MYSTERY POV - by Mystery Author
I slipped in the shadows and watched for the perfect time to make my move. Henderson announced dinner would be ready soon and everyone started to make their way out of the conservatory. I slipped past everyone and sneaked into the kitchen. I knew it was empty so I could easily choose my weapon and sneak back out without being noticed. I saw the carving knife sitting on the counter, quickly grabbed it, and made my way into the main hall.
I was standing in the doorway to the library when I caught Tanya's eye and motioned her to follow me inside. She got a smug look on her face and happily accepted my silent invitation. I stepped back inside the darkened room and waited in the shadows. I didn't want her to see what was coming.
The whore sauntered into the room swaying her hips a bit more exaggerated than necessary. She was seriously delusional if she thought she could seduce me into any schemes with her. While Tanya quietly closed the door behind her and stood there in the dark room with her back to me I slipped on the pair of leather gloves I brought with me.
"I'm a bit surprised you wanted to see me alone. I can't deny that I've been dreaming about you since the day I saw you. I knew you wouldn't be able to resist me for too long," she purred. Her voice was so revolting I had to swallow down the bile that rose up my throat.
I silently walked behind the whore and surprised her when I whispered in her ear. "You are right about one thing. I've been dreaming about doing this since the day I saw you too." I grabbed a handful of her hair and yanked her head back, pulling her into the middle of the room. I couldn't believe she actually moaned when I did that.
"Mmm. I do love it rough." I was once again shocked when Tanya started running her hands up her body and cupped her breasts. She was in for quite the surprise.
"Tell me, you whore, do you like it this rough?" While her hands were caressing her body I yanked her head back further exposing her throat. She moaned again and I quickly brought the knife to her throat and swiped it from left to right. There was an initial spurt of blood that spattered the curtains and wall. She brought her hands to her now bleeding neck as she gasped for breath. I let go of her head and stepped back as her body fell to the ground. I watched her bleed out onto the carpet within a matter of minutes. Once I was satisfied that she was dead, I placed the knife on the floor next to her body and carefully slipped out of the room.
What felt like it took hours to do, really only took no more than ten minutes. I hurried back into the now empty conservatory and threw the gloves into the fireplace. Satisfied that they would be mere ash by the time dinner was done, I looked over myself to ensure none of the contaminated blood of the whore was on me. Finding no evidence of the murder on me, I started to walk out of the conservatory when I heard a loud scream.
DEPUTY BEN DOVER – by TheSpoiltOne
This was the fourth shift in two weeks that the Chief had swapped with me. The last two months he had changed. I didn’t know what was going on at home, but something was definitely up.
So here I was, on a Friday night once again, playing solitaire. This was how exciting my life was. Take out Chinese carton on the desk, waiting for nothing to happen in the world of Forks.
The phone startled me out of my boredom-induced coma.
“Forks Police Department, Deputy Dover speaking,” I replied in my crisp professional police voice.
“Dover, it's Charlie.” The Chief’s voice was sharp and short. I thought I would try and dissolve his anger with a bit of humor.
“Want to swap your shift back again, Chief?” I said in an amused tone.
"Dover, get your dick out of your hand and haul your ass to Cullen Manor. We've got a dead body here."
“Right you are, Chief...” I started to reply as the phone on the other end cut off.
Fuck. I scrambled up and knocked over the Chinese container, and noodles went all over the paperwork I had on my desk.
“Oh, fucking hell.” I would clean that up later. I grabbed my keys for the cruiser and locked the door as I ran out of the station.
Climbing into the cruiser, I wondered, do I put the lights on? Nothing ever happened in Forks; the only time we ever turned them on was to test them to make sure they worked!
I flicked the switch and drove through Forks with all the bells and whistles going. They needed a test drive after all, and this was an emergency.
The Chief had been acting strange the last few months. The smallest things would set him off, and you didn’t want to be on the receiving end of that. I answered the phone wrong once, and found myself thrown against the wall with a gun pointed in my face. I had no clue what was up with the Chief, but I knew after that incident that I didn’t want to be on his bad side again.
I pulled up to the Cullen mansion in no time and was greeted by an irritated Chief.
“Dover, why the fuck have you got the sirens and lights going? Turn them off now, you fucking idiot, do we need to let the whole town know what is going on?” The Chief was livid, okay, this wasn’t good.
I quickly turned them off and got out of the car. Shit, the Chief was not happy. Charlie looked around a little irritated before showing me up to the Cullen’s front door.
“So, who is dead?” I turned to him and asked; I was desperate to know.
“Tanya Denali.” Wow, that shocked me, a female; I thought for sure it would be one of the men. Charlie looked away from me and did not elaborate further. Hmm.
“Accident?” I said, thinking it had to be. I needed to show him I had control of this situation and I could handle it.
He turned back to me, “No.” Was that anger I saw flash across his features? “This was definitely no accident, Dover.”
He led me through the massive house of the Cullen manor. I had never been up here. Never had a need. I wasn’t classy enough for the Cullens. I wondered if the Chief would have anything to do with them either if it wasn’t for his daughter’s relationship with Edward.
The halls were nicer than my apartment, not to mention the actual rooms themselves. I took a deep breath; not quite knowing what I was going to see when I entered the room the Chief was taking me to.
We entered a room which looked to be a fancy study, maybe a library. The room was full of books, a sofa, and in front of the sofa on the ground was Tanya, blood on the carpet and a knife lying next to her body.
Her dress was blood red, how convenient for her to choose that color to wear tonight. It was short and wasn’t covering a lot of her body.
“Don’t touch anything, Dover.” Charlie put his hand to my chest. “I will bag everything up in a minute.”
“You do know, Chief, you can’t take control of this investigation.” He looked at me surprised and looked annoyed as he processed this information. I had never stood up to him before and I quite liked it.
“Don’t fuck this up, Dover,” he said and turned on his heel. “I have everyone sitting down in the Drawing Room waiting for you to question them.”
I raised my eye brows to him.
“I thought we could conduct it here, where everyone felt more comfortable than down at the station.” I nodded to him as he continued, “Plus I don’t think we would all fit in my office.”
“How many people are here?” I asked, thinking about the task I had before me.
We walked into what I assumed was the drawing room, and was shocked to see half of Forks. Shit, this was going to be a long night.
"Good evening everybody," I said as I walked into the centre of the room. Charlie sat down beside Bella who looked a little shook up. I didn't think she and Tanya were close, so it made me curious.
I looked around the room a little more closely: Cullen, Cullen, Swan, Cullen, Cullen, and Newton? What was Newton doing here? I was pretty sure by the way he was dressed he wasn't an invited guest.
"Mike?" I said, raising an eyebrow to him, "What are you doing here?"
Before he could answer, Lauren jumped in. "He came to see me, as I was working tonight." She looked over at Mike and shot him an angry glance as Mike just rolled his eyes and turned away from her.
"Mike, is this true? Or have you something more to add?" I said getting a tad annoyed at their bickering when Tanya had just died in another room.
"Well, I did come to see my wife as I wanted to go to the bar, but had no money since she cleaned out the fucking accounts and went shopping," he said as Lauren's mouth dropped opened at this. "I needed some cash! She texted me and said she had some in her wallet, so I came in the front gates and in through the back door into the kitchen area. No one was supposed to know I was even here."
Lauren scoffed.
"Have something to add, Lauren?"
She looked a little surprised and horrified at her outburst. "No, no, nothing to add", she said quickly looking to the floor.
I looked at Mike who looked at her, annoyed. There was more to this story, I would find out a bit later. I didn't trust them.
"Okay, we will come back to both of you in a minute," I said as the Chief stood up and cleared his throat.
"Newton, when was the last time you saw Miss Denali?" the Chief asked.
Shit! He didn't think I was handling this well.
"Chief, I think you need to sit down and let me handle this," I said trying to take the investigation back into my hands. The Chief looked at me slightly annoyed with raised eyebrows. I cleared my throat and looked back at Mike, "So, when was the last time you saw Miss Denali?"
I saw the Chief get a smug look on his face from the corner of my eye.
Mike looked at his feet and didn't answer straight away. Lauren looked all of a sudden interested and straightened her back in the chair.
"I don't remember," Mike mumbled, not at all convincing.
Lauren scoffed again. "Ahh yeah, sure you don't," she said so everyone could hear, and turned away from Mike, crossing her legs and folding her arms away from him.
Well, that sure was a marriage made in heaven.
MYSTERY POV - by Mystery Author
The thing about Tanya, she was a whore – a whore who messed with the wrong family. I can't say I was sad to see her go; after all, I killed the bitch. I may be a little sorry to have ruined the evening for everyone else but Tanya's death was well worth it. At least Cullen Manor was one hell of a place to be stuck for the evening.
I smiled inwardly when I saw Ben Dover enter the room. He was so inexperienced I was sure he would either mess up this investigation or never be able to solve it. The boy looked overwhelmed already, and he hadn't even begun the questioning yet. He was under a lot of pressure to figure out who killed Tanya. That kind of pressure will get to a guy like Ben real quick. There was nothing left for me to worry about anymore.
It was the butler... It's always the butler... Lol! JK!
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