All Chapters of A Dream of Crime: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Unknowingly, Scarlet parked the small cop car exactly where the thieves had the few nights before. All she knew was that it seemed less crowded. And crossing the street to examine the crime scene wasn't a big deal. "Why'd you park so far??" Bart groaned into his window. She simply rolled her eyes and exited the vehicle, "I didn't," she insisted before leaving him to his lonesome. He huffed and held his arms firmly over his chest. He almost thought about making stupid faces at her. Sometimes it was so annoying when she got serious. She couldn't agree more. Only, Scarlet wished she wasn't the sole provider of this partnership. She shook those thoughts from her head and ducked under the security tape. If she didn't have a partner, she wouldn't be able to solve any case. If she couldn't solve any case, then this mini Gotham would remain corrupt forever. She couldn't let that happen. "What c

"Agh, I can't keep up!" Jesseye groaned, holding her cramping side. She shook her head and squeezed it. It didn't help. She never should have agreed to go running with Shane. Why had she thought training would be fun? Sometimes she was so naive, "Shaannneee," she whined at him. He'd been doing this for years, so he had way more stamina than she did. Shane slowed to looked back at her. How long had it been, barely thirty minutes? He shook his head and laughed, but kindly let her catch up. She was going to need some serious training if they ever needed to run from the cops. Hopefully they'd never have to. He paced a bit more to level his breathing yet had her sit down on one of the side walk's wire benches. "Slow deep breaths, ok?" He advised, placing her water into her palm. She gulped in air and nodded while pressing the cold water bottle against her flushed face. Despite the white tank top Shane had put on for her, Jess

Tony's date raised a brow when they neared the place he'd chosen, "Mexican food, hm?" Jazza asked with a smirk, leaning her head on her elbow to look at it through the window. It wasn't exactly what she would have picked for their first date, but whatever, she could roll with it. She just thought... oh she was being silly. "You love door in the walls too?" She asked through a soft, slightly nervous, chuckle. He nodded, shot her an excited smile, and listened to the old truck's engine die. "Yeah," he said while stepping out of the vehicle. "And this place is really good." Jazza hardly resisted biting her lip as they walked inside. "Tay-bell fur two?" Tony nodded then confidentally followed the waitress to their table. It was clear that he'd been here hundreds of times. One of the people even greeted him! What if their prior friendship made this too nonchalant? She dared to worry as he sat down across from he

"Lemme get out of this, okay?" Jesseye asked before bouncing out of the van and into the garage to change. Jazza bobbed her head before climbed out as well. Glancing back at Shane, she asked,"How's another round at Tony's sound?" Shane shrugged as he scrounged through his cloths bin. "I'm down." Jazzabella smiled and sauntered inside after her housemate, grinning at her place. This money was helping her achieve her dream too. She'd been able to upgrade the shop, replace Gramps' old tools, buy a new creeper, and even get a new stove for Jess. The dark skinned woman snickered lowly to herself upon entering the back apartment. Not to mention she'd purchased some more makeup to impress a certain someone. Shane pulled down his new T then hopped out of his van and headed in after the girls. "I think we should walk today." He proposed with a smile, leaning against the work table with his hands in his pocket

Good news was, Scarlet was would still be having fun without him. Maybe they could find some other friend activity that they both enjoyed? Believe it or not, Scarlet did care about him, but not in the way he obviously wanted. At least the beginning lesson was half way over. All the real dancers arrived in the last fifteen minutes. Normally she would've too. Scarlet snickered excitedly when she saw a few familiar faces, "Rich, Scott," oh she squealed when she saw her female friend in such a beautiful dress, "Awe Jasminnee!" She smiled at her friends after tackling all of them into hugs,"Awe you all look amazing~!" Scott scoffed and popped the collar of his black button up. "Duh." he said as if it wasn't obvious already. She snickered and shook her head, "Men," she whispered mockingly to Jasmine. Rich snorted, hitting him playfully on the f