Alex sat in one of the interrogation rooms waiting to see why he was brought there when he could've answered the detectives questions where he was already at. The door opened and walked Mac and Stella.
" Why did I have to come here? What's going on?"
Mac showed him and photo. Alex glanced at it and then looked back up at them.
" Is this supposed to mean something?"
" It has your blood on it," Mac told him," It was found in Ethan Crowley's car. You want to tell us how it got there."
" I don't know. Why do you need to know?"
Mac and Stella looked at him.
" Fine, a few days ago I got into a fight with someone, it was outside this bar Ethan and I went to. Another guy I knew got into my face and we had a fistfight. The guy hit me in the face and I my nose bled."
" You just happened to leave the cloth in Ethan's car," Stella said.
" I was drunk. What does it matter? I'm not the one who killed Ethan."
" Who was this other guy?" Mac asked.
" Chad Morgan, but don't bother with him. His beef was with me, not Ethan."
Stella sat down.
" Something else to say?" Alex asked.
" Yeah, your sister." Mac said.
" Amanda? What about her?"
" She told us that she went out with Ethan a few times and that he ended up hurting her," Mac said.
" My sister? Really? Amanda is crazy. Whatever she told you is just her way of getting attention. How did she know to call you?"
" The business card I left," Stella answered him," Amanda called and said she had information about Ethan, so I listened."
Alex sat back with his arms crossed and laughed.
" Something amusing Mr. Crenshaw?" Mac asked.
" Yeah, my baby sister. What did she tell you?"
" That she went out with Ethan and when she told you, you didn't believe her."
" That's because Ethan wouldn't date Amanda, because she's my sister. I knew that Amanda had a crush on Ethan, but he wouldn't do that. Amanda's just trying to get attention, it's what she does."
Mac and Stella didn't know what to think about what Alex just told them.
" May I go now or do you need something else?"
" Was your sister in the apartment that night?" Mac asked.
" Yes, so what? The parents were out of town and Amanda didn't want to stay at home alone. She's 22, yet she doesn't want to stay home alone. What do you think of that?"
" That she just wants to feel safe," Stella said.
Alex again laughed.
" You see. Amanda can be a manipulative little witch. She got all the attention at home. I was glad when I was old enough to leave. Amanda may never leave home."
" Why's that?" Mac asked.
" Why don't you ask her. What does this have to do with Ethan's death? You're wasting your time detectives. If you want to know if Amanda may have killed Ethan, no way. Anything else?"
Mac shook his head.
" So I can go now?"
" Don't leave town," Stella warned him.
Alex left the room and saw Joelle.
" What are you doing here?" Alex asked.
" I was brought in by another detective, but then he went back out. Emergency phone call or something."
Alex looked at Mac and Stella.
" Why don't you leave us alone? Neither Joelle nor I killed Ethan. We were together when Ethan was found. Do you want the details of what we were doing?"
" Alex it's okay. I don't mind. Wait out here."
Joelle went into the room, which didn't make Alex feel better. Mac shut the door
" Thanks for in Ms. Richardson," Stella said," We just had a few questions. One is about Ethan and Amanda."
Joelle sighed.
" You want to know if it's true, that Ethan and Amanda dated?"
" We're getting mixed results," Stella told her," Amanda told us they did, Alex says they didn't."
" They did and Alex didn't know. It was only a few times, but then it ended and Amanda told me that Ethan dumped her because she wouldn't, well, sleep with him. Amanda confided in me and I promised her I would never tell Alex and I didn't. It was hard keeping it from him. I didn't like the way Ethan was, he broke a lot of hearts. In fact he flirted with me every chance he got. I'd humor him and I never told Alex that either."
Joelle again sighed.
" Is there anything else Joelle?" Stella asked.
" Not that I can think of. I feel better knowing I got that out. Alex is right about one thing we were together about the time when you found Ethan. Amanda was there too. In fact I got up about 1 a.m. and checked on her, Amanda was fast asleep. Do you need anything else?"
" You just about answered all we need," Mac told her," You can go now."
Joelle opened the door and Alex was standing there.
" You need anything else detectives?"
" Go home," Mac told him," We're done for now."
Alex and Joelle left.
" They've got alibi's Mac. All three of them."
" I need to talk to Clarissa Wallace again, see if she knew any of the other girls Ethan dated. We also need to talk to Amanda again."
A few minutes later Flack came up to them.
" Just got word on where Staci Collins is, she's at her apartment where she lives with her mother."
" Then bring her in Don," Mac said," She's got questions to answer."
" It's not that simple Mac, she's on the roof and according to the landlord she won't come down. Plus, she could be armed."
" We need to get over there and talk her down," Stella said.
" We need to be careful, if she's armed, that means she could be a danger."