AN: Alright here is the second chapter WOO! lol. Anyways thanks for everyone's reviews and obviously I've decided to continue with the story and I'm really excited about it... because this is different from everything else that I've done. It's going to contain a little bit more 'grown up'. Enough with my rambling go ahead and read...

Disclaimer: I own none of the rights to the Twilight Characters... they belong to Stephenie Meyer...

Chapter Two

"Hello," I groaned into my phone as I fumbled for my watch on my nightstand and read that it was three o'clock in the morning.

"Swan come down to Jefferson Street in ten minutes," Edward's voice commanded his voice cold.

I shot up in my bed automatically. "What the hell?" my voice cracking from sleep.

I heard a sigh on the other end of the phone, "Swan there was a murder, now get down here." Edward said and then the phone went dead. I looked at the phone for about a minute before running to my closet and throwing on some black pants and a light blue button down top. It wasn't long before I was arriving at the scene, as soon as I parked my car there was a slight tap on the window.

The first thing I saw was the Starbucks Coffee the second thing I saw was Edward's face, I tried not to scowl at him for waking me up. "Hey, I thought you might need some caffeine," Edward said as I opened up my door.

"Thanks," I sighed as I grabbed it from him, breathing in the scent of the plain black coffee.

"You know most people hate black coffee…" Edward said as he started to lead the way towards the apartment building. I shrugged while I gulped down the desirable caffeine.

We both ducked under the yellow tape and continued our way into the bathroom of the apartment. The girl was floating in the bathtub in a pink silk slip with her fingers curled loosely by her side. I looked around and then sniffed the air. "Scented body oil, her nails are freshly painted, silk lingerie, and she still has a trace of red lip stick on. She was ready for a date."

"Her name is Angie and she was twenty four." Edward stated as he stepped towards the sink and looked at the candles. "It looks like it was going to be a big date." I nodded and then moved to the body after placing gloves on my hands. Carefully I placed my hands on her neck to see if there were any scratches.

"Hey Edward," I felt him come up beside me. "It looks like the murderer was wearing some sort of ring, we're gonna have to make Alice examine it to see if there is any trace of something."

Edward spoke as he helped me up from my kneeling position, "I know we're getting the people to take her back to the lab right now." I nodded and removed my gloves. Edward looked over the girl once more and then sighed.

"What?" I asked glancing over at him.

He shook his head, "She's just so small, I mean it's got to take some kind of monster to kill someone so small." I smiled slightly at him and then motioned for him to follow me out of the crime scene so that the photographers could take over.

"C'mon lets head to the station," I said and he nodded.

"Hey guys!" squealed Alice as she walked through the door, she was way too happy in the morning, I was on my third coffee and I wasn't even that happy. "I hear you've got something for me…" she trailed off with a grin.

I nodded, "It's in your lab Alice, make sure to double up on the neck. We need to know if you can get anything out of the scratch marks." She waved her hand to stop me and then skipped over to her lab. I shook my head and muttered to Edward, "Sometimes I really wonder how you two are related…"

"Is that a compliment to me or not?" he asked with his eyebrows raised.

I laughed, "I think it's a bit of both." Just as Edward was about to reply my old partner Kenny walked in. "Hey Kenny how is Jasper working out for you?" I asked. Jasper was told that Kenny would be his new partner seeing as Rosalie wanted Edward and I to work together.

Kenny smiled easily at me, "It's just not the same without you kid." Kenny was thirty eight and married with two kids, he was like an uncle to me.

"Hey Kenny," Edward said with a wave and Kenny nodded at him.

"I hear you kids have a case?" he asked looking between Edward and I.

I nodded, "Yup Edward woke me up at three a.m., and it sucked." The both of them laughed as I took a hefty gulp of my black coffee.

"Keep an eye on her Edward, she likes to pass out on her desk a lot," Kenny said and clapped Edward on the back as they both continued to laugh.

"I'll keep that in mind," was Edward's reply.

I scowled at them both. "Laugh it up all you want, but a girl just needs her sleep." Edward rolled his eyes while Kenny just smirked and walked over to his desk that was on the other end of the room near Jasper's. I stood up and grabbed my badge and gun from my desk; I placed my gun in its holster and my badge around my neck. "I'm gonna go ask the neighbors a few questions seeing as its seven," I told Edward and he waved me away as he looked through the pictures of the body.

"I'll keep an eye on Alice to make sure she gets everything," I nodded and continued my way outside. It was only a ten minute drive to the apartment building and I lightly knocked on the door across from the victim's.

A middle aged Mexican man answered, "Yes?"

I flashed him my badge. "Can I ask you a few questions about your neighbor sir?" I asked smiling at him. He nodded and led me inside his apartment.

"Angie was a good girl," the man said as he rubbed his shoulder. "She helped my wife while I was in the hospital for my back."

I nodded with a sad smile. "Did she ever say anything about a boyfriend?"

He shook his head, "No, all she ever talked about was family from Michigan… and about how she was trying to better herself."

"How was she doing with that?" I scribbled down the information on my black notepad.

"Not too good, her hours of work she did weren't very good." He said as he scratched his neck while he thought.

I looked up at him, "What hours would that be?"

"Every night at about eight a black car would pick her up with six or seven women in the car, she wouldn't get back until about two or three."

My eyebrow rose as I studied the man. "You stayed awake?"

He shook his head and then motioned to the walls, "The walls in this place are thin, she woke me and my wife up almost every night because she was singing to herself like she had one too many drinks, but she always came home alone."

I nodded and then stood up from the couch. "Alright thank you, you've been a great help." He walked me to his door and did a polite good bye. I scratched my head as I looked over my notes that I had done. It was going to be a long day.

After arriving at the station again I walked over to Edward and let him read the notes I took, "There are hostess jobs about ten blocks away, mostly undocumented workers and they pick up their girls in black vehicles." He nodded in agreement as he studied my scrawl.

"Then let's go." He said and then grabbed his gun and badge.

Twenty minutes later we walked into the bar, "I'll go talk to the owner of the place." I said as I looked around the place.

Edward nodded. "I'll go see if I can get anything out of one of the girls." We parted ways without another word and I lightly tapped on the owner's door.

"What?" he answered gruffly as he looked me over. The man was in a jeans and a t-shirt with a balding head.

"I need to ask you a few questions about Angie." He looked around the bar and then motioned me to step inside; I glanced behind me and saw Edward talking to a girl with straight brown hair.

"Sit down if you want," I sat down and then pulled out my black notepad once again. "Angie's really good at her job, I've gotten no complaints. I haven't seen her in a few days though…"

I resisted the urge to roll my eyes. "That's because she was strangled and drowned in her bathtub, sir." His eyes widened and he let out a groan. "Anyone here that might have done something to her?"

He shook his head roughly, "No… none of the guys know where the girls live, and the girls… all of them loved her." I nodded as I pursed my lips.

"Maybe she was seeing one of them on the side…" I suggested.

"No. The rules here are simple no dating, no sex, just dancing, and letting the guys buy you drinks." I lifted myself out the chair then.

"Thank you for your time sir." I left and walked over to where I saw Edward dancing with one of the girls. I raised an eyebrow at him and he rolled his eyes at me.

"Thanks for your time," he said softly and then walked over to me. "She wouldn't talk to me unless I danced with her because she could get fired over it." I nodded and listened for more. "She said that Angie did have a boyfriend but she didn't know who. What did you get?"

I handed him my notepad and he read over it quickly just as I felt my phone buzz. "Swan," I said quickly after answering.

"Hey Bella, can you guys come down to the lab?" Alice asked her voice still cheery.

I scratched my neck as I replied. "Uh yeah, we're on our way." I said and then pushed Edward out of the bar and towards his silver Volvo, because my truck wasn't good enough for him to ride in.

He slid into the car easily as I buckled my seat belt. "I still don't get why your car is so much better," I sniffed as I looked out the passenger window.

"You don't?" he asked and then laughed. "Swan your truck is like fifty years old, as soon as you start the engine the cab starts to shake."

I rolled my eyes at him. "I like mine better."

He laughed again as he stopped at a light. "I'm sure you do Swan, but mine isn't hurting the Earth as much as yours is."

"Oh shut up Cullen." I huffed as I crossed my arms over my chest.

I heard his chuckle again and resisted the urge to look at him. "So who called?"

"Alice," I sighed. "She needs at her lab a.s.a.p." The rest of the drive was quiet and we ended up getting to the station quicker than we had made it to the bar.

As soon as we got inside the lab Alice pretty much attacked us. "Okay so I ran all the tests and there aren't any finger prints on her body, along with no semen so she didn't have sex with the killer." She walked us over to where the body was currently laying. "But I did look at the neck to see what the scratches were from…" Alice pointed at the area that was scratch. "I was able to get a little bit of the ridges of the ring because of how hard the murder had their hands around the victim."

"Alright, were you able to get anything?" Edward asked as he looked over the scratches.

She huffed at him and crossed her arms over her chest, "If you would stop interrupting me dear brother I could tell you." Edward rolled his eyes at his little sister and then motioned with his hands for her to continue. "So Bella," Alice said as she turned to me, ignoring her brother, "I was able to get a few examples of what the ring would look like…"

Alice shuffled a bit and then moved to her desk that was on the other end of the room and she grabbed a few papers, "Here are the pictures Bella," she said as Edward tried to get them from her. I laughed lightly and took them from her as Edward pouted.

My eyebrow furrowed as I studied the pictures. "It's a class ring from Yale." I shook my head and looked up at Edward. "Meaning that it wasn't Angie's boss who did it."

Edward walked quickly over to me and snatched the pictures out of my hand. "Gosh Edward, why do you have to be so rude?" Alice asked as she glared at him.

"Alice this is important so will you please stop commenting on my manners," he said easily as he studied the pictures.

She rolled her eyes at him, "Well maybe if you would be polite for once you could your information yourself instead of your partner. If Mom ever found out how you talked and treated Bella you'd get an ear loud."

He sighed at his sister and looked up at her, handing the pictures back at me. "Well I'm at work right now and I'm doing my job and getting it done so Mom doesn't know. Now will you please stop being annoying?"

Alice shook her head with a giggle. This time I rolled my eyes at her, "Will you two stop?" I asked my hands planted on my hips, but also not bending the pictures.

"Never." They both said in unison and I rolled my eyes again.

"Was there anything else Alice?" I asked.

She shook her head and then her eyes widened. "Yes! I ran an ex ray and saw she had an old break on her wrist. Maybe there something with that…" she suggested.

Edward rubbed his temples with a sigh, "The girl from the bar that I interviewed said something about her suing the city, and maybe her lawyer has the ring." I nodded in agreement.

"Then why don't we go…" I said moving to the door and he followed behind me wordlessly.

"Aw looks like Bella's already go you following orders!" Alice squealed at Edward making me laugh again.

We walked quickly to his car as he called for the information on Angie's case, and after getting the directions to her lawyers firm we headed off. "Why is she suing the city?" I asked.

"She broke her wrist on the Metro."

"Oh," I said as I looked over the rings again.

Edward let out a sigh before speaking again. "Hey Swan?"

"Hmm?" I asked without looking at him.

"Do I really that bad to you?" he asked softly and my gaze shifted to him and I saw his green eyes searching my own brown ones.

I blinked at him not really knowing what to say to him, "You've always been annoying Edward." I said and then turned to his CD player and turned up the music letting it settle in between the two of us. I was uncomfortable with his question, Edward had one side that he showed me and it was always that one side and I wanted it to stay that way… at least I think so…

The time passed slowly, so when we finally made it to the firm I almost jumped out of the car. We were quickly excused inside and led up to a Mr. Daniels' office. "Mr. Daniels two detectives are waiting for you," his secretary said in her phone. The woman was in her early thirties and dressed in a black pant suit and she wasn't wearing a ring. "You two may go in now," the secretary said to us as well as motioning for us to go inside the door marked Mr. Daniels.

A man in his in his mid forties was standing on the other side of the door with his hands clasped in front of him; he on the other hand was wearing a ring just like the ones in the pictures. I looked over at Edward and he just smirked. "Mr. Daniels I assume," Edward said and lifted his hand for a shake.

"You assume correct detective." Mr. Daniels said easily as he shook Edward's hand with the hand that he wore the ring on. "And you are here for what?" he looked between the two of us.

I cleared my throat, "Are you the lawyer to a Miss Angie Sanchez?"

He nodded and moved to his desk chair and sat down making it squeak. "Yes, is there something wrong?"

"Yes sir, she was murdered." Edward said and then pulled a picture out from the inside of his jacket and slid it on the table.

"Murder?" Mr. Daniels asked seeming appalled at the idea, but his eyes were showing he knew what we were talking about.

I nodded, "She was found in her bathtub strangled and drowned to death, do you have any idea who would have done that to her?"

He shook his head roughly while Edward sighed. "Mr. Daniels what school is that from?" Edward asked and then looked around for a diploma and found none.

Mr. Daniels let out a sigh. "Yale and what does that have to do with anything about Angie?"

Edward looked at me and I nodded at him. "Mr. Daniel we would like to move this to a more appropriate place, would you mind going down to the station with us?" he asked politely while Mr. Daniels obviously paled, but then nodded.

Ten minutes later I was sitting alone with Mr. Daniels in the interrogation room while Edward went through his phone calls. "When is this going to start? I have to be getting to my house…" Mr. Daniels groaned just as Edward walked in.

"Sorry Mr. Daniels but you won't be getting home anytime soon, your ring matches the marks that were on Angie's neck and your phone records say that Angie has been calling you almost every day. Miss Sanchez's case has been finished for some while now so she wouldn't be calling you." Edward explained and then looked at me to finish.

I read him his rights and told him if he wanted an attorney he could have one even if he couldn't afford one. He groaned and looked at me with his eyes swimming with unshed tears. "It was a mistake… she was going to tell my wife…" I looked at Edward and he stood still as he watched Mr. Daniels. "I couldn't let her tell my wife, I just got so angry and couldn't help myself… I just grabbed her and pushed her into the bathtub, and before I could realize what I was doing she was gone…" By the end of his sentence his voice was just above a whisper as he glared down at the ground. I got up and moved to be behind him, then pulled him up by his arm and clasped the hand cuffs that were on my belt on his wrists.

"So seeing as you caught the bad guy I thought we would go over to mine and Jasper's house for celebration!" Alice squealed in front of my desk that I was currently laying my head on.

Before I could groan out a reply Edward spoke up, "Alice we've been up since three o'clock in the morning, I don't think Bella really wants to do anything other than sleep, and I agree completely."

"Oh pish posh," Alice said quickly and I could picture her waving him off as if what he said was crazy. "It's time to celebrate!"

"Alice," I said sternly my head raising and I saw her smile drop immediately, "I have been running off of black coffee all day long, my feet are hurting because I've been around the whole town twice, and I just finished a case in a day that probably should have taken a week. So no I'm not going to go to your celebration tonight because all that I'm going to do is go home and sleep."

She pouted at me but stopped when she realized it wasn't working on the Grumpy Bella. "Fine, but tomorrow you have to come! The both of you and no excuses!"

AN: Okay so that I hope everyone liked it, please tell me what you thought in your reviews... it is very much appreciated! lol. Also if you have any questions regarding the plot or anything in the chapter please tell me so and I'd be happy to answer any of those questions... One more thing there isn't going to be a case in every chapter... or at least not one that will be finished. I'm getting some of my ideas of the shows Law and Order, NCIS, Law and Order Special Victims Unit, and Criminal Intent. Mostly Criminal Inten because that's my favorite one, so if the criminals seem really crazy it's because I got it off of that particular show, they have some crazy mo fo people on it... lol. So anyways review and tell me you hated it or loved it... I really don't care which one I just want an honest opinion.

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