Horatio and Delko arrived at 89 Collony's Grove and looked through the window to see if anybody was there. There was movement in the room so Delko firmly knocked on the door. "Lilac Hughes? Are you in there? Open the door, we just want to talk to you, we're police." Delko announced through the door. The door opened to reveal a woman who was in her forties. "Does a Lilac Hughes live here, ma'am?" Delko asked.
"Yes, she's my daughter, her real name is actually Luciana but she told everyone to call her by her favourite colour. Please, do come in." Mrs Hughes gestured inside. "So why do you want my daughter for?" she asked as they sat down on chairs.
"Her best friend, Rachael Dobson, was murdered earlier this week. And I'm sorry to say but your daughter is on our suspect list." Horatio said as a young woman came into the room from the garden, she had muddy gloves on and a plant in her left hand and a trowel in the other. This could be Lilac.
"Oh my Goodness!" Mrs Hughes said.
"Oh, hello! I'm Luciana 'Lilac' Hughes, how can we help you sirs?" Lilac said, she had a big smiled on which also showed in her eyes, guilty maybe? Obviously she didn't hear the news seeing as she was deaf.
"Your best friend, Rachael is dead, sweetheart" Mrs Hughes signed to her daughter.
"Oh my...she's dead?" Lilac said, she started crying and drop the plant and trowel and took her gloves off to cover her red face. She was crying. Guiltier so that you cry?
"Did she have any enimies?" Delko asked and nodded to Mrs Hughes to translate to her daughter.
"There's this girl in our old class who always was rude and bitchy. She hated us because I was deaf and Rach always hung out with me to help. Her name is Carleen Reynolds she lives down this road at number 99. You wont catch her now, she will be back in about half and hour because she goes to work." Lilac said, she sniffed and rubbed her eyes. Definitely not guilty...
"Miss Reynolds, I'm going to have to ask you to come down to the station with us, you are a suspect in our list of the murder of Rachael Dobson. Lilac Hughes told us that you guys didn't exactly see eye to eye." Horatio said calmly.
"That's true but I never killed her. I'm so sorry about her death but I had nothing to do with this Lieutenant Caine..." Carleen said. She was twitchy and edgy and her fingers kept curling and uncurling into and out of fists. "But if it will make you guys happy, I'll come down to the station let me just get my..." She trailed off and started running.
Horatio got back into the car and Delko went to chase after her. Everytime Carleen looked back she could see Eric gaining up on her. So she ran faster but Horatio was faster in the car. Before she knew it she ran onto the street and a car hit her. Luckily she didn't die but was seriously injured and was taken to hospital. That's what you get for trying to outrun the cops.