“Excuse me ladies” Duffy interrupted the private moment.  Helena smiled at her girlfriend who didn’t return the gesture.

“What are you doing here?”  Helena inquired excitedly undeterred by Duffy’s stiff and serious manner.

“Please” Duffy turned around “follow me.”  They knew it was serious because of Duffy’s lack of emotion.  They followed the detective to the back of the theater into a utility room.  They gasped when the recognized the facedown body on the floor, a knife-handle sticking out.

“Oh my god!”  Dana cried as Alice, who also was in tears, held her back.  Tina, Bette, Helena and Kit stood crying as Shane jumped in front of them to get to her friend.

“Jenny!”  Shane cried as she too was held back by the officer protecting the crime scene.

“I’m afraid not” Duffy corrected.  The crew’s faces went from pain to confusion as they looked at Duffy for further explanation.  The detective simply led the group of distraught women to a door that led outside.  Upon making their exit they saw their friend Jenny, handcuffed and being ushered into the back of an unmarked car.

“Then who’s that?”  Bette pointed at the building.

“Adele” Alice whispered.

“We’re handling this as quietly as possible.  The less people that know about this, the faster we can find the killer.”  Duffy informed.

“Then why did they arrest Jenny?”  Kit demanded.

“Because she made the 911 call” Duffy supplied.

“That doesn’t mean she killed her” Tina reasoned.

“We have a witness who saw them arguing earlier, we think it’s around the time of death.”  Duffy shook her head, “Look, I know she’s your friend and I don’t know her very well, but I’m going to do everything that I can to follow the evidence and make sure the real killer is brought to justice.”

“So you start by arresting innocent people” Helena seethed.

“No” Duffy’s face softened “we start by clearing the innocent people.”  Duffy cleared her throat then nervously continued.  “That’s why I’m going to need you ladies to go downtown with me.”

“You’re not suggesting” Bette looked at Duffy incredulously.

“The questions will help clear you” Duffy said “obviously you’re all very close and protective of each other.”  The group looked on with pride at the stated fact.

“Let’s get this over with guys” Bette said.

“I need to make a phone call” Tina said as she opened her clutch.  “Our daughter is with friends right now.”

“Fine” Duffy allowed “but do not breathe a word about this to them.”

“Okay” Tina nodded.  “Hi Monique” she said as she walked a few feet from the group for more privacy.  Bette followed her to listen in on the call and to speak to Angie if she was still up.  While they waited for Bette and Tina’s return, they saw a police officer escort Nikki into another vehicle.  The actress looked nervously at them then looked away when car door opened.