Chapter 47:

Sharon and Sanchez entered the interview room, where Charlie Hernandez and his lawyer were waiting. The squad has been trying to get him to talk ever since they arrested him and his brother, but so far, he listened to his lawyer and kept quiet.

The rest of the squad members were in the electronics room and waited for the interrogation to start so they can watch. Provenza let Angela in the room without her daughter's knowledge, while Sharon thought he was showing her the break room. Flynn looked at them as they both sat down, and rolled his eyes, knowing that Sharon wouldn't like Angela's presence there.

"Okay, Charlie," Sharon started calmly, "This is going to be your last chance before you go to trial for five counts of first degree murder, which is a crime punishable by death," she said the last word slowly.

"I don't care. I'd rather die than spend my whole life in prison," Charlie said with a sealed face. "Besides, if I talk… I'll be dead anyway."

"Not if we don't put you in general population," she said, but Charlie only shrugged.

Sharon and Sanchez looked at him silently for a few seconds. "Are you catholic, Charlie?" Sharon asked suddenly in a quiet voice, and Sanchez frowned as he wondered where she was heading with this question.

"Y… yes," Charlie stuttered, confused.

"So you believe in god?" Sharon continued.

"Yeah… so?" he tried to sound tough, as if he didn't care at all being in jail.

"So, if you get the death penalty, you won't have the chance to atone for your sins. Don't you care about your soul?" she asked in a low, dramatic tone.

"I…"

"We all want to go to heaven, Charlie," she half-whispered to make it even more dramatic, hoping he'd fall for it.

Charlie stared at her for a while, wondering what to do. The fact that this was his last chance, along with Sharon's words seemed to have an effect on him.

"Don't say a word, Charlie," his lawyer said.

"Charlie, you lawyer works for the cartel," Sanchez said in his usual quiet voice. "He doesn't care if you die and go to hell, as long as you don't say anything."

Charlie glared at his lawyer. "Yeah, Rivera. You haven't helped me at all. Get out," he said angrily and they looked firmly at each other.

"Don't be stupid, Charlie," Rivera said menacingly.

"Mr. Rivera, thank you for your service. It's no longer needed," Sharon said and tried not to smile.

Rivera cast one last angry look at Charlie and exited the room quickly, having left with no choice.

"Tell me what you know about the cartel and Richard," Sharon said.

"Look, Richard didn't tell us nothing. I heard him once talking about two safes in which he kept his files. One's in his office and I don't know about the other."

In the electronics room, Provenza asked Tao to get a search warrant for Richard's office.

"My daughter is quite good at this, isn't she?" Angela said proudly.

"Yeah, very much," Flynn said. He smiled absent-mindedly, but just for a second, as Provenza gave him a suspicious look for complimenting Sharon. "Look," he pointed at the screen and Provenza turned his head back to it, just in time to see Sharon exiting the interview room while Sanchez remained there and supervised Charlie while he wrote down his statement.

"Crap," Provenza muttered and got on his feet. "Maybe we should go and see the break room now," he said to Angela in a haste.

"Oh, no, don't. You can stay here and do some Q&A with the Captain. I'm sure she'd love that," Flynn said sarcastically just as the door swung open. Sharon took a step inside but then froze at the sight of her mother.

"What is my mother doing here?" she asked, looking at Provenza.

"Oh, dear, don't be angry with the Lieutenant. I forced my way in here and sat on this chair, even though he repeatedly asked me to leave," Angela said with a serious face. Flynn rolled his eyes again while Provenza suppressed a smile.

"Really, Mother?" Sharon asked in a sarcastic tone.

"Of course," Angela got on her feet and walked toward Sharon and the door. "And now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to Karen's house, to support her," the last two words were said a little louder, to emphasize the fact that Sharon wasn't planning on going to the wake.

"Great. Do you need me to show you the way out?" Sharon asked coldly.

"No need. See you later," Angela replied with the exact same cold tone. Provenza and Flynn felt like they were watching Sharon speaking with herself.

"Goodbye," Sharon closed the electronics room on her mother before she had time to react, and walked to the monitors; Charlie was still writing.

"Captain, I think we should go to the wake," Sykes said suddenly.

"Excuse me?" Sharon turned her head slowly to look at her.

"Well, we're looking for a lot of the cartel people. Carlos Reyes might go there, or any of the others we want to arrest," Sykes said.

Sharon considered her offer for a moment and then nodded. "You're right. We'll all go once we got a warrant and searched Richard's office. Good thinking."

"The day Detective Sykes had a great idea," Provenza said sarcastically in a fake proud tone.