standing beside Nicole.
"Hey Nicole," Jess said.
"Are you ok?" Nicole asked her.
"Yea, I'm just tired." Jess told them. "Uh, Nick I need to talk to you."
"OK." Nicole said.
"Alone." Jess said. She looked at Antonio.
"I'll catch you guys later." Antonio said.
"So what's up Jess?" Nicole asked her.
"OK, listen last night Lisa came here after you left. She told me something." Jess said.
"What?" Nicole asked.
Jess took a deep breath. "She told me that she knew a secret about my dad's death."
"What's she know?" Nicole asked.
"She told me that she knows that my dad was murdered, who did it, and how it was done. But she wouldn't give details." Jess told her.
"OMG Jess, I'm sorry." Nicole said.
"Yeah, well he died from a heart attack, at least by the death certificate." Jess said.
"Do you believe her?" Nicole asked.
"I don't know. She told me that if I wanted to get to the bottom of my father's death, I'd believe her." Jess told Nicole.
"How are you going to figure out who did it or how it was done?" Nicole asked.
"I don't know, it's been over two years." Jess said.
"Didn't you bury him?" Nicole asked.
"Yea," Jess said.
"Well you can dig him up and do forensic testing." Nicole suggested.
"No, Nick I'm not going to do that." Jess said.
"You will be certain about what happened." Nicole told her.
"Nick, I can't." Jess said. So they kept talking about it and Nicole convinced Jess to do it. They did it that afternoon and once they got back to the office Antonio immediately started forensic testing. It had been 3 hours and Jess and Nicole were sitting at their desks waiting for the results.
"I wonder what will come back?" Jess asked.
"Who knows, you might get to the bottom of this whole thing." Nicole told Jess.
"I hope so." Jess said.
Then Antonio came around the corner holding a piece of paper. Jess jumped out of her chair. "I have the results." Antonio said.
"What are they?" Jess asked.
"Your father was poisoned Jess." Antonio told Jess.
"Well wouldn't they have picked that up at the hospital?" Jess asked.
"Not with what he was poisoned with." Antonio said.
"So essentially your telling me that Lisa is right?" Jess asked horrified.
"Essentially yes, your father was murdered." Antonio said.
"The next question is by who?" Jess said.
She still couldn't believe what she was hearing. So Jess went home and looked at all of the possible suspects. There was only 2 possible people that would want to kill her dad. A guy that really didn't like him due to some things that had happened previously. His name was Darren. And the second suspect was Lisa. Jess couldn't believe that it might be her, but she had to.