ARTEMIS: He's confessing under pressure! You don't have anything else but his statement!
BEATRIX: That is categorically false. Windenburg supplied evidence -
ARTEMIS: [scoffs] - Evidence that didn't exist a few days ago! -
PAULINE: - Our team found prints on Natalie Faust's phone that ma -
The door to Delgato's room slammed open.
BARBARA PIZZAZZ: Can I get some fucki - [low voice] chief.
ARTEMIS: Barb?
FRED: Quentin?!
BARBARA: Ms. Reaper. I'm doing my best. Please trust me on this one.
Quentin flinched as Fred took in the scene with utter dismay.
PAULINE: I've assigned Detective Villareal to be collecting officer. He will assist Detective Pizzazz in building the case from Windenburg.
FRED: [softly] No... (It should've been me, not him!)
Artemis pulled Fred aside.
ARTEMIS: What was that all about? Why did Villareal look at you like that?
FRED: I - uh - it's... complicated.
ARTEMIS: Complicated how?
FRED: We... dated. Just once.
ARTEMIS: [deep breath] Okay. Is he trustworthy?
FRED: I don't know. What happens next? Who’s the officer taking the case?
ARTEMIS: My former protégé. Because it started with my father’s death in the Bugle, this case goes back to Brindleton, and your date will support the prosecution.
FRED: Like Jane Linde's case.
ARTEMIS: How did that go?
FRED: Maybe I wasn't clear enough, but it's Willow Creek's call. Judge Syuhada said that I would be overstepping my jurisdiction if I didn't check in with them first.
ARTEMIS: ... I'm sorry I missed that. She's right. Let's focus on this while we have Datta and Delgato. Someone's tying up loose ends... and I have a hunch they're it.
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The final stop after Del Sol. Fred leaped off the metro once the doors slid open wide enough for him to squeeze through, and sprinted towards the hospital where Matias Delgato was admitted.
When he stepped inside the lobby, he found himself face-to-face with Aria Flex, his neighbour and reporter for the Brindleton Bugle.
ARIA: Fred? Fred! Wait up! [blocks his way] Why are you here? I thought you were at San My.
FRED: [crossing his arms] Excu - what?
ARIA: You don't know? Matias Delgato said Rohil Datta was the one who hired him to kill your mother and Alexander Goth. The press teams moved to Manipal* and that's where I'm - was headed. So, what's going through your mind right now?
Stunned by this turn of events, Fred was lost for words.
*Manipal Hospital, San Myshuno
FRED: (Something's wrong and I can't put my finger on it...) When was this?
ARIA: About 30 minutes ago. More or less.
Sensing she had let her guard down as she scribbled on her notepad, he side-stepped her swiftly.
FRED: Alright. Thanks. See you later.
ARIA: But - wait! Fred! What are your -
He ignored her and lengthened his strides so that she wouldn't be able to keep up with him.
10:33 - OUTSIDE ROOM 311
ARTEMIS: You can't book him and I am not leaving until I have a word with him!
BEATRIX: [hushed] Get a grip, this is a hospital!
PAULINE: It appears you have forgotten your place. Let me remind you, madam, that you retired a few days ago. You're just a civilian. There's nothing you can do.
SHAYLA KIM-LEWIS: Caliente, cut the chit-chat. Sir, you should move along. Whatever you're here for, this is the wrong place and time for it.
In the background, a new face stopped in his tracks to take in what was happening.
FRED: Sorry to take up your time. Hope you catch whoever's behind this.
AMARI ADEYEMI: Hey, can someone explain to me what's going on in this town? I just got here yesterday and... I wish I hadn't.
JOSÉ: Don't worry, this was an exceptional case. Oasis Springs is one of the most secure towns in the worlds - our crime rate is lower than Windenburg.
AMARI: But still, a senior detective got attacked so badly he's in an induced coma? I moved here from Twinbrook for FutureSim Labs, and this news terrifies me. If this happens to a detective, what's to stop something like this from happening to ordinary people? Like me and my family?
FRED: (That's where the serum came from!)
FRED: You work for FutureSim Labs?
AMARI: Yeah. Why?
FRED: ... Just wondering if you're involved in the Reaper project.
JOSÉ: (He’s asking way too many questions!)
AMARI: No, I'm in aerospace. FYI the Reaper project's been dropped for ages. Why?
FRED: It's - I was wondering if I could get in touch with anyone who was in it.
AMARI: Sorry, can't help you on that. What’s your name? Maybe I know someone who was.
FRED: It’s F - Greg. Greg Andrews.
AMARI: Right. I’m Amari.
Credit to @savvysweet for the Morris family, of which Amari is part of! His wife Camila Morris and their son, Martin Morris will be introduced in coming episodes as they are all recurring characters of The Cyanide Legacy. Thank you Shelly for your beautiful sims! 💖💖
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