GARY’S UNEXPECTED VISITORS

[ZAYN and LIAM arrived at the rehab center.]

RECEPTIONIST: [looking up as ZAYN and LIAM walk in through the door] Hello, what can I do for you?

ZAYN: [showing her his badge, along with LIAM, looking to see her name is Alicia] I’m Detective Malik and that’s Detective Payne, we need to speak to Gary Field, is he available?

ALICIA: Let me check, one moment. [ALICIA got up and went to ask one of the nurses who nodded her head.] Just follow that nurse right there and she will lead you to him.

ZAYN:[nodding smiling] Thank you.

[ZAYN and LIAM follow the other nurse to a small living area. She points them into the direction of the corner, a older man staring out the window.]

NURSE: He’s over there in the corner.

LIAM: Thank you.

[The NURSE walks away with a slight smile. LIAM and ZAYN walk over to Gary, who starts to talk before they even introduced themselves.]

GARY: I knew you would come eventually. [ZAYN and LIAM look to each other curiously] You’re here about the missing evidence, aren’t you? [GARY phases back into his 1984 self before he phases back]

ZAYN: [still confused] How’d you know?

GARY: [turning around to face them] Because, I know who stole it and why they did.

[LIAM pulls out his pen and pad, ready to write anything GARY has to say to them.]

ZAYN: Will you tell us?

GARY: [scoffing] I would never keep anything from an officer. Anyways, his name is Niall Horan, he was my partner at the time and he was the one that caused me to go crazy in 2005. He told me he wanted to solve the case himself with no help, so he took the evidence.

LIAM: [writing quickly] Do you know why?

GARY: He grew up with Louis and Harry, he wanted to help save them, and it drove him mad that he couldn’t figure it out.

ZAYN: Why wasn’t he taken off the case if he knew them?

GARY: The Chief at the time wanted to, he really did, but there was no one who wanted to take over. Horan was the best that we had and we couldn’t put in a newbie with such a high profile case, that’s not professional. [ZAYN and LIAM nod their heads agreeing] Everytime he got a lead, it was a dead end, I think there were a total of 10 leads, but it ended in nothing.

ZAYN: So, you guys were on the original team for the case? Why did you go back in 1994?

GARY: We were the only ones allowed to touch the evidence when it was first given to us. We tried so hard to find the killer, but it was difficult. In 1994, we had another lead, someone had came to us with some useful evidence, but it was another dead end. Horan went batshit crazy after that, his best friends were laying six feet under in dirt, and he’s still up here.

LIAM: What do you mean?

GARY: [sighing] Horan was actually staying in the hotel that night, he was just down the hall. He didn’t hear any screams that night, he thinks it’s all his fault that he couldn’t do anything to save them.

ZAYN: But, it wasn’t his fault, he didn’t kill them.

GARY: Well, that’s something we both don’t know.

LIAM: You think that Niall killed them?

GARY: So, you want the truth or the messed up truth?

[LIAM and ZAYN look to each other for a moment before ZAYN speaks.]

ZAYN: I like the sound of the messed up truth, so shoot.

GARY: Niall was in love with Harry.

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A/N: So, I am trying to make this seem like you're watching an episode of Cold Case, where each of the suspects that are being reinterviewed phase back into what they looked like when the case was first opened...i hope i don't confuse you all too much! but i'm attaching a clip of my favorite episode to show you what i mean.