Carmen: Get out!

He scurried away faster than he came in. Carmen groaned unhappily. Shane smiled at her pouty lips.

Shane: Carmen, let’s go upstairs. I want to tell you something in private about the case I was working on.

Carmen nodded and they walked upstairs hand in hand. Jenny watched them walk up the stairs from her sofa vantage point. Shane closed the door and they sat on the bed.

Shane: I’m researching what your dad has been doing these years. The incident with my brother happened during an arms and drugs deal. The government wants to know where he’s sending these weapons to and who he’s dispersing the drugs to. But the recent deals he’s made weren’t about those things.

Carmen: What were they about?

Shane: Your mother’s accident.

Carmen: Why would he be looking into that?

Shane: That’s what everyone wants to know.

Carmen knew her father was a very powerful man and he would make some shady deals, but the case about her mother? He said it was an accident.

Carmen: Why did you tell me this?

Shane: I need to get into contact with my Captain Bette. She and the rest of the crew have been searching for reason why your father has such an interest in it. My old partner, Bobby, was the cop that delt with the accident. His report was very clear that everything was normal, for an accident. At least to him and the rest of the investigators.

Carmen: So you want me to let you go see them?

Shane: One call, I just want to tell them I’m okay and I want to hear about any new information they found.

Carmen hesitated.

Shane: I promise, last time.

Carmen handed Shane her cellphone.

Shane: Thank you.

Bette and Tina were sitting in the office when Shane’s call came.

Bette: Hello?

Shane: It’s me.

Bette: Shane! Are you okay?

Tina: Where are you? We’ll come get you right away.

Shane: I’m fine, Carmen’s here with me.

Bette: Oh, we’re happy you’re okay.

Shane: How’s the investigation going?

Tina: We’ve found some inconsistencies.

Shane: I thought Bobby took care of the write up?

Bette: Turns out he wasn’t the first one on the scene. The FBI were there at least half an hour before him.

Shane: What’s that supposed to mean?

Tina: This gives us adequate reason to suspect foul play.

Carmen: They killed my mom?

Bette: No, we don’t know yet. Carmen, do you have any memory of what happened around that time?

Carmen: What do you mean?

Bette: Tina and I think you were in that car.

Carmen dropped the phone.

Shane: Carm? You okay?

Carmen shook her head with her hands clamped onto her ears.

Carmen: I don’t know… I don’t know…

She kept chanting she didn’t know.

Shane: Tina, Bette, I’ll call you guys later if I can.

Shane warpped her arms around Carmen to get her to calm down.

Shane: Shhhh…. It’s all right. I’m here. We’ll get to the bottom of this Carm, together. I promise.