A/N Another chapter we have. I really could have gotten this posted earlier, but I was having an internal debate as to where I wanted this chapter to cut off. I finally made a decision and here is the next chapter. Hope you enjoy and leave a review.

Chapter Fourteen

Frank's POV

It didn't take long for the police to show up at Felix's house. Instead of remaining inside, Nancy and I chose to stay outside in the front yard to wait.

I quickly recognized Officer Turner when he stepped out of the driver's side of one of the vehicles. I knew Nancy felt a little strange around him, but I haven't noticed anything unusual about the way he acted.

Before coming over to us, Officer Turner quickly gave orders to everyone around. He walked inside the house with a group of officers following him. I imagine he was going to not only witness the crime scene first hand, but also make sure they knew what areas of the house to scour for evidence. About ten minutes later, he finally came back outside and walked over to where we had been standing.

"So, I take it you two witnessed the murder?" he asked.

"We were talking to Felix when the glass in the window was shattered. Within seconds, Felix had died," Nancy told him.

"What were you talking to Felix about?" Officer Turner asked her.

"He had admitted to murdering Jane and we were trying to get him to tell us who he was working for," I replied.

Officer Turner's eyes turned to me with a hard stare. "Did he tell you who he might have been working for?"

"No," I answered with a shake of my head. "He was shot before he could tell us."

"What makes you think he was working for someone?" Officer Turner continued.

"It just doesn't feel right that someone like him would go out and murder someone," I told him. "Someone had to have been pulling his strings and that person killed him before he could crack."

"Uh huh," Officer Turner said dryly. "I think you've been reading too many mystery stories."

"I believe Frank's right," Nancy chimed in.

Officer Turner turned to her and gave her a wink. I clenched my fists and looked on in disbelief that he would even think to wink at her with me standing right beside her.

"We also found this wallet," I offered holding out Demetri's wallet.

"Officer Turner grabbed it and flipped it open to reveal the driver's license of Demetri.

"Hmm, where exactly did you find this?" he asked finally seeming interested in what we had to say.

"It was just around the corner," Nancy said pointing in the direction of where we had found it.

"Good work, Nancy," Officer Turner told her while completely ignoring me. "I'll definitely check this out."

"Thanks," she said quietly.

"If you want, you can come back with me to the station and tell me all of your theories," Officer Turner told her.

"Umm, no thanks," Nancy replied hesitantly looking quickly in my direction.

"Can you tell what type of gun was used?" I asked trying to keep the annoyance out of my voice.

"It's too early without ballistic results to say for sure, but it looks like a Remington 700," Officer Turner answered. "Unless you two have anything else for me, I'm going to get another officer around to take your official statements."

Nancy and I both shook our heads and watched as he walked away.

"Can you believe that guy?" I asked incredulously.

"At least you haven't had to deal with him hitting on you all the time," Nancy replied grimacing.

It wasn't long before a female showed up and took our statements. After we had both recounted exactly what took place, we were finally allowed to go home. By now it was already dark and both of us were starving.

"You want to go somewhere out to eat?" I asked Nancy once we were seated in the car.

"Love to," Nancy replied. "I'm ravenous."

I contemplated taking her out somewhere by ourselves, but decided against it. After the events of the day, I would much rather not have a potential first date tonight. I figured that it would be better to invite everyone along, so I pulled out my phone and called Joe.

"Hey Frank," Joe answered after the second ring. "Did you guys find anything out at Felix's?"

"Well, it's a long story that ends up with Felix dead," I responded.

"What?" Joe questioned in surprise.

"The real reason I was calling was to see if any of you guys wanted to go out for dinner tonight," I told him.

"None of us have eaten yet because we were sort of waiting for you and Nancy to get back," Joe told me. "I think dinner sounds great because I'm starving and you need to tell me what happened over there."

"Any place in particular?" I asked.

"Let me see," Joe said.

I heard him in the background talking to somebody about restaurants, but I wasn't quite sure what exactly was being said.

"Okay, Edward suggested that we go to this place called The Leon's Den," Joe came back to say.

I got directions to the restaurant and then ended the call as I drove off in the right direction.

By the time we reached the place, it seemed like everyone had come out and was waiting for us. The large group that we were part of didn't just include Edward, Bella, Joe, and Jake. Alice, Jasper, Rosalie, and Emmett were also standing outside waiting as we drove up and parked.

The Leon's Den was situated in a very large two story brick building. The sign outside was painted in blood-red lettering. It didn't really seem like a restaurant to me based on the exterior appearance.

We all walked inside together and were met with a hostess that was standing next to some stairs that were roped off with a large guy guarding that entrance.

"That's a dance club upstairs," Alice spoke sensing my confusion.

"We come here a lot on the weekends because you can have a great meal downstairs in the dining room and then go upstairs and dance the night away," Rosalie explained.

"Okay," I simply said.

I glanced around the interior of the restaurant as we were led to a large grouping of tables. The establishment was definitely trying to go for a more romantic feel with dimmed lighting and candles on each table. The walls had small, red lanterns evenly spaced that generated a red glow that wasn't overpowering. The tablecloths were black with a deep red overlay. I was surprised that it didn't feel like Valentine's Day gone bad with all the red, but surprisingly enough, everything was still very tastefully decorated.

We all gathered around the various chairs and sat down. Everyone except for Jake and Joe were sitting as couples around the table. The waitress quickly came around and took our drink orders before heading off again to give us a moment to peruse the menus.

"So what happened today?" Joe asked after our drinks had been delivered and everyone had placed their order.

Nancy and I gave him a quick recap of everything that went on today.

"But why would Demetri have anything to do with Felix's death?" Bella asked. "My dad hired him to find me when he thought I was missing."

"We can't say for sure that he was the one that pulled the trigger, but finding his wallet on the scene is definitely suspicious," Nancy told her.

"I always knew that something was off about that guy," Joe replied with a shake of his head.

"Well, we shouldn't get ahead of ourselves," I told him calmly. "We just need to check in with Demetri and see if he can verify his whereabouts for earlier today."

"So who do you think was pulling Felix's strings?" Edward asked.

"I'm not sure," I admitted. "He didn't really have time to tell us. All we really got was something about a Dr. V."

"Dr. V.?" Emmett asked. "That's a cool name for a villain."

"I wonder if he could have meant one of the Volturi brothers," Jasper mused.

I looked over at Jasper with a sudden interest and could tell that the others were doing the same.

"How many brothers are there?" Nancy asked.

"Well, there's three," Jasper said. "Aro, Marcus, and Caius."

"Do they all work for the company?" Joe questioned.

"They hold various positions within the company, but more or less, the three of them run it," Edward answered.

"I don't think Aro could be behind all of this though," I said. "It doesn't really fit in with him wanting the case solved quickly."

"But don't forget that he's mainly looking out for the company image," Alice said. "Aro isn't the type of person that is warm-hearted enough to really care about the well-being of others."

"Well, what do Marcus and Caius do?" I asked.

"Marcus is the COO of the company, so you could say that he's Aro's second in command," Jasper replied. "He has the most authority behind Aro when it comes to company decisions. Caius, on the other hand, is in charge of the financial side of things. He will be the one everyone has to go through when it comes to yearly budgets. He also is a stickler for meeting our monthly quotas when it comes to products released."

"Would any of them be the type to murder someone?" Joe asked.

Emmett spoke up, "I wouldn't put anything past the three of them. What I will say is that none of them would be the type to get their hands dirty."

"So any of them could have hired Felix and given him the directive to kill Jane," Nancy stated.

"Yes," Jasper confirmed.

"But how do we find out which one?" Nancy mused.

"The better question might be motive," I replied. "We need to look into why Jane could have been murdered. If we can narrow that down, it might give us a better place to start when it comes to the Volturi brothers."

"Any thoughts on that?" Joe asked everyone around the table.

"Well, no one could stand her," Rosalie said. "The lab is better off without her."

"Maybe she was cheating on her husband with one of the brothers," Emmett offered.

"Money," Bella said quietly.

Even though it was quiet, it caught my attention.

"Money is always a good motive, but is there anything in particular that would make you think that?" I asked her.

Bella seemed slightly caught off guard that her response was taken so seriously.

"Well, this may be completely stupid and off the mark, but have any of you guys noticed how many products that we've had to scrap because they didn't meet the specifications?" she asked looking around the table.

"Of course, but we always have bad batches," Alice said. "Mistakes happen in manufacturing all the time."

"But in the past year or so, it just seems like there's been even more batches scrapped than usual," Bella stated. "I mean, I know that we've added on a couple shifts during that time, so it could probably be explained away as lack of training with the new hires, but there's still been a lot of money thrown down the drain."

"I don't know," Alice replied sceptically.

"Is there any way that we could check into this?" I asked looking at Bella. I wasn't really sure if she had something or not, but anything was worth looking into.

"Carlisle might be able to help us out," Edward offered. "I would imagine that as plant manager, he would be able to get a hold of all of that information for us quietly."

"That would be good because if Bella's suggestion is right, we definitely don't want some of the higher ups in the company to know what we're looking into," Joe said.

"Okay, we'll talk to Carlisle later tonight and see what he can do for us," I said. "For now, let's just forget about the mystery and enjoy the evening."

The rest of dinner was entertaining with all the funny stories that were shared among our group. Most of them involved something embarrassing. There was the time that Bella walked in on Alice and Jasper in a compromising position. We all laughed as Bella's face flushed bright red with the memory. Of course, there were several involving Emmett trying to pull pranks on people. Unfortunately for him, most of the time he got caught before the prank was complete.

After paying the check, we all got up and Alice insisted that we go upstairs to the dance club. Even though we all had to go to work tomorrow, no one tried to urge Alice away from a late night out dancing. It might have been because everyone already knew that when Alice sets her mind on something, you might as well just go with the flow because everyone will end up doing what she wants anyway.

As much as I dreaded the thought of an early morning wake up call, I really did want to have some fun and stop thinking about this mystery. Besides, maybe I'll get the chance to dance with Nancy.