The chief held the keys to untying Harry Styles and to open the door to his holding cell. And Georgina held the items Harry had on him that were confiscated; wallet, phone, and a pack of half eaten gum.
They entered the holding cell block, four holding cells in this first section. Harry was at the end and three other people took up the other three cells watching as the two detectives walked past. The sight of Georgina holding a polly pocket of his stuff made him jump to his feet, excitement coursing through his veins knowing he was so close to be a free man.
"You're free to walk Styles," Gary nodded, unlocking the cell door and shuffling towards Harry to untie the handcuffs.
"Did you find the killer?" Harry asked causally, rubbing his wrists that were slightly red from the metal handcuffs. Georgina looked at him as he leaned against the cell wall, Harry's eyes looking over at her briefly, he was thrilled to be free.
"No, but we aren't calling it quits yet," Georgina muttered, crossing her arms over her chest staring at him.
"Who do you think did it?" He asked, raising his brow at her. He was curious who was number one of the suspects list; little did he know it was still him.
"Well you're still on the list Mr Styles, so don't get too comfortable."
"Ah," Harry clicked his tongue on the roof of his mouth, smirking and slowly nodding his head in realisation. "You think I did it," he cooed, his voice low and dark, causing goosebumps to rise on Georgina's arms. If Georgina could be scared of this man so could anyone else - including Ruth Slater. But again, his violent outbursts, vulgar words and intimidating eyes isn't enough to send him to prison.
"We still need to speak with Mr Jensen," Gary added. Gary was totally up to date on Kurt's theory which was the ex boyfriend did it, hurt by Ruth's decision to date Harry instead of him.
"What? Will's father? Why bother, he fucking hated her - he's smart too, he can word himself out of any situation," Harry grumbled, picking up his stuff and turning to leave before Georgina's confusion and curiosity called him back.
"What do you mean? What does he have to do with Ruth Slater?"
"Ruth had something going on with some older guy, she wouldn't tell me who, all I know is he was older than me," Harry began, making Georgina eagerly step forward to ensure she could definitely hear anything Harry said. "One day Ruth and I went to the mall and she saw Will's father and she winked, I mean it was probably nothing but ever since that day I have hated him."
"Are you implying," Georgina paused, making sure the words she was about to say were correct. "Are you implying that she potentially had sexual relations with her ex boyfriends father?"
"I just said, I don't know it was probably nothing. But just remember, he's one smart man he doesn't work for a big ass fancy company for nothing."
"What's his line of work?" Georgina asked, interested to know if his fancy company would have a dress code of grey suits.
"Law firm or something, he wears fancy suits that cost more than you probably earn," Harry gritted his teeth, the mention of that man's wealth always annoyed Harry. "So if you speak to him, try be smarter than he is. He can sneak himself out of any situation."
"What about Will Jensen? Anything to say about him?" She asked, Gary squinting to look at Harry with concentration.
"Well he doesn't live with Mr Jensen, he stays every night with his mate - Ashton something I think, I don't know it's a stupid ass name," Harry grumbled, getting impatient and wanting to leave already. "Funny... Ruth had a thing with that guy too," he bitterly laughed, not really finding it at all funny. "Fuck it, this entire fucking town had a thing with Ruth. I'm just glad I got to be her last fuck."
And just like a little buzzer going off in her mind, she frowned at his final words as he walked away, leaving just Gary and herself in the room.
"What's wrong?" Gary asked.
"Just the part about him being her last fuck, he knows she was raped so he wasn't her last fuck... Unless he was the rapist?" She questioned quietly, that theory made Gary's eyes widen. It's a real shot in the dark, but the bluntness of Harry's words were so clear, right in plain sight it almost felt too easy to say it was him now.
Harry was long gone by the time Kurt entered the holding cells. Georgina was telling Gary of her next move; being to talk to Mr Jensen. "Anything?" She asked Kurt, hoping he'd smile and say he found some worthy evidence to help tie up all the loose ends on this case.
"Nothing."
...
"Look I'm pretty late for work, can whatever this is wait until later?" Mr Jensen asked, his grey business suit was neatly on as he grabbed his keys trying to leave his front door. Much to his disappointment Georgina and Kurt slowly shook their heads indicating he'll be very late indeed.
"No sir, we have a couple questions we need to ask. And we need you to get Will Jensen here as soon as you can," Georgina said sharply. Both Kurt and Georgina waltzed into the house, sitting down in the living room, eyes glancing around the large room.
Photographs of Will, Mr Jensen and a lady - most likely Mrs Jensen, covered the walls.
"What's this all about?" Mr Jensen asked, taking his phone out to contact Will.
"Contact Will please," Kurt said, ignoring his question. Mr Jensen did just that, Will said he would be home in five giving the detectives enough time to question Mr Jensen on his whereabouts around the time of the murder and to figure out if Harry Styles' implication was possible. "Can you talk about Will and Ruth's relationship?"
"She was horrible to him, that's all I'll say."
"Where is Will's mother?" Georgina asked, standing up and holding a photo frame of Mr Jensen on his wedding day, looking incredibly loved up with the blondie in the photo.
"She died last spring," he mumbled, feeling his heart shatter a little as he spoke. "Stage four breast cancer."
"Did that have an affect on Will?" She asked, earning a very angered scowl from Mr Jensen.
"Yes, of course it did. His own mother died, of course he was affected!" He shot back.
"What kind of affects did it have? Was he angry, reserved, violent, just paint us a picture please," she asked, ignoring the tone of his voice from his previous comment. She would usually fight back with a sarcastic comment, let them fully know they can't mess around because she is in charge. But she had no time for this.
"He was very reserved yes, he would hide in his room all day, skip school. That's why Ruth dumped him - because he was shutting her out," a new piece of information for Georgina to enjoy.
Ruth broke Will's already shattered heart because she wanted more attention. He was heartbroken because of his mother's passing and she dumped him because he was pushing her away and grieving. That definitely could be a motive to kill her, a revenge story.
"Did Will and Harry Styles get along?"
"Styles? That boy is absolute trouble, short temper on him too," Mr Jensen sighed, sitting down and folding one leg over the other. "If we're making bets, I'd say he did it. Will and Ruth were getting closer the start of this month they were texting a lot, Harry probably found out and ended her."
The way he spoke sent shivers down Georgina's spine, he seemed so cold, she definitely didn't want to get on his bad side. Even though she's hanging on the edge of that side already.
"Will and Ruth were speaking before she was murdered?" Georgina really wanted to ask, were they close enough for her to tell him where she was exactly. Mr Jensen nodded, in his mind that wasn't a bad thing to say, he thought it wouldn't raise suspicion - but he was wrong. All fingers started pointing to his son and he had zero idea he was practically calling his own child out. Before Georgina could ask another question a young man stormed in, a scowl on his face and arms folded. He looked at his father before turning to gaze at the two detectives sat quietly.
"This is about Ruth," he stated, the two detectives nodded even though Will wasn't asking, he slumped down in the chair beside his father coldly staring at him before looking away again. His fists shaking slightly as he balled them up.
"Hi Will, I'm Detective Easton and this is Detective Lawson, we just have a couple questions concerning your whereabouts and your relationship with Miss Slater," Georgina spoke confidently, Kurt taking a new page is his note pad for any important facts Will may accidentally share or share willingly. "Where were you the night of the murder?"
"At my friends Place, his name is Ashton Lawrence, you can talk to his mum she knows I was there all night," he smirked, folding his arms. If his alibi checks through we'll be stomped, Georgina grunted in her head. She couldn't help but wonder why he seemed so chill with answering and had a smirk on his face, she was reminded of Harry Styles' attitude when he was held in the cells.
"What was your relationship like with Ruth?"
"It was great, she loved me and I loved her. She dumped me because I just wasn't enough for her," he rolled his eyes.
"And Harry Styles was what she wanted?" Georgina asked, daring him to answer honestly.
"Apparently," he scoffed. "God knows why. Look at him and look at me, I was always going to win her over."
"Well that didn't work now did it," Mr Jensen muttered, folding his arms and rolling his eyes at his comment.
"Did you know Harry well?" Kurt asked, looking up from his paper, ignoring Mr Jensen's comment.
"Uh-" he stammered, glancing at his father and then back again. "Not that well," he said quietly. He lost his attitude, his fingers were playing with the hem of his top uncomfortably and his eyes were glancing everywhere in the room but at Kurt and Georgina. "He attacked me once."
Georgina frowned, finding his approach to this topic rather out of the blue. "Why?"
"Because Ruth came to my place," he shrugged causally. He rolled up his sleeve and there was a fairly new scar on his arm. "He stabbed me with some pocketknife," Georgina's eyes flashed over to Kurt's as he met hers. A pocketknife. The same weapon used to kill Ruth Slater? Could this be the evidence they needed this entire time? Did they just make the wrong man walk free?
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A/N: I picture Georgina's attitude to be a bit like Tanner from Pretty Little Liars if anyone needs help picturing it :) I know this seems like back and forth and confusing, but I don't want you all to be so easily convinced on who it is ;)
also I loooove reading the comments you's leave as you read it's so cute and entertaining. Anyone got any theories?
Republished: 10, Dec, 2018