Jade's first day at Hollywood arts
"everyone this is Jade West" says Sikowitz
"her father killed someone, why was she allowed to attend here" says Robbie
"she's talented, some things can't just simply be ignored because of something someone's parents did" says Beck
"well I still don't think she should have been allowed to attend here" says Robbie
"Tori she's paired up with you for this week's assignment" says Sikowitz as Tori freaks out
"Uhh no absolutely not, keep her away from me" says Tori
"I'll take Tori's place" says Cat excitedly
"but you're paired up with Robbie" says Sikowitz confused as Cat always works with Robbie in his class
"not anymore, definitely not after he assumed she's as bad as her dad, my dad isn't perfect either, besides he tried to kiss me yesterday even after I said no" says Cat as Sikowitz looks at Robbie in disgust
"Robbie Shapiro report to principals office right now" says Sikowitz, pointing to his Zero Tolerance policy poster
"yes sir" says Robbie as he leaves
"of all people who I thought might trust me, you weren't anywhere near the top of the list" says Jade sitting next to Cat
"I'm full of surprises Jade, I'm Cat" says Cat
"why doesn't Tori want me working with her" asks Jade
"I think her dad is a cop, she doesn't talk to me much either, she prefers working with Beck or Andre though it doesn't always work that way" says Cat
"oh" says Jade sad that she can't work with Tori
Later that day at lunch
"this food is more expensive than I thought it would be, thanks for helping me Cat though I don't know how long I can stay here, my mom lost her job and we're days away from losing our home, I should probably sit on the ground, it's clear nobody wants me to sit at a table with them and there isn't a free table, go sit with your friends" says Jade
"do you think your dad was actually guilty" asks Cat
"he can be aggressive at times but only because he was a pro wrestler in college and I got that from him so he tended to yell at me about it, and believe me I deserved to be yelled at, I'd get in trouble at my old school just so I could hear him yell at me because otherwise he was always too busy at his work to pay any attention to me, he's pro gun control, he'd never touch a gun let alone use one" says Jade as she takes a passing glance at Tori
"I see how you're looking at Tori's butt, do you want me to tell her" says Cat
"absolutely not, you can't tell her that I like her, the last time that someone at my old school found out I had feelings for them I became the laughing stock of the entire school, please don't say anything, I'm begging you please don't say anything" says Jade
"fine but I'm not good with secrets" says Cat as she reluctantly walks away from Jade, leaving her to eat her lunch on the hot ground
Later that day at Cat's house
"dad you need to look at the evidence in the West cop killer case again" says Cat
"that wasn't my case, it was David's, I'd need a really good reason to reopen it" says Richard Valentine
"his wife lost her job, they're about to lose their home and his daughter Jade just started at my school, everyone's calling her the cop killers daughter, they won't talk to her or even work on school projects with her, I'm the only one brave enough to talk to her, you either need to confront the school about how they're treating Jade or reopen the investigation to make one hundred percent sure that Mr. West actually killed that cop" says Cat
"is that an attempt at blackmail missy" asks Richard
"no, that's an attempt at holding people accountable, blackmail would be me telling you that Robbie tried to stick his tongue down my throat while Sinjin held me down yesterday and that if you didn't arrest them I'd break your leg" says Cat
"whoa wait Robbie and Sinjin assaulted you" asks Richard
"what does that matter, they'll get away with it because I've previously admitted that I had feelings for Robbie, the principal gave him a slap on the wrist and Sinjin got away with it because Robbie covered for him, as far as the school cares he was just giving me what I wanted, but that doesn't compare to how Jade's being treated" says Cat
"I'll talk to David, regardless of whether he is guilty or not Mr. West's family shouldn't be treated like that, you don't usually do this kind of thing, you aren't interested in Jade are you" says Richard
"no, she's interested in Tori, she begged me not to tell anyone at school because when someone at her old school found out she had feelings for them she became the laughing stock at the school, Jade looks tough but she's very self conscious and quite a softy, in my opinion just the kind of person who's perfect for Tori" says Cat
"if I remember what David said correctly, Tori likes you" says Richard
"well she doesn't act like it, I'm the group joke, Tori calls me the group 'pity friend' and she treats me like crap, if she has feelings for me she has a funny way of showing it, I've contemplated just dropping out of Hollywood arts, it's that bad" says Cat
"what about Robbie, would you still be interested in dating him if he apologized" ask Richard
"I don't know it was pretty extreme, I don't know if I can look at him the same way after that" says Cat
"you've been friends with him forever though" says Richard
"he's been different ever since him and Sinjin became good friends, Trina getting transferred to a school in England changed everything, Tori changed the most" says Cat
"I'll definitely be talking to David about that, I agree Tori has changed quite a bit" says Richard
Meanwhile at Jade's house
"well Jade I scraped together some money, the bank is letting us stay here a few more weeks, you don't have to pack up just yet" says Julia West
"mom, I don't feel safe without dad, I'm as much a target at Hollywood arts as I was at my old school, I need to change schools again" says Jade
"you promised to give Hollywood arts a fair shot Jadelyn, we can't afford to register you at yet another school" says Julia
"everyone at Hollywood arts thinks I'm a cop killers daughter, you know as well as I do that dad would never have picked up a gun let alone used it to kill someone" says Jade
"they interrogated him for hours without even giving him a break or water, they didn't want to look for anyone else Jade, your aunt Bella was there, she took video but once they assumed he was the killer they never asked her for the video, not even his defence lawyer thought to ask for it, yes he's never been interested in guns though he did have one that unfortunately matched the gun used" says Julia
"why would he have a gun, he hates guns" asks Jade confused
"it was willed to him by your grandfather, he was a real self defense nut, your dad never had to seriously use it, which the police would know if they'd actually looked at the gun they found for more than a second" says Julia
"man I miss the days when rich people weren't looked at like criminals, dad would still be here and I wouldn't be depressed, I have ONE friend at school, just ONE, nobody else wants to be near me and I have to eat lunch on the ground" says Jade
"your father lobbied California to make rich people pay their fair share Jade, he believes that everyone, regardless of how they look are all equal, sure the cops pushed and pushed him to confess to something he didn't do but he believes that if it wasn't him it would be someone else they wrongly arrest and convict, look you can be sad but you can't meddle with law enforcement, what's done is done no matter how sad it makes us" says Julia
"I think I'm just going to go to bed so don't make me food, I'll need it for lunch tomorrow, food at school is expensive and we need to save as much money as we can" says Jade as she heads up to her room
2 hours later as Julia answers the door
"ugh you already took my husband, please stop harassing us, as I'm sure you're aware we won't be living here after the months over, you froze my husband AND my daughter's bank accounts and I lost my job, we'll be on the streets before you can blink" says Julia stooping herself from cursing David out
"we've reopened the investigation, new information has come to light, I'd like to talk to Jade" says David
"she's been through enough, all but one person at your daughter's school has been shaming her for being a cop killers daughter, she has to eat her lunch on the ground, she's depressed and likely suicidal, you will NOT be talking to her" says Julia
"look we all make mistakes, we looked at the gun again after my co-worker's daughter demanded we look at the evidence again, as is becoming a theme she was right to make us look at the case again, the gun has clearly never been fired, at least not in the last several years, we thought Jade might know the name of the woman that had at the time come to us offering video evidence, we'd dismissed it at the time as body camera our fallen brother was wearing definitely seemed to show your husband shooting him" says David
"it was my husbands twin sister, they'd just opened a clothing business, she was the brains, he was the money man, they'd just left the restaurant after celebrating the grand opening, you should know that even his defence lawyer dismissed her video evidence, he didn't even look at it" says Julia
"one thing that bugs me is that he confessed" says David
"your people grilled him for several hours, never even gave him water, he just wanted the whole thing to be over, he tried to tell your people who it was and they said and I quote 'no you did it the evidence proves it', they wanted the glory of putting a rich man behind bars, they didn't want to look for anyone else, my husband was at the scene when you arrived so it HAD to be him" says Julia
"may I ask where his sister is, we would need that evidence to prove his innocence" says David
"probably Portland, Oregon, that's where her boyfriend lives, after the jury conviction she cut ties with the company they'd created and handed it to Jade as she'd hoped you'd be easier on his daughter than his sister and you still froze her account, or at least her debit card as the bank says money is still coming in but Jade isn't allowed to touch any of it per LAPD order, that's why we're struggling" says Julia
"may I ask why you were fired" asks David
"I worked at a clothing store, my boss was a friend of the police chief, he said 'I'm sorry but having a cop killers wife working for us would be bad for our image', I wasn't even allowed to finish my shift I was fired the day before payday, I never got paid a penny" says Julia
"I'm sure people would wonder why the wife of a rich man was working at all" says David trying to get enough answers to clear the air
"sure maybe I didn't HAVE to work but I was trying to set a good example for Jade, she wants to be a playwright, she's actually pretty good but because we're rich people are having trouble taking her seriously, I was a cheerleader all through high school and halfway through college, I sprained my ankle real bad, bad enough that I had to quit cheerleading, anyway I got the job to show Jade that having a backup job plan was a good idea, sure maybe I didn't actually need the money then but I sure wish I had it now, I've literally burned through every penny I've earned from that job, I had to take out a loan so that the bank didn't kick us out this month, a loan I can't pay back, Jade having a roof over her head is important, this house is all she's ever known" says Julia
"we asked the bank to freeze any accounts with your husbands name on it, that's the only reason I can think of that they might freeze Jade's account, now I need to know if my daughter has done anything to intentionally oppress Jade" says David
"I assume Jade's one friend isn't your daughter, look here's the thing, Jade has a crush on your daughter" says Julia
"and we've known each other since you married your husband, why have you never brought this up before" says David
"because Jade is generally secretive and more or less prefers isolation over being in big groups and your daughter is mega popular at that school David, she crossed paths with Tori at the mall last year, Tori was buying some sort of dress, Jade assumed it was for a date, she was behind Tori in line at the checkout counter and heard Tori swearing under her breath about late pay as her card declined again and again, then Jade, without saying a word got her card out and tapped it on the card reader, the cashier person nodded to Jade and then told Tori it was paid for and that she could go, she spent days after that drawing Tori in that dress, she rarely ever draws, she never knew her name until today" says Julia
"and you never told her, why didn't she tell Tori" asks David
"if you knew Jade you'd know that if she wanted to know something she would have asked, the mystery of Tori's identity helped her be okay with liking another girl, besides the last time she admitted feeling to someone at her old school Jade was made the school joke, that's why even though we can't afford to pay what Hollywood arts wants us to pay every year I switched her the moment I got the call from Principal Eichner that Jade was being accepted" says Julia
"I have to admit that exchange at the store absolutely shocked Tori, nobody has ever done that before, Tori called her 'very cute and kissable' which is something you won't find Tori saying that towards girls, Jade is the first girl Tori has ever said that about even though she did date Cat a little, that's what the dress was for, she ended up not wearing it because she felt guilty that she couldn't afford it" says David
"does she live with you or on her own" asks Julia
"with me, she rented music making equipment a year and a half ago and has been late on paying the rental fee three times so the company told the bank to hold her paycheck so that there would be enough for rental fees, that's what she was on about that day, she wanted to look pretty for Cat and didn't realize that the company was withholding her entire paycheck, Tori is smart in many ways but money management has never really been a strong point for her because she's never had money, now that she's making money she just spends, saving money doesn't really occur to her" says David
"you need to talk to Tori about Jade, once you get past Jade's prickly needy outside, she's actually a very lovable person" says Julia
"I will talk to Tori but I cannot make her do anything, get your husbands sister to contact me about that video, if you give me Jade's account number, I can have the bank unfreeze her account" says David handing Julia his card
"I'll have her call you, the bank will have to issue Jade a new card, after the trial she shredded her debit card, she WANTS to believe that the police are good people but you guys scared her about having ANY verifiable connection to her father, she's not as tough as she acts" says Julia
"I need that video as soon as possible; I'm getting weird looks at the department for reopening a case that was solidly decided in court six months ago" says David
"I'll do what I can David" says Julia
