JIM [1]

Kai and Detective Flores went back to re-examine the crime scene. He felt that there's a missing piece of evidence, and He isn't convince that Doc. Mendoza actually killed her own best friend.

"Ms. Barrios parents is not convinced that Doc. Mendoza killed their daughter!"

Detective Flores reported right after he finished talking someone in his phone.

"Oh?" 

"They said that Doc. Mendoza been with them since she was a little kid, it means that she was telling us the truth!"

Kai sigh. "Guess we have to dig ten ft. deeper than usual this time!" 

He said while putting a disposable gloves into his hands before entering the crime scene.

"Look around any possible evidence!" 

"There's something I don't understand here!" Detective Flores asked confusedly. "There was no force entry, and the victim was stub once!"

"Stub once and no sign of struggling!" Kai added. "Look at the bed, the sheet was not even crumpled!"

Besides the four empty cans of beer, bucket of untouched fried chicken and empty bags of chips there was nothing suspicious.

"Fried chicken!" Kai suddenly blurted. "Check the receipt what time did they place an order for this!"

Kai was checking the garbage that scattered in the floor, he frowned when he found a piece of fried chicken's bone.

"It was around eight!" detective Flores answered. "But there was no name written in here!"

Normally when you ordered something your phone # will be written together with your name.

"I think that's a direct order!" Kai said after sometimes. "Check that store and asked the cashier!"

Kai thought those ladies haven't eaten any of those, He put the bone in the transparent bag and took another one that is not touched.

"Send someone to examine this!" 

Kai passes those plastic bag to Detective Flores.

"They didn't drink much, there are four cans in here, and four more that's not open. One could possibly drink more than the other—"

"Doc. Mendoza had a terrible drinking habit so it was unwise for her to—"

"What did you say?" Kai suddenly cut detective Flores. "Terrible drinking habit, you said?"

"At least. .that's what Mrs. Barrios had told, she said that Doc. Mendoza is not much of a drinker!"

"Then how come she did not remember anything?" Kai frowned.

"It was some kind of alcohol reaction, I guess!" detective Flores shrug." She will forget everything that happened after she got drunk!"

"But four cans of beer won't knock off a full grown women—" He stood when his eyes suddenly caught a glass of water up in the table. He took a sip on it!

"Are you crazy?" Detective Flores scolded him. "What if there's something on it?"

"We will know!" He said ignoring him and went into the bathroom. "This is where Doc. Mendoza woke up with knife in her hands, wasn't she?"

"Yeah!"

Kai noted everything. There was no force entry, no struggling, the unknown receipt, the bed, the blood and doc. Mendoza's bad drinking habit.

Except that, everything was normal, the place was as it is, the victim was on Doc. Mendoza's bed while Doc. Mendoza was lying on the bathroom?

On Doc. Mendoza's bed? 

He repeated on his own, Ms. Cassandra Myer was murdered after wearing Doc. Mendoza's blue rain coat and now Ms. Devy Barrios was murdered in Doc. Mendoza's bed!

"This could be a second degree murder!" he thought. "Let's speak to the watch man downstairs!"

They went to see Mr. Martinez, the man whose in charged to watch the whole building but to their surprised Mr. Martinez was not there.

"What do you mean disappear?" Kai seems like to burst out. "Someone just disappeared and no one reported it?"

"He's always been like that, he would go away for a couple of days then come back—!"

"Who are you anyway?"

"His grandson, I'm in charges in here every time grandfather went away!"

Kai felt like giving him a nice beating for using a wrong word.

"What kind of grandson who's not even bother to look for his grandfather?" he scolded him. "Did he leave an address?"

"Nope!" he shrugged.

"Do you know, what happened in the eleventh floor of this building?"

"Ah!" the boy casually answered. "That beautiful—!"

"Mind your manners boy!"

"I don't think she killed her, I saw them before it happened. I asked for her autograph—"

"You asked that doctor's autograph?" 

Kai asked in disbelief, what kind of psychopath would ask a doctor—.

"Not the doctor, the other one. She's an actress! You don't know that?"

The boy seems to be surprised by their reaction, but they were more surprised when they heard what the boy said.

"Whoa, this two idiots really exist?" The boy unbelievably blurted out that makes detective Flores laughed discreetly. "She's famous along with Lauren that blond chick!"

"You—" 

Kai was about to grab the insolent boy when detective Flores block him. Detective Flores knew that the boy's bluntness will just irritate his superior.

"You mean Lauren Smith, The actress?"

"Yeah! You're better than he!" The boy commented. "By the way, those two aren't that close, they have some kind of misunderstanding. Their fans were crazy over it, Ms. D was taking the rule that was originally meant for Lauren, but Ms. D deserved it the most!"

"You imbecile—!"

Kai doesn't like the boy bad-mouthing his girlfriend, but he could not directly defend Lauren, it will make everything worst.

"What can I do, I don't like her." he smirked. "Do you expect me to side her? If you are investigating this then you should probably ask her, she's most likely the one who got the motives—"

"You know that accusing someone will put you in jail?" 

"Then you should jail all of us, that's what we are thinking!"

"Fine. .fine!" 

Kai stops the boy from going further, he was pretty sure what was the boy meant in saying "All of us!". The victim was actually an actress, and was famous to all those stupid youngsters like the one in front of him.

He felt like having a terrible headache, everything seems to be far more complicated. Lauren was even dragged into this mess, if the two of them had that sort of miss understanding then Ms. Barrios fans will most likely suspect Lauren.

If everyone knew he had a relationship with Lauren, what would people going to think about him?

Plus what would doc. Mendoza's reaction about this?

But Doc. Mendoza did not mention anything about it, so how on earth he would know?

"Normal people would know her, I wonder why you people?"

The boy absentmindedly asked them.

"We're not normal, we're detectives!" Kai sarcastically blurted out. " We don't have time for idols, were busy catching criminals!"

Now that he mention it, Detective Flores realized why the victim was so familiar.

"Allow us to check the CCTV at least you would help us give your idol some justice!" 

Kai casually shoved him away.

"Of course, by the way my names is Jim. I want to be a famous detective too but not as clueless as you people!"

"Ah. !"

 Kai was acting like he's having a blood pressure, While detective Flores barked into laughter. He seems to be amused of this two, Jim is exactly his superior younger version in terms of attitudes.