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  ”Don’t worry Em, he will be okay,” Jason told her as he approached the bench while nursing a busted lip.

  Emily looked up at Jason and smiled as she wiped her tears away. She saw his busted lip and raised her hand to it and gently rubbed her finger over it.

  “What happened?” she asked as he winced in pain.

  “I told his parents about Sean coming to my house and drinking and his dad hit me for it,” he told her.

  After consoling her, he smiled, stood up, and headed to his car while Emily did the same. She sat there, getting ready to leave, when a text appeared across the screen.

  It read, “Call you later, and we need to talk about the night Sean was hit by the car and also the other things.”

  “Okay, I will be by your house later,” she messaged back in response as she tossed the phone on the passenger seat before driving off.

  After arriving home, Emily tells her mom who she would be going to visit and that she is going to lay down for a bit, and that’s when Emily went upstairs to rest a bit.

  * * *

  A few hours after heading up stairs, she headed over to Jason’s for a bit. Just as she pulled up to Jason’s house, she received a phone call from the hospital.

  “Hello,” she answered.

  “Miss Emily Sanders, I am nurse Low. I am calling to inform you at the doctor’s request that Sean Jergens passed away a few minutes ago,” the nurse explained before hanging up.

  Jason saw her car outside and wandered out to the car to Emily crying and her phone in her lap. He knocked on the window, she glanced up and quickly tried to wipe the tears from her eyes.

  He asked what happened, “Em, what is wrong?”

  She responded as tears fell from her eyes, “ It’s Sean, he passed, the hospital just called.”

  Jason opened the door, grabbed her out of the car and hugged her tight as his eyes watered. They both composed themselves and went into the house and explained to the rest of their friends who were also there what happened. Everyone sat there quietly, taken back by the loss of their friend. After a brief moment, Jason went to the kitchen and grabbed a bottle and six shot glasses and poured shots for all his friends and himself.

  ”To Sean, a good friend and wonderful man,” he toasted after picking up a shot and downing it.

  The rest followed right behind him, shooting down their shots. They got up and said their goodbyes as they left Jason’s house.

  “Would you mind if I stay over for the evening? I don’t want to be alone tonight,” she asked as she glanced at him.

  “Sure you can Emily, you can take my room, and I will sleep on the couch,” he responded as he picked up the bottle and poured another shot.

  ”Thank you,” she replied.

  Jason sat in the living room for a bit, drinking shot after shot to deal with his grief and as he cried and drank over Sean’s death. Jason didn’t notice Emily on the stairs listening to him as he talked to himself. She entered the room half naked in her panties and a shirt.

  “How about you give me one of those?” she told him as she sat next to him on the couch.

  The two drank, pretty soon, she was drunk enough to stop thinking about what happened to Sean and his passing. A drunk Jason stared at Emily, eyeing her up and down as she was almost naked. He continued to stare, she glanced over and noticed she took a swing from the bottle and then passed it to him. He took a large swing and then he leaned over and kissed her. She sat there for a moment and then returned the affection. They continued to kiss and she straddled his lap. He continued to kiss her with passion, then he picked her up and headed up stairs.

  * * *

  The next morning, Emily climbed out of bed and wondered where her panties were, so she rummaged through his drawers and pulled out a pair of shorts, then headed down stairs to find a shirtless Jason in the kitchen drinking coffee and decided to pour herself a cup.

  “Would you like something to eat?” Jason asked.

  “No thank you,” she responded as she took a sip of her coffee.

  “Hey, last night was fun, maybe we could do it again sometime,” he told her.

  “Last night was a blur, I remember drinking a lot and then nothing. I woke up in your bed with no panties on,” she told him.

  She left him standing there confused as she walked out of the room and went to take a shower. She didn’t have any clothes, so she borrowed a shirt from Jason. Afterward Jason walked her to her car, Emily kissed him on the cheek.

  “I will call you later and maybe we can go out with friends and do something,” she told him as she climbed into her car and started it.

  Jason smiled and responded, ”That would be nice, we all could use something to bond us together and take our minds off of this tragedy.”

  After Emily left, Jason went out to the garage and started cleaning the car off and then he took the car to the shop to have the front end and windshield replaced from extensive damage.

  * * *

  It’s Friday the day of the funeral and Emily went to see Jason and see if he needed a ride. She sat out front and called Jason from the car.

  “Hello,” his voice said through the phone.

  “Hey, I am out front and was letting you know that I am heading over to the funeral early,” she said.

  “Hold up I need a ride, my car is in the shop and don’t have a way to get there,” he told her.

  “Okay, I will wait,” she told him as she hung up.

  Emily and Jason arrived two hours before the funeral service. She went to go find Sean’s parents. A short while later, just before the funeral was about to start, Jason met the rest of their friends at the door and walked in with them into the building, then returned to the doors to meet up with Sean’s parents and give his condolences. Emily sat with Mr. and Mrs. Jergens for the funeral. She and Sean’s mother cried and held each other’s hands in comfort to their loss. After the service and burial, Detective Staxs approached Emily.

  “Hello ma’am, I am Detective Staxs, I am Detective Adler’s replacement,” he said as he pulled out a card and handed it to her.

  “Is Adler in trouble or something?” she asked curiously.

  “No ma’am, I am taking over the case. She was injured in another case, but she is okay. I am here on her behalf to ask if you could come to the station to talk about what happened to Sean.” he told her.

  Detective Staxs walked away after Emily confirmed she would be there. She made her rounds and said her goodbyes to Sean’s parents, then left.

  A short drive later and they arrived at the police station, Emily went in alone, while Jason stayed outside and smoked a cigarette.

  “Emily, thank you for coming. I just didn’t want to talk at the funeral about Sean,” he told her.

  “What about Sean Detective?” she asked.

  “His death has been ruled a homicide. I am sorry, but we are going to need a statement from you and all your friends about the last time you all saw him,” he responded as he escorted her to his office.

  A while later, Emily came out and as they were leaving, she explained to Jason everything, that it wasn’t an accident but a homicide. In the car on the drive back to Jason’s house, he stared at Emily.

  “Em, I need to know if you told them about the night Sean left my house?” he asked.

  “I told him that we were all having a gathering. Sean got drunk and you refused to let him leave in his car, so he got angry and took off walking home. That is what I saw and remember from that night,” she responded.

  He nodded with understanding and remained quiet for the rest of the drive back to his house.

  After driving back to Jason’s place, he got out and Emily headed home to grieve in solace after losing Sean. Emily spent her time looking at pictures, drinking, and watching videos of them together.

  * * *

  At Jason’s house, he walked into the kitchen and grabbed a bottle and cracked it open, began to drink heavily. He walked into the living room and sat down holding
a picture of Sean, Emily, and him hanging out together.

  “I am so sorry Sean, Please forgive me, I never meant to hurt you like I did,” he said through tears.

  Jason set down the picture and as tears streamed down his face, he took the bottle and chugged it down. After it was empty, he stumbled back into the kitchen and grabbed a few more bottles. He drunk text Emily and then passed out. Around 3 o’clock in the morning, he was roused from sleep to a noise. He glanced over toward the kitchen and saw Emily standing there.

  In his drunken state, he asked, “Emily, what are you doing here? Are you okay?”

  He turned around after hearing a noise behind him and saw nothing. He turned back around toward the kitchen and she was gone. He figured that maybe he was dreaming and then he stumbled up stairs toward his room. He entered and found Emily passed out in his bed. Confused, he stumbled back down stairs, sat on the couch and then passed out again.

  The next morning, Emily woke up and met Jason in the kitchen, where he was pouring coffee with a terrible hangover.

  He glanced at her and asked, “Um, when did you come over last night?”

  She gazed back and then responded, “I showed up after you texted me that you didn’t want to be alone. We talked while you were drunk and then you passed out, so I went to your room and fell asleep.”

  ”Okay, did you come out into the kitchen last night?” Jason asked.

  Emily shook her head no, that she had not come down to the kitchen last night.

  Jason finished his coffee and served her breakfast and asked her if she could give him a ride over to Dina’s shop cause, his car should be ready for pick up. Emily ate her food and told him to give her a minute to get ready.

  * * *

  Forty-five minutes later, Emily and Jason arrived at the shop and found the police and ambulance everywhere. They both jumped out of the car, and a police officer stopped them just outside the building.

  “Excuse me, but this is a crime scene. Do either of you know the victim, Dina Scranton?” he asked as he talked to them outside.

  ”Yes,” he replied.

  “She was our friend and our mechanic officer, please tell us what happened to her?” she asked pleadingly.

  The officer advised them that he couldn’t say anything about what occurred.

  After speaking with the officer, he took their statements and went to the lead detective to give him the report. After reviewing the scene and the report, the detective took the report and left. Jason left walking down the street, and Emily chased after him and grabbed him by the arm.

  ”What’s wrong?” she asked.

  “Her body lay dead in my car, I saw it and the detective thinks I am involved. I know that is why he was looking at me before he took off,” he responded with concern in his voice.

  Taken back by what Jason said, Emily returned to the car and waited for him to return. Then after several minutes, he entered the car, and they both headed back to the house. After arriving back at the house, Jason called all their friends and let them know the terrible news about Dina, while Emily talked to Dina’s parents. Emily spent the night at Jason’s place again, which she has been on and off since Sean’s death.

  The next morning Jason called and spoke to Michael, “She was found dead in her shop in the back seat of my car.”

  Michael replied,“Don’t do anything that would make you look suspicious to the cops. They will figure out the truth and you will be cleared, just don’t give them any reason to believe you’re guilty of something you didn’t do.”

  “you’re right, I should just go about my day and give them no reason to think I would do anything,” he responded as he hung up the phone.

  Jason decided to head into work while Emily was sleeping. That afternoon, Emily waited for Jason to return to the house, so she could talk to him about Sean and Dina’s deaths. Around eleven o’clock pm Jason finally returned home, and after walking through the door, he thought he saw Dina in the kitchen, that’s when he stumbled over to the kitchen doorway and turned on the light, and no one was there. He shook it off and figured he wasn’t over the trauma. He headed into the living room and Jason passed out on the couch drunk. A few hours later, he awoke to the early morning sun and to Emily watching a news report about a detective who was murdered and realized it was the same detective who was looking into Sean and Dina’s cases. After the news was over, Emily went upstairs and took a shower, while Jason nursed a hangover in the kitchen. After getting dressed, Emily headed downstairs to speak with Jason.

  “Hey, I need to know why you think the detective might suspect you’re a killer?” she asked.

  “Well, it was my car she died in and I figured when the officer was speaking with the detective, they kept staring at me,” he told her.

  “Listen, things have been troublesome, and with everything of three people being murdered, we are not going to assume or worry until there is something to worry about,” she said with a firm demeanor.

  “Okay, you are right. I need to relax and not get worked up, but we need to talk about the two of us,” he responded.

  “Jason, what are you talking about the two of us? There is no us, we are friends and you know that. I have been telling you for years that there won’t be an us. I love you as a friend, so I don’t get why you would think there is an us,” she told him.

  Jason took a step back from Emily, turned and headed out the door with a hurt expression on his face. He walked down the street to clear his head. She had sex with him, she has been spending time with him, but won’t date him. He returned a short while later and found she had left. He tried to call her, but got no answer. He had a fear he pushed her away and hoped she would call him eventually. Jason decided he was going to forget about what he said to her and focus on his problems and decided it was time to move on from the love he has for Emily and to a new future.

  * * *

  Four months have passed since Dina’s funeral and that day was the last time he saw Emily. They didn’t say a word to each other, they both spoke with their family and friends and nothing more. No other deaths occurred after Dina and the detective who was looking into the case of Sean’s death. Jason continued to go to work, hang with friends, and even threw his weekend gatherings to let off steam. The cases were closed as unsolved and the city of Dawson was still rattled about the string of deaths that occurred.

  Jason and Michael had been hanging out more since he and Emily were not speaking, and decided to go meet up with the twins Mina and Tina for lunch. During lunch, Jason made plans to meet everyone at the house that night. After lunch, Michael got a ride from the twins home, while Jason went to get supplies for tonight’s gathering of friends.

  * * *

  Emily went with her mother to the store while out looking for the perfect fitting dress Joanna Emily’s mom noticed Emily was acting funny, she was looking at clothes she normally wouldn’t buy, then a few moments later Emily fainted.

  A few hours later, Emily had awoken, glancing around in confusion. She noticed she was in the hospital.

  ”What happened?” she asked,

  “Well sweetheart, you fainted while we were out shopping and when I couldn’t get you to respond, I called for an ambulance and they brought you to the hospital,” she responded.

  The doctor came to the room and explained the situation. The results showed that Emily was exhausted, so they were going to keep her there overnight and make sure it wasn’t something more severe. That evening, Emily was startled by the sound of a monitor beeping in the next room and thought she saw Sean standing in the hallway.

  ”Sean,” Emily called out.