Chapter 6 - Draft

The paintings hanging on the wall gave an insightful look into the life of David Hayes. Kara eyed the paintings and could sense a pattern throughout. Each painting seemed to convey a different emotion. This led her to assume David was quite emotionally unstable.

His apartment had been cordoned off by the Boston P.D and people had started to gather in the halls trying to get an idea of what was going on. The typical older ladies in bathrobes talking amongst themselves, younger couples with looks of fake worry. Kara had arrived earlier than expected so Jonah had not gotten there yet. She glanced around the apartment, the run down furniture and rusted chairs giving the impression that David Hayes was definitely living the life of a struggling artist.

The officers were interviewing the people in the hallway when Jonah appeared behind them and made his way into the apartment. Kara couldnt quite put her finger on it but she definitely saw pain behind his eyes, something that had happened many years ago that stuck with him, but also drove him to continue on. "Did you find anything else useful at the gallery?" she inquired. "Nothing noteworthy, it seems pretty cut and dry, his fingerprints are on the shard of glass, his footprints are in the bloodstains, hes our guy!" Jonah replied. He looked around the room noticing the paintings. "We have an angry boy here!" . "It would seem so. Did he say anything before you left?" "Nothing, he seems to be still in shock. They were getting ready to transfer him to central holding when I was leaving" Jonah replied. "Soemthing doesnt feel right about this to me Jonah. I mean how many killers do you know that stuck around at the crime scene after commiting the murders?"

Jonah started to resopond but was drowned ouot by a woman screaming at one of the officers in the hall. "I want to know whats going on right now!" she excalimed. Kara brushed past the officers at the door to find out what was going on. "May we help you ma'am?" . "Who are you?" the woman enquired. "Agent Kara McCluskey FBI, we're investigating a murder" Kara replied. "Murder?! Has David been murdered?" . "Please come inside and i'll explain everything" . The woman had begun to cry by this point and walked past the other people in the hall and under the yellow tape into the apartment. "This is my partner, Jonah Sheperd" Kara said, motioning Jonah to come over. "What is going on? Has David been murdered?" the woman repeated, this time in a higher pitch, indicitive of a woman on the verge of hysterics.

"Ma'am, David is fine, however, we currently have him in custody as the prime suspect in a murder." "Murder? David? That can't be, David would never murder anyone!" the woman exclaimed. "May I ask you what your relationship was to Mr. Hayes?" Jonah enquired. "I'm his sister, Sarah." the woman replied. " I come over every couple of weeks to see how hes doing and help him out with money if he needs it. My brother hasnt exactly been living the high life lately." . "Was your brother a violent or angry person Ms. Hayes?" Kara asked. "Not at all." Sarah replied "Hes had it rough lately, but hes not an outwardly violent person, if anything, he tends to compartmentalise a lot of things rather than deal with them constructively."

"Was he on any medication like anti-depressants, uppers, downers?" Jonah asked. "No, David was a recovering alocoholic, pills would have only made things worse for him." "Was he seeing a therapist or councillor?" . "He did briefly after he went sober, but he didnt find it helpful so he left. I know what your trying to do here you know, i know your trying to find something in his background that would make him a likely suspect so you can just pin it all on him. My brother was a good man who was down on his luck and only had his painting to keep him going." . "Ma'am, we're not disputing that, we're just trying to build a profile on your brother, its standard procedure in all murder cases." Kara replied. "I want to see my brother, where is he being held?" Sarah demanded. "Hes being held at central holding downtown but you wont be able to see him for at least another hour until hes processed." Kara replied. I'll wait there for him, will that be all you need from me?" . "I'm going there myself, i'll take you." Kara replied. "Ok lets go then." . "Who is my brother accused of murdering?" . "Her name is Catherine Middleton, she owns Middleton Art Gallery" . "What?! Thats not possible!" Sarah exclaimed vehemently. "Why?" replied Kara. "Well, because agent McCluskey, my brother was having an affair with Mrs. Middleton for the past few months!".