"Detective! You need to see this" he rushed in with the tab in his hand.

"What?" Wheeler sighed

"Here" he placed the tablet in front of him.

"What is this?" Wheeler asked not understanding a thing.

"The little CCTV positioned right towards his door in his apartment captured this" he pointed and the detective squinted his eyes.

"What the..." Wheeler gasped as he stared at the foot that was almost invisible, leaving the apartment, clothed in brown boots.

"Miss Brooks had black sandals on" he said

"Potter?" He called the attention of the man.

"Yes" officer potter replied him

"Get me the footage from that day, starting from morning down to evening" he ordered and potter nodded before leaving.

"This is going to be hard" he sighed.

Mr James Cavendish had been a reporter before he died, it was hard for wheeler to investigate secretly because the press badly wanted the publicity.

***

"That's the only option left Ellie" Clara said again

"Hmm" Ellie hummed

"Ellie, look at me? Do you want me to rot in here? After this is all sorted, trust me you can lay him off nicely " she pleaded.

Ellie had come to tell Clara of her meetup with their aunt and her requirements before she can be of help and Clara wouldn't even accept her help on such terms even in her grave. She suggested Ellie should ask Tyler for help.

"This is a chance for you guys to get closer sis" she smiled

"Let's talk about getting you out first Clara" Ellie groaned

"I'm just saying" Clara smiled

"I see you're coping just fine" Ellie rolled her eyes.

"It's not so bad in here" Clara giggled looking around

"Maybe you should stay in a little more" 

"You should be directing that to your conscience" Clara smirk and Ellie stared at her in amusement.

"You're in a god-damned cell bitch" she laughed

"I'm not dead, and I'd be out soon" Clara said but it sounded more like she needed to assure and tell herself that.

"I'll think about it" Elie said.

"What's there to think about?" Clara groaned but apologized when she saw her sister's glaring eyes.

.

"Do you want to say something?" Tyler asked

"Huh?" Ellie asked 

"Spit it out" he smiled at her but she just stared at him not knowing how to begin.

"Ellie?" He called yet again.

"I need a lawyer!" She spat

"Shit that didn't come out right" she slapped herself mentally and bit her lips

"What I mean is...I know you've been of great help already and I'm in no position to ask for more but Clara..."

"I'd love to help out" he cut her off.

"Huh?" She asked to be sure she heard right

"Seriously! I'd love too" he said again and she smiled genuinely at him for the first time. Okay? For the first time that ain't payday.

"Thank you so much" she muttered

"Anything for you, besides Clara's innocent, we're going to prove it" he assured her and she nodded

"I'd get back to work then" she stood and bowed.

"Let's go out for lunch" he offered

"Some other time" she declined nicely.

★

"Spare me!!"

"I'm sorry"

"Boss!!!"

"Please""

"Spare me!!" He cried as they kept hitting him with wooden bats

"No one steals from me" he crouched down to his level and grabbed his chin harshly

"I hate thieves" he smiled wickedly.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, let me pay up please" the battered guy pleaded but he wouldn't listen

"Can you pay up in three days?" He smirked as the helpless guy's eye widened.

"Please I beg you, give me a month"

"For what you stole in a day" he kicked him hard on his abdomen as he coughed out more blood.

"You should be grateful I ain't taking this out on your family, you fool" he roared

"Thank you sir" he managed to appreciate

"What exactly should I do with you?" He smiled and signalled for them to resume beating him up.

"I'm sorry" the almost lifeless guy muttered until they heard a click that was accompanied by a flash of light.

"Shit" he gasped

"Who's there?!" He growled as his boys went out in search of the person.

Few minutes later, a man was dragged in..

"Tyler?" 

"Mr James Cavendish" Tyler smiled opening his hand for a hug

"Won't you at least give me a hug?" Tyler smirked as his cigarette dangled from the corner of his mouth.

***

"We found something" Potter walked up to Wheeler who followed him immediately.

"Who is she?" Wheeler asked staring at the petite figure on the screen who had a pair of brown boots on.

"She goes by the name... Nina McCarthy, she lives next door to the Brooks' sisters on the same floor" Potter reported.

"I want a full background check" Wheeler ordered.

"Yes aunt" Ellie answered over the phone.

"I hope you didn't steal for it" Aunt Kathy asked

"I wouldn't, thanks though, but we don't need your help anymore" Ellie said and ended the call.

"So...." The lady asked sitting across on the couch

"They don't need my help, but he's dead already and her sister in jail" aunt Kathy smiled so did the other woman..

TBC....