Hidden in Plain Sight

*Third Person*

Jaime was greatly angered. He wanted revenge. He wanted Carly to answer his every question. He didn't prepare at all for what he might hear, or whether or not what she will say is the a actual truth but he just wanted answers. He just wanted to know why, how. The unknowing was the aftermath of the whole ordeal. Maybe, just maybe, if he got answers, it might settle him.

"You're going to give me answers Carly Fox. You are going to give me answers". Jaime spoke in a deep dark tone. A tone that said he was not the happy fun loving guy you've known, a tone that says I mean business.

Carly chuckled, "And what makes you think you're gonna get answers?"

"I don't know, maybe the fact is that you can't hide it anymore. You've been convicted and sentenced. There is nothing stopping you from giving me the answers I demand" Jaime spoke down on Carly. He resented her.

"Ooh scary" Carly shook her hands sarcastically beside her.

Jaime had had enough of the bartering. She was wasting his time and he knew it. He just wanted to get right down to it. Time to stop playing games and get right to the core of Carly's insanity. She really was insane.

"Why'd you do it Carly?" Jaime asked in the most innocent tone he could muster up despite his anger.

"Which one Jaime. I murdered three of them, you're gonna have to be a bit more specific with me" Carly answered half sarcastically. She was still playing games. She was still wasting time.

But had Jaime taken into account how Carly may be feeling right now. Carly had gone through such an ordeal too. She was put through absolute hell herself. Even though she may or may not have deserved it, she still went through a lot. She was tired. She needed rest to recollect herself. It was quite a change for her too, but no one cared anymore.

Seriously, no one cared about Carly. Where have her brothers been? One of them are a freaking lawyer and the other is a naval officer. Surely they could have helped Carly, or at least tried. But Carly was conflicted. Had they even been notified that she was arrested and held in custody for two months and is now in a high security jail for 25 years. No.

No one cared about Carly anymore. No one. Not anymore.

"Jessica, why did you take her life?" Jaime almost cried.

"Listen, you're gonna think my answer is complete and utter bullshit. Jaime you're wasting your time here" Carly actually answered in the same calm and collected tone as Jaime.

"I don't care, just tell me, honestly, why you did it"

Carly let out a breath, "Fine. When we first met you and Jess were getting along fine. Then as we began to become friends, Jess became very possessive and it was having a bad effect on you. You were changing from the happy go lucky guy you know you are, to a melting pool of emotionless self. Jaime she was making you miserable and for no reason."

"How dare you say she made me miserable!-" Jaime began to yell but was cut off.

"No Jaime. She was making you miserable. You cannot deny the feelings and the experience. You go ask Vic Tony and Mike and tell you the exact same thing. She may have said we discussed things and sorted it out, but she was totally against me. She did not like me Jaime, and not for the same reasons now" she was cut off again

"But why"

"I took away your pain Jaime. And before you storm off at me, I took away your pain in the most harmless and painless way I could. Jess may have had a violent reaction to the drug when she was administered with it, but she died in the most peaceful state. I never intended to hurt her, nor did I. Jaime you weren't going to ever be the same. She was slowly pulling you apart to the point where you wouldn't even be able to work. Jaime, she was bad for you and that is not me being selfish or saying it to justify my actions, but she was bad for you. You just couldn't see it"

Jaime didn't reply. He was just trying to take in all the bullshit he had heard. He hadn't prepared for this. He didn't really expect a real answer at all.

But what she lying? She sounded absolutely sincere in her answer. She specifically told Jaime and warned him that despite whatever she says, he won't believe her. She was right about that. Jaime didn't believe her at all. Seriously, what does she mean that Jess was bad for Jaime? Jess wasn't bad for Jaime at all. He was happy with her.

*Flashback*

I got to work a little late today. I still feel really down today over what happened with Jess yesterday. I tried my best to talk to her about it but she just didn't seem to want to talk about it. Honestly, neither did I but I felt so bad watching her act like that. Knowing I caused her to be mad at me like that made me feel bad. Emotions really suck.

As I walked into work, my bass in tow, I stumble through the door, not realising where I was walking. All the guys and Carly are sitting by the table discussing something I assume but turn to me as I walk in. At a quick glance, I could see that they had already set up everything for me. Only my guitar needs to be plugged in and ready to be tracked.

They all watch me intently as I drag myself over to the table. I try my best to distance myself from them but I couldn't get too far away. They are all still silent, possibly wondering why I am not my cheerful self and why I was the last one here. I'm noticeably odd today but I don't care. People are allowed to have their down days.

But what I didn't expect was what I was going to tell them when they ask why I am upset. Sending myself into a daydream, I begin to think of every possible answer I could come up with. Nothing seemed to work but the truth. The fact that Jess and I had an argument and I feel bad about it, but the argument was over Carly and Jess being jealous but I don't think I could ever tell Carly that. I don't want to hurt her feelings.

*End Flashback*

Carly watched as Jaime battled with himself. Contemplating whether or not what she was saying is true. Carly was saying the absolute truth. Although perceptions of Carly may now have changed, she really did care about people. In her mind, she felt she was doing good. She was removing Jaime of the potential world of pain and just making it easier for him to live. No one deserves to live in that sort of pain.
But that was in her mind.

What she had done, was truly and morally wrong.

But Jaime didn't pick up on that. He was still quiet, just trying to believe what she said. She said Jess left this world painlessly and peacefully right? That was a good thing. She didn't hurt Jess, well she didn't intend to. But she did hurt those around her. And that's what she didn't factor in.

Jaime took in a deep breath having been in thought for a long time. Carly patiently waited. "Okay, let's say what you've said makes sense. How did you do it? How did you kill her?"

"I killed her with a drug, remember" Carly answered. Even though she was calm for the moment, she still liked to mess with Jaime.

"I know that" Jaime bowed his head in frustration. "I mean, how did you get the drug? The people in the court said they had seen nothing like it"

"Did I ever tell you I was an excellent chemist in high school? And that I was shortly apart of a medical clinic for curing diseases in Australia?"

That hit Jaime in the face like a brick. It hit him so hard that it seems so absolutely stupid that he didn't even give it a thought. How could something like that have slipped right past him. Then the next brick came. That's why the police and autopsy were interested in whether she worked in medics. It made perfect sense now.

She made the drug.

Jaime looked at Carly with the most conflicting facial expression one could express. How could she ever do that? She'd have to be some extremely mad scientist or something. Well she already is mad and insane but still. How did she ever do it? And without the authorities or anyone finding out. Why is it only now that they are finding this?

Jaime asked her. He needed to know how. "Jaime, my dad was a complete drug addict, and I was a chemist. It wasn't so hard to study the drugs. Whilst in the medical clinic, I was studying the effects of a vaccine on blood. I had made a huge mistake, but I studied it in secret anyway. With that mistake, came the most amazing discovery. A drug that attacks the blood cells from inside, and how there is absolutely no physical effect"

What the actual fuck, Jaime thought. What the actual fuck. Her answer was so real and so specific it hardly seemed like bullshit. But all in all, it wasn't bullshit. It was the truth. She was an excellent chemistry student in high school besides music. Carly's dad being a raging addict, Carly obviously had access to the drugs.

Jaime had underestimated Carly. She was criminally smart. And even for her young age, she was so cunning, so smart, so insane.

Notes

It's finally here. I'm sorry it took forever. But part one is here, I'll try my best for part to within a week or so