Rachel gulped. "I don't know what you're talking about."

"Really Ms. Dare? You seem really nervous for someone with no secrets." Detective Hart said.

Rachel frowned. "Is being nervous a crime?"

"No, but murder is." He snapped.

Rachel jumped slightly before looking down at her feet. "I think I may have an idea on why my fingerprints were on it. Something happened this morning."

Eleven Hours Earlier

Rachel angrily marched through the hallways. She needed to see her boyfriend. He was by his locker, he seemed exhausted. Almost as if he was losing sleep. She was tempted to ask him if he was alright. However she knew better. He would just see that as an out.

"Are the rumors true?" Rachel hissed.

Percy frowned. "Not now Rachel."

Rachel growled. "No you won't shut me out."

"I SAID NOT NOW!" Percy screamed.

Rachel jumped slightly. She growled as she felt hot wet tears threaten to stream down her face. She jumped up and pushed her boyfriend.

"I hate you, all you do is cause problems! I know what happened at Nico's party!" She hissed.

"You don't know shit." Percy hissed.

Rachel pushed Percy again. The boy stumbled backwards, his open backpack fell on the ground. Rachel gasped at what she saw. Among the mess of wrappers and papers was a gun. Rachel grabbed the gun and gulped.

"Percy what is this?" She asked.

He snatched the gun out of her hand and stuffed it into her bag. "Forget about it." He snapped.

The boy put the backpack back on his shoulder and stormed off.

Now

Rachel sighed. "That's all that I know."

The detective frowned. "So Percy had the gun that was used to shoot him."

Rachel nodded.

"Why would he?" Detective Hart asked.

Rachel shrugged. "I don't know what he was in to. But I do know one thing. After that he went to meet Hazel. She was the last person to see him."

Detective Hart raised an eyebrow. "Are you implying that Hazel had something to do with his murder?"

"I'm not implying anything, I'm just suggesting that you might find out some interesting things if you speak with her." Rachel said.

Hazel looked around at the blank room uncomfortably. Her mother told her a lawyer would be on their way soon. Hazel was surprised they were able to afford one. Hazel frowned when she realized that this lawyer would probably cost her father most of his check.

The door opened and an a pretty woman with luscious black hair stepped in. She smiled before sitting across from Hazel.

"Good evening Hazel." She smiled.

Hazel frowned. "My best friend is dead, I don't know if you can call it a good evening."

The woman nodded awkwardly. She seemed to nice to be a cop. Hazel bet she was new and probably working on this case to prove herself.

"My name is Detective Montez." She smiled. "Do you mind telling me about yourself?"

Hazel shrugged. "What do you want to know?"

Hazel figured she was a suspect. That had to be the reason why she was called here.

"What do you want to know?" Hazel asked.

Detective Montez shrugged. "I just want to know some basic things, to help me get a sense of who you are."

She wanted to see if Hazel was a good person, if she was capable of killing Percy.

"My name is Hazel Levesque." Hazel said.

"My mom works at this small voodoo shop that sells charms and shit, my dad owns a restaurant." Hazel said.

Hazel wasn't sure how much the detective wanted to know but she made sure it was just enough to where Hazel seemed normal. She couldn't risk the detective knowing her secrets.

"Are you an only child?" The detective asked.

Hazel nodded. "Yeah."

Detective Montez raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure?"

Hazel gulped. Her heart rate began to speed up. "I'm positive."

Detective Montez sighed before reaching into her pocket and grabbing a Ziploc bag. She slid the bag over to Hazel and raised an eyebrow. Hazel gulped when she saw what was in the bag. Thousands of questions swam through her head. How did the detectives find it? Did they know about what happened at Nico's party?

"You see Hazel, I have reason to believe that you had a very valid reason to kill Percy. You did it to protect your brother." Detective Montez revealed.

The next chapter will also focus on Hazel and we'll learn some of the secrets she's hiding. I know I said last time the next chapter would be longer, but the next chapter will most definitely without a doubt be longer.