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2024-10-29 19:42:56The Next Day
*Ding Dong* ... *Ding Dong*
Someone was ringing the doorbell at Marleen's home and Marleen was the only one home at the time. Marleen opened the door and she saw 2 police officers at her door step.
"Hello officers, how can I help you today?" Melionna asked curiously.
The officers said they just wanted to talk with Marleen. Marleen let them in the house they sat down. The officers asked Marleen if her parents are home, she said no. The officers then showed Marleen a picture of the serial killer who held her family hostage 2 months back. They asked her if she recognised him, but she said no. Then Marleen started getting suspicious and asked the officers if her and the serial killer might have a little secret relationship that connects the 2 of them.
The officers ignored her question and said "Thank you for your time."
They escorted themselves out and left Marleen curious as to what they wanted to know. Marleen saw they forgot the picture, but they'd already left and Marleen wanted answers so she took the picture and decided that she'd conduct her own investigation.
Later that day
Melionna stopped by Jerry's house and Jerry asked if she could walk with him to the hospital. She agreed, but she asked him why he couldn't go with his parents and he said they were out of town. Melionna and Jerry started walking and they saw Janette when they passed by the café owned by Janette's parents. They also ran into Shana by the café and both Janette and Shana were in a bad mood and once they saw Jerry. Melionna noticed the bad mood and warned Janette and Shana that she'll make them pay if they do anything to Jerry...
To be continued...
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After he saw her body, he started freaking out and started questioning what he should do. He started shaking and lost his sense of sanity, but after Melionna came running in the shop and saw Jerry shaking and went to go comfort him. "I'm sorry Jerry I didn't know they would go this far." Melionna said shockingly. Melionna is worried by Jerry's state and she doesn't know what to do with Janette so she took Jerry and ran out the shop and Jerry still in shock by what he saw he stays silent and Melionna takes him back home to catch a breath after what's happened."Jerry I'm so sorry!" cries Melionna. Melionna afraid to explain the situation to Jerry, she starts crying. Jerry realises Melionna's tears which confuse him because Melionna isn't one to lose her cool. "Melionna what's wrong, I've never seen you behave like this before?" asked Jerry. Jerry comforted Melionna, but she didn't seem to stop crying. Melionna kept saying "I'm sorry" repeatedly and that started scaring Jerry. Jerr
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Once he got to the café he saw Janette struggling to untie herself while she tried crawling to the entrance of the café. Jerry got in t help Janette and closed the door behind him. Janette was shaking while Jerry was trying to untie her legs and arms. While untying her, someone got into the shop.It was Luna, the head of the Press Team at Jerry's high school and when she saw Jerry untying Janette with cuts all over her body, she froze. Jerry untied Janette's arms and legs then he asked Luna what she's doing here. Luna told Jerry that she wanted to speak with him when he was running past her, but he didn't stop so she followed him into the café although she didn't expect to see what was happening when she opened the door.Jerry told Luna to close the door behind her and not question Janette until she stops shaking in fear. Luna did so and sat down by one of the chairs and tried processing everything she's seen. Janette untied her mouth and began trembling and crying. Jerry hugs Janette
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Once he got to the café he saw Janette struggling to untie herself while she tried crawling to the entrance of the café. Jerry got in t help Janette and closed the door behind him. Janette was shaking while Jerry was trying to untie her legs and arms. While untying her, someone got into the shop.It was Luna, the head of the Press Team at Jerry's high school and when she saw Jerry untying Janette with cuts all over her body, she froze. Jerry untied Janette's arms and legs then he asked Luna what she's doing here. Luna told Jerry that she wanted to speak with him when he was running past her, but he didn't stop so she followed him into the café although she didn't expect to see what was happening when she opened the door.Jerry told Luna to close the door behind her and not question Janette until she stops shaking in fear. Luna did so and sat down by one of the chairs and tried processing everything she's seen. Janette untied her mouth and began trembling and crying. Jerry hugs Janette
