(All right, I think it's about time that I update "The Murder in the Ocean". The murderer will be unleashed in the next chapter. I'm just gonna say that right now. Thanks to The Time Traveler, SnowCharms, Umi Sagara, and Animefangirl2007 for reviewing. I hope I get a lot of reviews for this chapter, as well as some more for "Jimmy and Rachel Together", and "25 Moments: Jimmy and Rachel". Now, just sit back, relax, and review.)
Copyright 2007
(Serena's P.O.V.)
After both me and Rachel put on our scuba tanks and masks, we went with Jimmy and Mathew into the ocean, hoping to find something to prove my innocence. I knew I was innocent, but that stinking crowd just would not believe anything I said. Boy, would they be in for a hell of an apology when this was all said and done. For the first time in my life (I think), I was going to be super glad when this case was all said and done.
"There had better be something in this ocean to prove my innocence," I said, sounding very hopeful.
"Drop it, will you Serena?" Mathew said to me.
"You're fine -- Jimmy and I know you are."
"You know what, I agree with the boys, Serena," Rachel added to what Mathew said.
"We're gonna find something if it's the last thing we do," Jimmy improvised.
By the time they were finished with what they had to say, we were about chest-deep into the ocean. Believe it or not, this was the first swim we had took at the beach -- but this wasn't a swim for pleasure, it was a swim for business. Jimmy started to put on his scuba mask.
"All right, you guys," He said to us.
"Are you three all set for an underwater search?"
"You bet," I responded.
"There has to be something down below to prove my innocence."
"There's gonna be something, Serena," Mathew said to me.
"Just you wait and see," Rachel added.
The three of us put on our masks and went down to the ocean floor, hoping to find something to clear me.
I wonder if there will be something down there -- there'd better be because if we don't find anything, I don't know what I'm gonna do, I thought as the four of us went underwater.
Then again, maybe I should've decided for both me and Rachel to break in our swimsuits at the community pool or the pool at my family's villa instead of the beach, then none of this would've even happened, but too late now. What's done is done, and we couldn't go back and fix it. I hadn't been a suspect of murder since Miss McLaughlin was poisoned by her groom at her wedding; both Rachel and I were suspects in the murder because we were visiting her before going to the chapel.
(Jimmy's P.O.V.)
I knew how Serena felt being a suspect in this murder. I hoped we'd find something to prove her innocence, too because only Mathew, Rachel and I knew she was innocent.
There's got to be something down here to clear Serena of murder -- something, a knife, a mace, anything will do!! I thought while I looked.
The four of us looked all around underwater for something -- just one thing would do to clear Serena of murder. Luckily we didn't go up for air very often because we took along the scuba gear because if we didn't, we'd constantly go up for air and not get anywhere in our searching.
I looked over and saw Rachel try to tap me on the shoulder. She pointed down below her feet. I looked where she was pointing and saw a ring and a gun resting on the ocean floor. I took a hankerchief out of one of the pockets of my swimshorts and picked up the gun and ring, even if the hankerchief was wet. I looked around the part where Rachel found the gun and ring and saw no traces of blood from the corpse that drifted off into the ocean and to the shores of the beach we were staying at and hitting Serena in the leg.
If this is where Rachel found the gun and ring, then this ring either belongs to the wife, or the victim. The gun belongs to the criminal, there's no doubt about it. The killer shot the victim from on a speedboat or something, then dropped the dead man in water, where the current washed it onto shore, where it hit Serena in the leg. Based on Larry's body rigidity, Meguire said he died within four hours ago -- it was about 1:30 p.m., so I assume he died around 9:30 a.m.; what I've just deduced might be the only possible way to commit this murder, and last night's news said that the high tide and 15+ mile-per-hour winds were going to come aorund 9:40 this morning. But who did it -- Serena has no motive because she's never even seen the guy before; the only ones who could've done it were his wife or the lifeguard.
"Jimmy," Rachel said after we went up to the surface.
"Are you set to take this back to Meguire?" She asked me.
"Who's got the ring and the gun?" I asked her.
"Mathew's got them both," Rachel responded.
Maybe I'll find out some more when we get back to shore, I thought while we swam out of the ocean.
After getting back and drying off, Mathew and I went to Meguire to show him what we found. He turned to one of his officers.
"Get this to the lab, I want these two things scanned for fingerprints," Meguire ordered one of his officers.
"Yes, sir," His officer said and ran off.
If that doesn't convince that crowd that Serena's not the murderer, I don't know what will, I thought while we waited for the results.
Like I always said to myself all my life, "one truth prevails", but I always said that at all the right times. And besides, it was just about the right time where I would say my favorite motto.
"Wait a second," I said to myself, suddenly remembering something.
When the corpse was found, I'm pretty sure I didn't see anything on any of the victim's fingers -- not one thing. If the ring belongs to the victim, why would the killer take the time to remove the ring after (s)he shot him and dropped him in the ocean where the tide washed the corpse into Serena's leg at the shore? Every second counts if you want to commit a murder and plot some sort of contraption. I guess the results will tell us.
I visualized the corpse one more time, using my thoughts to recall if there was something on the fingers, and there wasn't.
No, there wasn't anything on it!! I thought.
It all makes sense now!! The gun and ring that Rachel found, the blood on Serena's headband!! There's no question about it now -- I know who killed Larry, and I know how the killer did it!!
The killer's alibi was just about to be cracked.
End of chapter.
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