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I Became The City's Mayor . [ Temporarily On Hold ]
⁰⁰3 ˒ the Parker family .
𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟑 - The Parker Family
𝐃etectiv𝐞 𝐁eckha𝐦 𝐋e𝐞
What I'm trying to say here basically is, your parents aren't missing people. . .
𝐃etectiv𝐞 𝐁eckha𝐦 𝐋e𝐞
They were confirmed deceased 19 years ago on the evening of the Bits and Pieces shooting incident
𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒈𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. . .
➤ ᴅᴇᴛᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴄᴋʜᴀᴍ ʟᴇᴇ's ᴏғғɪᴄᴇ
Detective Lee walks up to the slouched man who's currently sitting in his desk chair and hands him a glass of water.
the man receives it with a muttered thanks but makes no move to drink out of the glass. he just stares down at it, gaze devoid.
knowing fully well that this is going to take much longer than planned, the detective makes himself comfortable by leaning against the bookshelf behind him and crossing his arms.
𝐃etectiv𝐞 𝐁eckha𝐦 𝐋e𝐞
💭 Honestly, I expected this reaction from him, I'll admit it. But having to deal with it is a whole different thing
he sighs, rubbing his face.
his sigh is much louder than he thinks because it has Ethan snapping up his gaze from the glass to his face.
𝐄tha𝐧 𝐏arke𝐫
💭 I've been too busy drowning in my thoughts I didn't realize I'd been hogging the man's chair
𝐄tha𝐧 𝐏arke𝐫
[ guilty ] Hey, Mr Lee you can sit if you're tired—
Ethan is about to stand up when he's interrupted by the officer.
𝐃etectiv𝐞 𝐁eckha𝐦 𝐋e𝐞
Don't kid around. If I wanted to sit, I wouldn't have given up my chair to you in the first place
he waves a hand, dismissively.
𝐃etectiv𝐞 𝐁eckha𝐦 𝐋e𝐞
Also, it's just the two of us here so you can drop the formalities and just call me Beckham
𝐃etectiv𝐞 𝐁eckha𝐦 𝐋e𝐞
I'm a couple of years older than you, at most. Plus it'll make our future conversations a lot less stiff, yeah?
Ethan slowly sits back down and nods.
𝐄tha𝐧 𝐏arke𝐫
Um, yeah. I guess you're right. . .
𝐄tha𝐧 𝐏arke𝐫
Call me Ethan then
Beckham gives him a look.
𝐃etectiv𝐞 𝐁eckha𝐦 𝐋e𝐞
More importantly, are you okay?
𝐄tha𝐧 𝐏arke𝐫
{ snorts } To be honest, no. No, I'm not. I'm far from okay
𝐄tha𝐧 𝐏arke𝐫
I'm this close to losing it. I don't know why I haven't yet if I'm being honest again
𝐃etectiv𝐞 𝐁eckha𝐦 𝐋e𝐞
{ nods } Fair. I would have been worried about your mental health if you had told me you were okay
Ethan's rather twisted humor makes Beckham's words sound kind of funny. he chuckles before he can even stop it.
𝐄tha𝐧 𝐏arke𝐫
Oh, don't worry. I don't plan on becoming a psychopath anytime soon
𝐃etectiv𝐞 𝐁eckha𝐦 𝐋e𝐞
{ chuckles as well } So some time in the future then?
Ethan doesn't answer that. he only smiles and goes back to staring at the glass cup in his hands. his smile gradually begins to fade.
he gulps back the toad in his throat.
𝐄tha𝐧 𝐏arke𝐫
( low and nearly inaudible ) You aren't making it up, right?
𝐄tha𝐧 𝐏arke𝐫
You're sure my parents are. . . no longer alive?
𝐃etectiv𝐞 𝐁eckha𝐦 𝐋e𝐞
I would gain nothing in divulging that if I weren't certain
𝐃etectiv𝐞 𝐁eckha𝐦 𝐋e𝐞
But to be fair, I understand where your doubt is coming from
𝐃etectiv𝐞 𝐁eckha𝐦 𝐋e𝐞
You were told in this same station, that there was no existing data on your parents, aside from the fact that they were missing
𝐃etectiv𝐞 𝐁eckha𝐦 𝐋e𝐞
And now, you're being told that they'd been dead many years before that date
𝐃etectiv𝐞 𝐁eckha𝐦 𝐋e𝐞
Even the most composed person I know would be shaken up by news like that
Beckham uncrosses his arms and pushes away from the bookshelf behind him. a confused Ethan watches him step past him to pick up a file from the mahogany desk.
𝐃etectiv𝐞 𝐁eckha𝐦 𝐋e𝐞
I didn't request your presence here to simply have a chat, y'know
𝐃etectiv𝐞 𝐁eckha𝐦 𝐋e𝐞
A phone call would have sufficed, if that was all I wanted
he holds out the file in front of Ethan, gesturing for him to take it.
the ocean-eyed man looks at the file, then at him, then at the file again. the untouched glass cup clasped between his hands is the next object of his gaze.
he moves to place it on the desk but quickly acknowledges its owner.
𝐃etectiv𝐞 𝐁eckha𝐦 𝐋e𝐞
Go ahead
Ethan does just that. with his hands now free, he receives the file with another muttered thanks.
𝐃etectiv𝐞 𝐁eckha𝐦 𝐋e𝐞
According to human psychology, people tend to believe the things they can see and feel more than the ones they can't
the silver head doesn't say anything more. he calmly waits for the blonde to see what he needs to see. sometimes, silence is favored over words.
with careful fingers, Ethan peels open the folder.
𝗕𝗼𝘁 👾 (Lil' Oreo)
✫ ( NB. these are just templates of what the case report looks like ) 👆
𝗕𝗼𝘁 👾 (Lil' Oreo)
✫ ( The data displayed are replaced by data of Ethan's parents in the story )
Ethan's blue eyes narrow at the woman's face in the image. the same face from his distant memories. the same face he sees in some of the dreams he ends up forgetting after rousing.
suddenly feeling like a stranger in his own skin, Ethan trails his gaze down to the lower section of the document that reads "Crime narrative/information"
𝑪𝑹𝑰𝑴𝑬 𝑵𝑨𝑹𝑹𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑽𝑬 / 𝑰𝑵𝑭𝑶𝑹𝑴𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵
𝐹𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑦, 2000 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 6:45𝑝𝑚, 𝑎 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑝 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦'𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝐵𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝑖𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠.
𝐴𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 6:53𝑝𝑚, 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑒. 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙 ( 7:30 𝑝𝑚) 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑.
𝐴𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝐶𝑇𝑉 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑑, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑦-𝑓𝑖𝑣𝑒 (75) 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒, 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑴𝒓 𝑯𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒚 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝑴𝒓𝒔 𝑴𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒂 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒓. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑛, 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑥𝑡𝑦-𝑓𝑖𝑣𝑒 (65) 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑.
Ethan feels the blood drain from his face even before he finishes reading the account.
To say he can't believe his eyes would be stating it lightly.
𝐄tha𝐧 𝐏arke𝐫
[ disbelief ] h-how could this have happened. . .?
he looks at the files in his hands like they're the biggest joke he's heard.
he turns to face Beckham with red-rimmed eyes and a strained smile.
𝐄tha𝐧 𝐏arke𝐫
I know I don't remember much of my parents because the last time I saw them, I was a bloody toddler
𝐄tha𝐧 𝐏arke𝐫
Still, this is alarmingly ridiculous!
he struggles to keep his voice leveled.
𝐄tha𝐧 𝐏arke𝐫
From the little I recall of my childhood, those two had no enemies, so who the heck could have instigated the attack on their store?
𝐄tha𝐧 𝐏arke𝐫
And don't even bother to give me that 'it was a terrorist attack' bullsh*t
𝐄tha𝐧 𝐏arke𝐫
This city is known for being one of the most boring and uneventful cities for a reason
𝐄tha𝐧 𝐏arke𝐫
I won't accept that. I refuse to
he shakily runs a hand through his hair, tugging at the roots until it physically starts to hurt.
𝐄tha𝐧 𝐏arke𝐫
💭 God! It even says she was pregnant when it happened
𝐄tha𝐧 𝐏arke𝐫
( suddenly feeling sick ) 💭 Crap I had no idea. . . I had no idea. Yet they killed her. They killed them
Ethan squeezes the case file in his grip, not even realizing it and Beckham almost gives him a pitying look.
𝐃etectiv𝐞 𝐁eckha𝐦 𝐋e𝐞
( placating tone ) Please wait a minute
𝐃etectiv𝐞 𝐁eckha𝐦 𝐋e𝐞
I can only imagine how you feel right now, but I'd like to request that you don't jump to conclusions until I've said all I have to say
𝐃etectiv𝐞 𝐁eckha𝐦 𝐋e𝐞
We're not halfway done with this session—
𝐄tha𝐧 𝐏arke𝐫
{ interrupts } Pray tell me, what's left to talk about!
𝐄tha𝐧 𝐏arke𝐫
[ exasperated ] What more could you possibly have to say after this??
Beckham sighs, expecting and understanding this reaction.
𝐃etectiv𝐞 𝐁eckha𝐦 𝐋e𝐞
( calmly ) The mastermind behind your parent's murder. . .
𝐃etectiv𝐞 𝐁eckha𝐦 𝐋e𝐞
We have a lead on who they are
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𝗕𝗼𝘁 👾 (Lil' Oreo)
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