Guilty

Questionning

Morning rises as the teenagers awake in the cells. Due to overcrowding, mainly from drunken alcoholics the group had to share a cell. "When we get questioned they will know who did it, so whichever one of you did it just save the rest of us the hassle and confess!" Trisha hissed. "You're quick to pass the blame onto us but you could've done it too!" Ryan hissed in response. The metal cell door flings open as a detective stands in front of them "Getting our stories straight are we? No point lying kids the truth will be found." He grins as the teens stand terrified. "You're all being questioned at the same time in separate rooms, follow me." The detective speaks and one by one the teenagers are dragged into interviewing rooms.

"Penny, did you consume any alcohol last night?" The detective asks as Penny stares at her solicitor and parents for guidance but they don't say anything "Remember Penny you don't have to say anything." Her solicitor says bluntly, Penny turns and faces the detective. "No comment." Penny speaks choosing to remain silent. "Trisha, how long have you known Tina?" A detective asks Trisha in a separate room. "Since we were 8." Trisha replies bluntly "Did you know of any enemies she may have had?" The detective asks "I don't know." Trisha replies "Well think harder." The detective snaps in response.

"You know, murder carries a life sentence Alexander." The detective sneers from the other interviewing room, Alex leans in and places his hands on the table. "Well it's a good job I didn't do it then." He smiles before sitting back again. "Did you leave the murder weapon on the stairs Ryan? Then tried to take the blame off yourself by being the one who located it?" The detective asks Ryan who sits shaking. "Nervous?" The detective chuckles as he sees him shaking. "Wouldn't you be?" Ryan hisses "Why be nervous if you've done nothing wrong?" The detective asks, each detective trying their best to squeeze a confession out of the group.

"You know if you just tell us who did it we can strike some sort of deal here." The detective said to Penny who remained silent. "Maybe just 2 years in prison for being an accessory to murder if you tell us who did it?" He said. "Now why would I do that when I had nothing to do with this?" Penny hissed as the detective became impatient. "One of you will crack sooner or later, and then you'll all come crashing down." He said as he and his assistant stood up leaving the room.

All of the detectives questioning the teens gathered in the corridor, "Anthing?" The head investigator asked as they all shook their heads. "Either way we've got a dead teenager in the morgue, and a likely murder investigation on our hands. When the coroners report comes back we can start breaking each of them." He sneered before walking away.

The door to the cell where the teenagers were being held swung open, "Good news, you're being let go. For now. We're confiscating your passports and mobile phones, you go to school as usual but you don't communicate together. Understood?" The lead investigator spoke sternly as all the teens nodded before urgently leaving the police station. "You can't expect us to go to school, not with this going on?" Alex said as he walked to the car with his parents "Just shut up and get in, things carry on as normal." His mother spoke, such allegations against Alex will definitely ruin their reputation within the Christian community. "Not a word of this to your grandmother either, it'll send her into cardiac arrest." Alex's dad spoke as the car started and one by one the teenagers went home, but which one of them is guilty?