Author Note:
Hey guys! I am so sorry that i haven't updated in a while. I know it feels like ages. However i didn't lie, I did post this the moment that i finished it. I have been very busy at college/uni recently as i have a lot of assessments coming up which i am dreading!
By the time i got round to writing this again i had forgotten everything i had written. Perhaps i should start doing summary's at the start of each chapter? What do you think?
"Shawn" Janet stated surprised. Susan smiled up at him shyly whilst hiding behind her mother's arm.
"Janet" Shawn smiled warmly, "Susan"
"Hi, Mr Shawn" she said quietly.
"My Office?" Shawn suggested, "I haven't managed to use it yet"
Janet nodded her head and proceeded to follow Shawn to his office. Juliet followed mutely and diverted her path to her own desk to look through the notes on the case.
"Straight to the point" Shawn started, "we found a hair pin at a crime scene, the supermarket, yesterday. Exactly like the one you were wearing. Could you explain?".
Janet looked a bit surprised. "At the supermarket?"
Shawn nodded seriously.
"I don't understand" she told him.
"A police officer was murdered yesterday afternoon and a hair pin with your fingerprints were found on it"
"Oh…"
"Our main suspect at the moment is a girl called Maggey Jones-"
"Maggey? She's my best friend. I saw her yesterday morning, I went to say goodbye before I-..um…. I gave her a few of my hairgrips. I wanted her to have something to remember me by" She groaned and put her head in her arms. "She didn't do it. She didn't"
"We have it confirmed that she was there with Buzz on the night he was killed, she also tried to sneak back into the crime scene"
"She did?" Janet asked, wondering why her best friend would do such a thing.
Shawn nodded slightly giving Janet to process this information. Shawn took a moment to examine the room and noticed Juliet's face peering through, moments before she knocked on the door.
"Shawn... You busy?" she asked.
Shawn looked from Juliet to Janet and Susan.
"She didn't do it. Please tell her I'm sorry"
"I will" Shawn said quietly.
|Juliet watched Shawn and guessed she had interrupted something. She made to close the door subtlety but Shawn rose a hand inviting her in as Janet and Susan faded into nothing.
"Was that Janet and Susan?" She asked.
Shawn nodded.
"I asked about the grip. She gave it to Maggey the morning before she committed suicide as a 'remember me' gift. Claims she didn't do it"
Juliet took a deep breath. "Well the evidence isn't very good for her. She was there with Buzz when he was murdered and returned to the crime scene"
"Well, I don't think she did it" Shawn stated folding his arms.
Juliet looked like she wanted to respond, she truly believed that Maggey was guilty. She just could not ignore the evidence against her. She was placed at the scene of the crime, the fact that she was his girlfriend only made her more suspicious in her eyes. She was close enough to the victim that she knew what he was like, his personality. She could insure that he would be there at the supermarket with her on that day. The day that he died. You never know, it could have been an accident.
"Let's go find Detective Barnes" Juliet replied smartly. Detective Barnes was Maggey's superior, if anyone knew Maggey, he would.
"I saw him earlier. He was in the records room" Shawn announced raising a hand to his head.
"How do you know who he is? I started before you and I haven't heard of him" Juliet stated looking at Shawn curiously, wondering what he was doing. Was he asking the spirits?
"Everyone wears a form of identification, I noticed his when I walked past him like I do with everybody"
"So you're super perceptive?" Juliet clarified.
Shawn nodded, "yup, and I remember everything too"
"You must have a massive IQ" Juliet remarked.
Shawn chuckled, "You have no idea"
He carefully avoided answering the question. The last thing he wanted people to know was that he was officially classed as a genius.
As they walked in the direction of the records room, Shawn spotted Lassiter and Lucinda going through evidence from the case, Lassiter was holding up the pair of glasses found underneath the body. Shawn noted the detail before stopping suddenly.
"What is it?" Juliet asked.
"What you looking at?" Lucinda remarked snidely.
"Those glasses….." Shawn started.
"What about them?" Lassiter asked curiously, ignoring the look of annoyance on Lucinda's face.
"…they are exactly the same as the ones Maggey were wearing"
Juliet gasped and Shawn finally accepted that Maggey probably was the murderer. How else did Maggey's glasses end up underneath the victim's body? It seemed clear that Buzz grabbed them of the murderer as he fell, in a haze, trying to defend himself against his attacker.
"Well… we have the manager in too. Interrogation room B. He has some explaining to do about the blood in the..Umm… that room."
"Well, we'll go and see Maggey and you go and question the manager" Juliet instructed.
They all parted quickly and Shawn and Juliet arrived at the interrogation room quickly. Maggey was sat there, tapping her fingers on the desk in boredom. Maggey's head snapped upwards when she heard the metal door creak open.
"Any news?" She asked impatiently. Wanting to know if she could be released yet.
Juliet regarded her warily. "We just have one more question to ask, if that is ok" Maggey nodded and Shawn noticed the detail on the glasses and sighed, he was correct. The pair of glasses she was wearing was identical to those found beneath the body.
"Are those your glasses?" Juliet asked.
Maggey looked confused. "Of course. I always get mine like this, I love the design"
"Do you have a spare pair?" Juliet asked.
Maggey bit her lip, "Normally yes, but I lost my glasses a few days ago so I am wearing my spare pair"
"And the pair you would usually wear, Are they identical to the ones you are wearing?" Shawn queried.
Maggey nodded once more, "As I said, I always get the same design. They are very popular and fashionable."
Shawn couldn't disagree with that, the Vogue glasses were a best seller. However they were also £93.00 a pair, and to think that Maggey had more than one pair…. Where did she get the money from?
"How could you afford two pairs?" Shawn asked and Maggey looked shocked and a little flustered.
"What?...i ..uh. They were a gift from my mother" Shawn's eyes narrowed, sensing that she was lying.
"Your mother?" Shawn asked rhetorically, watching Maggey's expression harden.
"Yes, my mother"
"Ok, your mother" Juliet interrupted. "Do you believe it was coincidence that Buzz was found with the attackers glasses crushed underneath his body, and they match the description of your 'lost' pair?"
Maggey startled. "There not mine! It's complete coincidence! It's a popular brand!"
Juliet sighed. "Thank you for cooperating Miss Jones. Guards will most likely escort you downstairs into the cells until we finish this investigation. As of now, you are our lead suspect and unfortunately for you, the evidence is piling up"
"But it wasn't me!" Maggey complained, "I would never hurt Buzz"
"Janet believes you by the way. I don't know if you know this but she committed suicide yesterday morning"
"What?!" Maggey said in disbelief.
"The ghost you were talking to earlier?" Juliet asked wanting confirmation.
Shawn nodded.
"You've spoken to her?" Maggey asked clawing at the table, tears in her eyes.
Shawn nodded. "She believes in your innocence. She gave you that hair grip as a parting gift." Shawn paused as Maggey sniffed loudly and reached for a tissue in her pocket. "She wanted to be with her husband and daughter, Susan"
Maggey was sobbing uncontrollably at this point and Juliet thought it wise to leave and Shawn not wanting to be alone with her followed Juliet quickly out of the room.
"Well that was useful. Let's go find Lucinda and Lassiter" Shawn said and Juliet quickly nodded. Juliet lead the way to interrogation room B yet was stopped from entering the room where they were interrogating the manager.
"Wait" Shawn whispered, looking through the one way mirror to their interrogation.
"What it is?" Juliet whispered back.
"Let's just spy on them for a bit" Shawn smiled. Juliet looked at his grin and quickly agreed and crept back from the door to watch from the one way mirror.
There we go! Chapter 7!
Hope you enjoyed. Sorry if it was a little short. I just wanted you guys to have something before you all lost interest completely.
I haven't done a disclaimer for a while so i will say, I DO NOT OWN PSYCH!
Anyway! Please do review! They make me inspired to write!