Detective Walker
The next morning, I unlocked the private room with my access card and walked in and kept the new evidence I found. Jude and Laura were supposed to be here before me but they were late
An hour later, Jude and Laura walk in at the same time almost simultaneously
"Well, way to go guys. You're so early today" I said sarcastically, kind of annoyed
"Sorry , boss. I got caught up on my way here, it won't happen again" Jude said, apologizing
"Woke up a little late sir, I'm sorry" Laura said next
"It's fine guys, if we want to catch the killer we have to be really meticulous and that includes coming to the private room early" I said to them
"It won't happen again" They chorused together
"So, what I found yesterday will leave you shocked" I said pulling out the tools I took from Alicia's room
They all gathered around to see what I had to show them and they seemed not to get it how the tools related to the investigation at hand
"Laura, do you remember when we took a look at the crime scene, at the balcony?" I asked her
"Yeah I do, but what does that have to do with this?" she answered
"Do you remember that some screws were loosened from the rails on the balcony. Remember there was a fourth screw that was half way loosened" I said and they didn't still get it
I walked over to one of the lockers and pulled it. I took out a screw and turned around to show it to them
"I took the loosened screw, look closely, this screw and the ones in the box, do they have any resemblance?" I asked hoping, they would get it now
Jude spoke up first after the screw from hands "there's some kind of resemblance, I guess"
"Wait , this screw is numbered four" Laura said taking the screw from Jude while I listened attentively
She looked carefully at the other screws in the box and then it hit her
"Oh my God, where did you find this box" she asked me wide eyed and very surprised
"Guys , I'm lost here" Jude called out
"Miss Xavier, would you do the honors" I said to Laura who was so proud of herself at that moment
"Dear Jude, this screw that Mr. Walker took from the crime scene has the number 4 inscribed on it. Now if we take a look at the other screws, you can see that they all have numbers inscribed on them too. They are all in order, there's a screw in this box labeled one and another one labelled two and then there's another labelled three" Laura explained
"No shittt, I get it. These are the same screws from the balcony" Jude said as realization hit him "where did you get these?"
"Now that you guys are on the same page with me, I'll proceed" I said while they were listening to me eagerly "So I saw these screws and the screwdriver in some girls room and she said they belonged to Anthonia Tate"
"What was the girl's name?" Laura asked
"How did you meet her?" Jude asked
"How did you find the screws?" Laura asked
"How did you even get to her room?" Jude asked
"How di…." Laura was about to say before I cut her off
"Enough , can you guys even give me a chance to answer any of them? The girl said her name is Alicia and I met her on the balcony of my floor"
"So how did you find the screws, did she give them to you" Laura asked
"No, of course not, we went to her room together and I wanted to search for something in her cupboard locker and then I found them there" I explained
"Wait, what were you even doing in her room in the first place" Laura continued
"It doesn't matter" I said brushing off the question "she said she is the girlfriend of Anthonia Tate and Anthonia gave her these to keep them safe for her" I told them
"Ha! Oh my god, case closed, Anthonia pushed her dad off the ship, Lets go tell Mr. Ponre and get that money" Laura shouted, excitedly
"Miss Xavier, not that fast. We can't conclude yet. We have to find out what motives she had for killing her dad and we have to actually get her to confess to her crime" I said
"Damn , this is going to take some time, then. And she appeared to be the most innocent of them all" Laura said
"Yeah, I placed all my cards on the mother" Jude revealed
"Really, I placed all of mine on the brother" Laura said and they both laughed
"We can't be certain of who it really is, we have to interview Anthonia again and ask her where she got these and why she told her girlfriend to keep them" I said to them
"Alright that sounds good" Laura said
"Jude, are you coming along?" I asked him
"Nah, I have to go check out the security room and keep reviewing security footage to see if I'll find something" he said
"Oh yeah, on my way to my room, yesterday, I saw Audrey Tate sneaking back into her room. Could you check where she was, if you'll find it" I said
"Sure thing boss" Jude replied
"Oh and more thing, where were you guys last night, I came knocking at your doors but none of you were around" I asked
"You know me, I went to get myself some nice chick, I crashed in her room" Jude said and I wasn't even surprised. I just shook my head and laughed
I turned to Laura "Miss Xavier, how about you where were you"
"Uhmmm, uhhh I was in my room. Maybe when you came I was at the lounge because I got hungry and went to get some food" she said, stammering for some reason
"Why didn't you just order?" I asked
"Ohh, uh their phone lines were down" she said and I bought it
"Oh okay, that explains it. Let's go to Anthonia Tate's room. Have you picked up the notepad and recorder" I asked her carrying the tools in my hand
"Yes, I did" she said, handing over the recorder to me
"Bye Jude. Have fun with your footage" Laura said as we stepped out of the private room
The walk to Anthonia's room was a little awkward and we only said a few things to each other. We got to Anthonia's room and knocked and a minutes later she opened it and invited us in.