Blinded Justice.
Her name was Elizabeth Everdeen, they've told me she was the most beautiful woman in the city, she was the girlfriend of the mayor's nephew, and John's old crush.
One Monday from five years' ago September, a call arrived to the station. It was a lady worker from the city's Grand Hotel. Miss Everdeen was dead, she was heavily beaten and possibly strangled. John was given the case.
He began investigating, even with the department's obstacles with creating a file on the mayor's family members, specially his nephew Jake.
It all seemed to point Jake, he was seen going out of the hotel not very happy. John wanted to kill th bastard, he believed Jake a psycopath; everybody he interviewed said the couple was very happy. They said Liz helped him to change his bad temper. John couldn't understand Jake's reason to kill such a perfect creature.
One night I went back to the station, I had forget my wedding ring, if my wife saw me wiyhout it, some partner would have a new murder case. My desk is just in front of the chief's office. I could see he was still there, he wasn't alone, then the shouting started, I could identified John's rough voice, he didn't seem to be happy at all.
After a short moment of silence, John went out of the chief's office, I could see he didn't have either his gun or his plaque. He didn't even turned to see me, but the chief did. He called me inside, he ordered me to follow every step John did, he told me he was no longer detective.
At the time I was not informed of the reasons of my order, but I only knew I needed to follow it, it seemed to be vital for the department.
John was know an alcoholic, all he did was drink and follow Jake steps.
It was in one of his "investigations" on Jake, that he put a gun out towards Jake. We were in a motel, Jake had hire a hooker. I inmediately put my gun out too, and asked John to layed down his, he said he couldn't do it. As fast as he could, he shot Jake, the bullet went through his neck, I needed to shot John, I did it on the head, faster.
When I aproached Jake, he only said before dying: "She was screwing the mayor..."
As soon as I told Jake's final words not only to the chief, but also to the commissioner, we all received two phone calls, one that came from the governor and another that came from the mayor. It was elections' time, the mayor was the strong candidate for the state's government, this of course couldn't be known if the man had based his campaign on family values. The only reason his nephew was not prosecuted was that he told his favourite uncle, that if that happened he was going to tell it all at court. John didn't care about the mayor, he wanted Jake behind bars, but even more, he wanted the case resolved. When that was denied to him, he went mad.
At the end I was promoted, but hated by my partners at the department for killing John. I decided to keep silence about Liz Everdeen and mayor Samson. Sometimes I think John would've wanted that, to keep Liz a martyr and not a slut, just as John remebered her.
John was seen as the bad guy, an assassin had an honored funeral, a case were a woman was killed, was publicly unsolved and I was used; something I took advantage of. All to keep liar politicians safe, and avoid a family scandal. Nobody cares.
Justice must be blind, and it's because we took the eyes.
The End.
One night I went back to the station, I had forget my wedding ring, if my wife saw me wiyhout it, some partner would have a new murder case. My desk is just in front of the chief's office. I could see he was still there, he wasn't alone, then the shouting started, I could identified John's rough voice, he didn't seem to be happy at all.
After a short moment of silence, John went out of the chief's office, I could see he didn't have either his gun or his plaque. He didn't even turned to see me, but the chief did. He called me inside, he ordered me to follow every step John did, he told me he was no longer detective.
At the time I was not informed of the reasons of my order, but I only knew I needed to follow it, it seemed to be vital for the department.
John was know an alcoholic, all he did was drink and follow Jake steps.
It was in one of his "investigations" on Jake, that he put a gun out towards Jake. We were in a motel, Jake had hire a hooker. I inmediately put my gun out too, and asked John to layed down his, he said he couldn't do it. As fast as he could, he shot Jake, the bullet went through his neck, I needed to shot John, I did it on the head, faster.
When I aproached Jake, he only said before dying: "She was screwing the mayor..."
As soon as I told Jake's final words not only to the chief, but also to the commissioner, we all received two phone calls, one that came from the governor and another that came from the mayor. It was elections' time, the mayor was the strong candidate for the state's government, this of course couldn't be known if the man had based his campaign on family values. The only reason his nephew was not prosecuted was that he told his favourite uncle, that if that happened he was going to tell it all at court. John didn't care about the mayor, he wanted Jake behind bars, but even more, he wanted the case resolved. When that was denied to him, he went mad.
At the end I was promoted, but hated by my partners at the department for killing John. I decided to keep silence about Liz Everdeen and mayor Samson. Sometimes I think John would've wanted that, to keep Liz a martyr and not a slut, just as John remebered her.
John was seen as the bad guy, an assassin had an honored funeral, a case were a woman was killed, was publicly unsolved and I was used; something I took advantage of. All to keep liar politicians safe, and avoid a family scandal. Nobody cares.
Justice must be blind, and it's because we took the eyes.
The End.
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