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"Harley asked for a ride somewhere, he does all the time but this one was a little farther away then I'm used to. He told me he wouldn't be in the building for long and I just had to wait outside," Makie sits in an interrogation room answering questions.

"You didn't find it weird that your brother had you take him to an abandoned building?"

Shaking his head, "I don't question what Harley does, anyway I was waiting out there when all of a sudden I heard a gunshot. Rushing in to make sure my brother was ok, I didn't make it very far because I got attacked. Harley drags me away and we got the hell out of there." He leaves some parts out

"That's it?" Mackie nods, "and you didn't see a gun?"

"No" he lies.

"Ok so if all of this is true and you or your brother didn't shoot Mario, where is he?"

Mackie shrugs, "I don't know Harley disappears all the time, I can tell you where I'd check"

"Sure that'd be helpful" he is handed a pen and notepad, "what about the gunshot you heard? Did you question that?"

"Like I said I don't ask questions when it comes to Harley, and I for sure didn't want to know."

"Someone almost died,"

"I get that"

"So you didn't think for the last two weeks to ask questions and make sure your brother wasn't doing anything he wasn't supposed to?"

"I don't ask questions."

"Where's your brother?" He's asked

"I don't know."

"Mackenzie I'll be real with you, Mario Garza is awake in the hospital and he's talking. You may want to pretend like you don't know the kind of lifestyle your brother leads but I know, your brother is a drugs and narcotics dealer, but not just a small kind he's big enough to have been on our radar for years. Harley was carrying a four thousand dollars duffel bag full of narcotics to sell to Mario, and when they couldn't agree on a price, things got heated leading to your brother shooting the victim. Now the fact that he couldn't I.D you may save you, but without Harley Denver, you are our number one suspect, do you know what that means?"

Opening his mouth to answer Mackie doesn't get a chance, "please stop asking my client questions without his lawyer present" the door opens and a man walks in.

"Who are you?" Mackie looks at the man

"Elias Wesley public defender," he shakes Mackie's hand then sits down next to him. "Could we get the room please?"

"He's not going to save you," the detective leaves the room.

The lawyer turns to Mackie, "your parents filled me in on what's going on"

"Are they here?"

"Yes right out there. Mackenzie, you're not under arrest right now because they don't have the murder weapon and the victim doesn't know you, those are good things. If you know where your brother is-"

"That's the thing I really don't" Mackie cuts in, "the morning after it happened he called and said he'd be laying low, usually that's at his girlfriend's house but I checked with her days ago he's not there."

"And you can't think of anywhere he could be?" Mackie shakes his head "all of this can end for you if he comes back, if not then you're the one who's going to be trialed if not for the attempted murder charge, then for being an accomplice."

"How am I an accomplice? I didn't even know he shot the guy"

"Did you tell them you heard a gunshot?" Mackie nods "and did you tell them you saw the gun?"

"No, I didn't"

"Ok, but hearing the gunshot is enough to get you in some serious trouble. I'm going to see if I can get you released from questioning, but like I told your parents you have to find your brother and have him turn himself in. Do you understand?" Mackie nods "ok I'll be right back."

Pacing back and forth in his room as the phone rings Ben waits impatiently, "hello?"

"Hey Maeve it's Ben I've been looking for Mackie the last two days but I can't find him, has he been home?"

"No, but he did call though and said he'd be staying at his parents for a few days but didn't say why."

"When was that?"

"Two days ago" Maeve hears Ben sigh, "everything ok?"

"I don't know his phone has been going straight to voicemail, so I'm kind of worried."

"Oh, well he's at his parents you can go there and see if you can find him."

"I will thanks, Maeve."

"No prob" they hang up.

Confused as to why Mackie would go back home Ben asks himself "what the hell are you up to?"

"BEN?!" He hears his mom shout as she walks to his room, "Ben" she barges in his room and he turns looking at her worried face, "have you seen the news?"

"No mom I'm not 85" he replies sarcastically,

"No, listen Mackenzie was on there apparently he and his brother tried to kill someone, and now they're looking for his brother."

"What?!" Ben quickly goes on his phone googling Mackie and Harley's names. He sees the articles and clicks on one "holy shit!" He scrolls through skimming the article

"Did you know about this?"

"No" he shakes his head as he reads, "oh my god it says that they think Harley shot the guy and Mackie's an accomplice," Ben's heart starts to beat faster and faster.

"Ben" his mom calls as he continues to look through local news websites, "BEN!" She barks

Calling Mackie again he brings the phone to his ear "mom please I need a minute,"

Coming closer she yanks the phone from his hand hanging up, "no you need to listen"

"Mom!"

"Hey! I don't want you near that boy you hear me?"

"No, he needs me!" Ben tries to grab his phone

"Ben he is dangerous you are not to see him or talk to him, do you understand?"

"Mackie didn't do any of this mom come on"

"I'm taking your phone," she turns to walk away

"Why?!"

Turning back she says, "when you go to school you are to come right back home I will drive you and pick you up, no more rides from anyone, got it?" Ben ignores her "HEY!"

"Yes, I heard you!" He replies rudely and she walks out. Walking to his door Ben shuts it locking it.

Rushing to his computer he starts to look at more things on the news reading it all, he couldn't believe this has been happening the last 2 days and Mackie couldn't even call to tell him, but he's not mad he's more worried. What if Mackie goes to jail? Where is Harley? And who is Mario Garza?

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