The Detective

Sarah was busy making breakfast and humming to herself when the doorbell rang.

She had been expecting Jane to turn up more earlier. She felt a little spark of excitement as she hurried to get the door but when she opened it, her excitement died down and disappointment took over.

She quickly brushed the feeling away and spoke.

“How may I help you?” She asked the lady who was dressed in corporate, with a dark shade on, making her look so confident.

“Are you Sarah Hemsworth; Jane Hemsworth’s daughter?”

“Yes, I am. Anything the problem?” Sarah raised a brow.

“I’m Jody, from the police department,” the lady said, bringing out her ID for Sarah to see.

“We would like you to come to our office for some interrogations…”

“We can as well do the talking here or what do you think?” Sarah crossed her arms and raised a brow.

Jody took off her shade and stared at Sarah with her blue eyes.

“Look Mrs. Hemsworth, I don’t want to make this hard on you,” Jody started calmly, “I think it would be best to speak to your husband. Is he home?” asked Jody.

Sarah stared down at Jody like she was some kind of pest.

“I don’t think you’ll be able to speak to my husband, just tell me what it is.” Sarah responded, proving stubborn.

Jody knew all she had to do was to tell them that, ‘your daughter was murdered this morning’ but she couldn’t bring herself to say that since no body was found in the scene and here she was, trying to be nice to this lady who seem to be ignorant of the situation.

“Honey, I’m here.” James walked over to where she stood and he sighted the lady outside of the house.

“What’s going on?” he asked his wife and Jody immediately spoke up before Sarah could say anything and that made her angry.

“I’m Jody Hopkins from the police department. We would like you to come to our office for some interrogations concerning your daughter_ Jane.”

“Jane?” James asked in confusion, looking from his wife to the detective.

“What is the reason?” he asked.

“Like I said, it’s concerning your daughter. We cannot disclose the information for now but we have to confirm some things from you.” Jody said confidently.

“Well, maybe we’ll come later.” Sarah was the one to talk. “We can’t just leave home just like that as we are expecting our daughter’s return. She would be here in few minutes and it would be bad if she returns and meets no one.”

Jody was already getting impatient but she was just trying to put on a calm face. And since she couldn’t bear the character the lady in front of her was displaying, she knew it was now or never.

“Has she spoken to you this morning?” Jody asked and the couple looked at her.

“No?” James replied.

“Then how could you be so sure that she would return?” she shot her questions at them.

Hearing what Jody said, Sarah flared up.

“How dare you say that? What right do you even have to come to my home and start spewing nonsense from that polluted mouth of yours? Honey? Can’t you see how she’s talking ill of our daughter? Send her out of here right now. I can’t stand a minute with her.” Sarah fumed.

Though Jody was embarrassed, she smiled inwardly because she knew that what she was about to say would make them even want to beg for her attention. She always loves it when a situation like this comes up.

She smiled and faced Sarah, “Well, I was wrong all along. I thought you would prefer it simple but I guess you like it the hard way.” Jody said straightly.

“There was a murder case this morning involving your daughter…” both James and Sarah gasped but Jody didn’t spare them the chance to say anything since they’ve been doing most of the talking.

“…and a guy whom we presumed to be her boyfriend. He goes by the name; Dylan. I guess you know him because the realization are on your faces.” Jody said plainly.

“Wait! What? What are you…” James started but Jody cut him off.

“Like I said, we would like you to come to our station for some interrogations and if you have any questions to ask, we’ll answer it altogether. Thanks for taking your time.” Jody put her shades back on and walked to her car. She drove off, leaving the couple in total shock and disbelief.