Chapter 1
The officer closed the door to the little room. It has been a few hours since Brooke's death. AJ sat wearily in his chair, praying that this was all just a nightmare.
"Mr. McLean, I know this is hard, but you have to cooperate." said Lt. Andrew Collins as his partner, Lt. Heidi Peterson stood in the corner of the room. The two were interrogating AJ, hoping to find some clues on Brooke's murder.
AJ was just getting over the shock of his loss. He was still wearing the blood-stained shirt from last night.
Lt. Peterson walked over to him and looked AJ in the eye, "Now tell me honestly, do you know of any enemies that might have any reasons to kill your wife."
"I said no, okay?" replied AJ angrily, "Brooke was wasn't the type to have enemies. I doubt anyone would ever want to harm her."
"Well, let's talk about past relationships. How about her exes? Do you know their names?"
AJ looked thoughtful for a moment and replied, "She used to go out with my friend Brian Littrell. But he wouldn't do anything to her. They ended their relationship amicably. Besides, he married her twin sister, Paige instead. There's no reason to suspect him."
Lt. Collins nodded, "How about your ex-girlfriends, Mr. McLean. Tell us about them."
AJ paused, then said, "I was engaged to this girl Nora before I met my wife. Actually, I broke off the engagement, cause I wanted to go out with Brooke. She wasn't very happy about that. But she's married to Nick Carter now with a son and we're good friends."
The two officers scribbled quickly in their notepads.
Heidi got up and shook his hand, "Thank you, Mr. McLean. We'll call you if there are any developments. Once again, we're very sorry about your wife."
