FAKE Triple Drabble: No Proof
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badly_knittedTitle: No Proof
Fandom: FAKE
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Dee, Ryo.
Rating: PG
Setting: After the manga.
Summary: Police work can be frustrating and disheartening.
Written Using: The prompt ‘Zero’.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Triple drabble.
“Nada, nothin’, zero, zilch,” Dee grumbled, tossing the last folder onto his desk and slumping back in his seat. “We’ve gone over every bit of collected evidence a dozen times, but we’re still no closer to puttin’ that monster Fabrey at the scene.”
“I know,” Ryo said wearily, elbow on desk, chin in hand as he peered at Dee over the tops of his reading glasses.
“We know he did it, he’s been runnin’ his mouth off to all his crew, all but tellin’ ‘em what he was gonna do to his girlfriend if she split with him. Then she turns up dead, and all we got is hearsay. Not admissible in a court of law. It sucks! We can’t even treat him as a suspect ‘cause he has an alibi!”
“Try telling me something I don’t know.”
“I would if I had anythin’, but I’m drawin’ a blank here.”
“Ditto.” Ryo tapped his pen idly on his blotter, going over the notes he’d made. “Look, I know you don’t want to hear this, but what if Fabrey really IS innocent?”
“You’re right, I don’t wanna hear that! The bastard is lower than pond scum!”
“And you want him to be guilty of this, because we’ve never been able to pin any of his crimes on him. No one’s willing to testify against him. I get it; I want him behind bars as much as you do, but more than that, I want Katerina’s murderer behind bars, and if Fabrey didn’t kill her, then someone else did. Maybe one of his crew decided to help his boss out by silencing her.”
“Fabrey still could’a put someone else up to it.”
“Yes, but if we find out who pulled the trigger, maybe that’ll give us what we need to prove it.”
The End
“I know,” Ryo said wearily, elbow on desk, chin in hand as he peered at Dee over the tops of his reading glasses.
“We know he did it, he’s been runnin’ his mouth off to all his crew, all but tellin’ ‘em what he was gonna do to his girlfriend if she split with him. Then she turns up dead, and all we got is hearsay. Not admissible in a court of law. It sucks! We can’t even treat him as a suspect ‘cause he has an alibi!”
“Try telling me something I don’t know.”
“I would if I had anythin’, but I’m drawin’ a blank here.”
“Ditto.” Ryo tapped his pen idly on his blotter, going over the notes he’d made. “Look, I know you don’t want to hear this, but what if Fabrey really IS innocent?”
“You’re right, I don’t wanna hear that! The bastard is lower than pond scum!”
“And you want him to be guilty of this, because we’ve never been able to pin any of his crimes on him. No one’s willing to testify against him. I get it; I want him behind bars as much as you do, but more than that, I want Katerina’s murderer behind bars, and if Fabrey didn’t kill her, then someone else did. Maybe one of his crew decided to help his boss out by silencing her.”
“Fabrey still could’a put someone else up to it.”
“Yes, but if we find out who pulled the trigger, maybe that’ll give us what we need to prove it.”
The End
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