Chapter 4
Steve and Maria walked out of the classroom they just interrogated students in. They walked downstairs to the main hallway, Steve saw in front of locker a lot of flowers, cards, candles and teddy bears. There were also some photo's from the football team. Steve remembered that this same morning all the stuff from Joey's locker was put in a box on their front porch.
Steve and Maria sat down in the car and drove in silence to the Bishop estate, while they were on their way Steve looked out the window. He saw the trees passing them as Maria drove through the woods.
Steve and Maria finally arrived at the Bishop estate. They said something over the intercom and the gate opened. The driveway was huge. Maria parked the car in front of the door and they stepped out and walked to the door. Maria rang the bell and looked around.
"This is some big house." Maria says
"You should see the Stark estate." Steve says
"I saw. Damn that was big." Maria says
"Good afternoon." Eleanor Bishop says
"Hi mrs Bishop, we got some standard questions for your daughter Kate about Joey's murder." Maria says
"Of course, come inside." Eleanor says
Steve and Maria followed Eleanor inside. They went to the living room where they saw Kate sitting in a blanket looking at her phone.
"Kate, there are some people who got questions for you." Eleanor tells her daughter.
Kate looked up and put her phone away.
"Mr Rogers, hi." Kate says
"And I'm detective Maria Hill." Maria says
"Hi." Kate says, "Have a seat."
"So, we got some questions. If you don't mind." Steve says and took a seat.
"I don't mind, I really want to help." Kate says
"Okay. Well, when did you see Joey last?" Maria asks
"Saturday night, well, Sunday morning at 3am." Kate says
"3am?" Steve asks
"He sneaked in through my window." Kate says
"Why?" Steve asks
"He had an argument with his parents." Kate says
"What was the argument about?" Maria asks Steve
~•••~
"You're past your curfew." Steve says
"Sorry." Joey says
"Are you drunk?" Natasha asks
"What? No." Joey says
"You smell like it." Natasha says
"Okay, fine. I had a couple drinks." Joey says
"You were suppose to be home at 12, it's 1am." Steve says
"It's just one hour." Joey says
"We were worried sick! You could've been hit by a car or who knows!" Natasha says
"Mom, stop overreacting." Joey says
"Why are you late?" Steve asks
"I was with Kate." Joey says
"You know how we feel about staying with your girlfriend this late." Steve says
"Jeez, calm down. It's not like we did anything." Joey says
"But you could've." Steve says
"I'm not like you and mom, I won't get a girl pregnant at 16!" Joey says
"Go to your room." Natasha says
"Seriously? I saw one bad thing and-" Joey starts, but Natasha cut him off.
"Room. Now!" Natasha yells, "I don't want to see you until after 7am!"
"Fine. I'm going." Joey says and walked to his room.
~•••~
"At 4am Joey left and then I found him yesterday morning." Kate says
"And nothing was strange then?" Maria asks
"No." Kate says
"So Brandon Hammer blamed Joey for your breakup, can I ask what happened?" Steve asks
"Me and Brandon were having some problems before Joey came along. Brandon was always jealous of everything. Joey wasn't the reason we broke up." Kate says
"That would be all for now. Call us if you need anything." Maria says and handed her card.
"Okay. Thanks." Kate says
"Take some rest kid." Steve says
"You too mister Rogers." Kate says
Steve and Maria left the estate. They walked back to the car and sat inside. Maria's phone went off and she answered.
"Hill speaking." Maria says, "Okay, we will be right there." She says and hung up.
"Who was it?" Steve asks and put on his seatbelt.
"Barnes. We got Liz her guest list." Maria says
"Let's go." Steve says
•••
"Nothing suspicious." Sam says
"This is a dead end." Maria says
"Let's just save it, maybe it comes in handy further in the case." Steve says
"Good idea." Bucky says
"I should go home, Natasha probably needs me." Steve says
"Okay. I will see you tomorrow." Maria says
"Call me if anything happeneds." Steve says
"We will." Sam says
"Take care pal." Bucky says
"Thanks." Steve says
•••
Steve arrived home to a dark house. He unlocked the door and walked inside. He saw Natasha sitting on the couch with a glass of wine.
"Where are Sarah and James?" Steve asks as he put his keys away.
"Asleep. Yelena got them into bed after we ate." Natasha says, "They were really tired, they didn't sleep last night."
"Neither did we." Steve says and he sat beside her on the couch. He wrapped her arm around her and pulled her close.
"There's pizza in the kitchen if you want." Natasha says
"Did you eat anything?" Steve asks. He kissed her head and got up to walk to the kitchen.
"No." Natasha says
Steve grabbed the pizza box and walked back to the couch. He put the box on the table and grabbed a slice. He put the slice near Natasha's mouth.
"Eat." He says
Natasha bit off a piece and took the slice from him.
"Thanks." Natasha says
"You look tired." Steve says
"Because I am. I have been crying all day and couldn't sleep." Natasha says
"I'm sorry." Steve says
"What are you sorry about? It happened." Natasha says
"I know. I just can't see you like this." Steve says
"I know." Natasha says
"At least close your eyes." Steve says
"Okay. Could you lay with me then?" Natasha asks
"Of course, but first, let's eat." Steve says
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