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"Thanks for coming, Mr & Mrs Vincent." Ryan said, smiling softly. "I'm sorry for your loss."
"You're trained to say that." Mr Vincent said numbly.
"But we are generally sorry for every person who has died." Ryan said, gently.
"What do you want us for?" Mrs Vincent croaked out.
"We just want to know Arden's and your whereabouts, ma'am." Eric said. Mrs Vincent looked up at Eric and stared at him for a while.
"We're suspects?" she whispered. Eric and Ryan shook their heads.
"It's procedure. We ask families of victims their whereabouts so we can deduce them out." Eric explained. Mr Vincent nodded and sighed.
"I was at work since 5 a.m. Arden should have been at home asleep, if not eating breakfast." Mr Vincent said, looking at his wife.
"He was in bed. I check him every morning. For assurance. You see our daughter, Melanie, was kidnapped when she was his age. We got her back within a week and since then, I've never stopped checking in on them." Mrs Vincent said.
"What do you guys do for jobs?" Ryan asked.
"Why?" Mrs Vincent asked.
"So we can rule out your son being targeted for your jobs." Eric said. Mr Vincent nodded.
"I'm a teacher. For a middle school." Mr Vincent said.
"I'm a house estate agent." Mrs Vincent said. Ryan nodded and wrote that down.
"Okay, we've been brought to the attention that your son was being bullied." Ryan said gently.
"Is there anyone in particular who would want your son dead?" Eric asked.
"I don't know who bullies them." Mrs Vincent said. "Ask his girlfriend. She should know. They were both bullied together."
"Okay, thanks for your time." Ryan nodded, smiling gently.
"Will you question our daughter?" Mr Vincent asked.
"No. We have all we need." Eric said. "Thanks again."
...
"Mr Bracknell," Natalia started, pacing slowly in front of the teenager. "Where were you on the afternoon of Arden Vincent's death?" she asked. Greg turned his head and smirked.
"Why you wanna know?" he asked. Natalia hit her hands onto the table, scaring him, and glared at him.
"So I can pin you for murder." she hissed. Greg swallowed and blinked a couple of times before clearing his throat.
"Football practice." Greg said, leaning back.
"Anyone can vouch for you?" Natalia asked, her eyes narrowing. Greg shrugged and smirked.
"Coach Willis." he simply said.
"Huh. And when I get this alibi of yours tight, you're free to go. But we're keeping you in for the night." Natalia smiled, nodding to Eric who came in.
"But that's wrong!" Greg laughed nervously. "You can't do that! I want a lawyer."
"And a lawyer you will get, Mr Bracknell." Horatio said, eyeing him as he came in. Greg gulped and sunk further into his seat.
...
Anya sat, facing Ruby Frank intently, making the teenager squirm under her gaze. For a twenty-nine year old woman, she sure was intimidating. "Where were you yesterday on the afternoon of Arden Vincent's death, Ruby?" Straight to first name bases, no playing around. Ruby looked at her and blinked.
"Cheerleading." she said, eyes twitching.
"You're lying Miss Frank and sadly to say, I hate liars because you want to know what I do to them?" Anya asked, leaning forward and folding her hands. Ruby gulped and blinked.
"What do you do?" she whispered.
"I stare at them." Anya said, staring at her. "And I tilt my head, disappointedly." she did just that. "And I..." Anya hit the table hard and unexpected, making Ruby scream in shock and sit back with eyes wide. "Where were you?!" Anya asked again.
"I was hiding behind a tree, spying on Arden!" she screamed, crying.
"Thank you." Anya smiled, pulling her blazer down a bit. "Now why were you doing that?" she asked.
"Because Greg told me to. He said he would hurt me and ra-rape me if I didn't." Ruby sobbed. Anya's eyes lightened a little and she sighed.
"He can't hurt you." she said. "Did he kill Arden?"
Ruby shook her head. "I don't know who did. Because Xander tapped me on the shoulder and we argued for a while and when we got back to spying on Arden, he was on the floor. It was horrible. We ran away." Ruby confessed.
"Is this Xander Lottle?" Anya said, reading a file. Ruby nodded. "Who else is in this?" Anya asked, folding her arms.
"Hannah. Hannah Bracknell." Ruby sniffed.
"What was her duty?" Anya asked.
"To befriend the freaks." Ruby whispered, ashamed.
"You should be disgusted with yourselves." Anya hissed. "You disgust me." she said, lips in a tight line. She stood up, grabbed her file and left.
...
"Don't need to bother questioning the last two. We have what we need." Anya said, sipping her beverage.
"Do we really?" Natalia asked.
"Yeah, we mean, none of these teenagers exactly had a stable alibi but it seems this is just too weird." Calleigh forwarded.
"You're right." Horatio said, sitting down on the table and viewing the witness statements.
"The girlfriend: principal saw her go back in school to her locker. Greg Bracknell: coach fixed his alibi. Ruby Frank and Xander Lottle: people spotted them in an heated argument behind a tree which was at least 20 metres away from Arden." Ryan said. "None of this adds up."
"We never questioned Hannah. What do we know about her whereabouts?" Eric asked.
Suddenly, the team heard a knock on their conference room door. Walter stood up and turned to the rest.
"It's Hannah Bracknell." he said, shocked. Anya stood up and opened the door.
"Yes?" she asked, eyebrow raised. Hannah cleared her throat and looked at Anya with glassy eyes.
"I killed Arden Vincent. It was me." she confessed. Anya turned to the rest of the team, sighing.
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