Her Mysterious Death

Her death was due to mysterious circumstances and I was assigned to the case. Her name was Megan R. Peterson, and she was my friend. I've known her since we were in high school. She was like a sister to me, and that's what i considered her, "Family doesn't end with blood". She was killed, and it was up to me to solve the mystery. She had a great life, a loving husband, 2 kids, why would anyone want to kill her? There was a funeral held for her, everyone she knew was there, dressed in black. As I looked down at her, I promised I would catch her killer. After the funeral, I stopped by the crime scene for any clues.
"Madison!", Jessie called out as he was walking towards me. Jessie was my partner. I only knew him for about 4 years now. We were good friends. "I think I found something that belonged to your friend Megan", He said. "It looks like a piece of the dress she was wearing that night she was murdered." I said.
Before Megan was killed, we were all having dinner at Jessie's house, Jessie's wife had invited us over. Megan, Her husband Josh, Jessie, Jessie's wife, Pamela, Thomas, another detective, and his partner Alex. I didn't know Thomas and Alex very well, though I saw them everyday at work. After we finished eating, we decided to call it a day. Josh and Megan went home, so did Alex and Thomas. I went home later on after helping Pamela with the dishes. Why was Megan found in an old house? What was she doing there in the first place? I looked around for more clues in the house.
Madison: The house is a mess, everything knocked over. It looks like there was a fight in here.
Jessie: You think Megan fought her attacker for a while?
Madison: It's possible. How did you say the body was found?
Jessie: She was laying on the floor face down, like someone had put her there after she was killed. It could have been possible that she was strangled with a rope. She had red marks around her neck. the rope was found in the garbage can. We checked for any finger prints on the rope but it looks like our attacker was wearing gloves.
Madison: Smart.
Jessie and I went over to Josh's house to talk to him.
Jessie: Josh is it okay if we look around?
Josh: Yeah sure, go ahead.
Jessie and I look in all the rooms of the house. We check the basement too. We find gloves in one of the boxes.
Madison: Hey Josh, can we see your hands?

Jessie and I both look at his hands.

Madison: Why are your hands all bruised and cut up?
Josh: I'm a construction worker, I had an accident today at work.
Jessie: Thank you for your time.
My partner and I went back to our office.
Jessie: He's a construction worker, you know that. Why did you have to ask about his hands?
Madison: There was also a knife found in the crime scene. It could have been possible that Megan had used the knife to defend herself.
Jessie: Where would she have gotten the knife from? Didn't know she was an undercover Ninja.
Madison: Undercover Ninja? What does that mean? Megan was always over protective. Guess she just wanted to be safe.
We looked for any fingerprints, on the rope or the knife. But there were none.
I went back to the old abandoned house while Jessie stayed back at the office looking over some papers.
I saw Josh there, looking around the house.
Madison: What are you doing here?
Josh: *sadly* I just wanted to see where my wife was murdered. Why are you here?

Madison: I forgot some of the evidence here.

I take the knife that i found earlier and put in it a plastic bag.

Madison: Before Megan died, did you ever work things out with her?

Megan would tell stories that she and Josh would fight often about money issues.

Josh: Yes, I did, why are you asking me this? Do you think i had something to do with her death?

Madison: I'm just trying to figure out who did this.

Josh: Me too. I would never harm Megan.

The next day at the office, Jessie didn't come to work. I noticed black gloves on Alex's desk. As I approached him, He put them in his desk. He had a very disappointed face.

Madison: Whats wrong?

Alex: Didn't you hear? Pamela's dead.

Madison: Jesse's wife? What happened??

Alex: She was found in the same house where Megan was killed.

I rushed to the old house. They had already taken Pamela in a body bag. But Jessie was there, sitting on the steps of the house with his head down. I told him how sorry I was.

Madison: How could this happen? Why were both of them killed in this house?

Jessie: I don't know, but I want to catch this killer by tonight.

We went to talk to Alex.
Madison: So who found the body?
Alex: I did. I'd say she was murdered at night. The body was fresh when i found her.
Jessie: Where were you before you found her?
Alex: I was still here, in my office, working.

Alex left work that night, I told Jessie that he was a bit suspicious. I broke into Alex's office, and checked in his desk.

Madison: We might have more than one suspect.

I opened the lower desk and found some gloves, a knife and a rope.

Madison: I had the knife and rope locked up. I don't know where he got the gloves from.
Jessie: I don't believe it. You think it's him?
Madison: I don't know. Maybe. Hey where is Thomas?
Jessie: He left after Alex did.
Madison: Alex's car is still here. Where would he go?
Jessie: The old house a few blocks away, You think he could've gone there?
Madison: You better go check if Thomas is at his house, I'll go to the abandoned house.

I walked in the house and there was Alex. Meanwhile, Jessie arrived at Thomas' house.

Jessie: Did you get a chance to see where Alex went?
Thomas: I saw him walking towards that old abandoned house.

Alex turned to me.

Alex: I knew you'd find me. You and Jessie have been on my nerves for too long.
Madison: Why would you kill Megan and Pamela?
Alex: I knew that after our little affair, they would leave, i couldn't let them leave, well....at least not alive. Didn't believe they had the guts to cheat on their own husbands.
Madison: So this is what you did huh? Take them here and kill them?
Alex: *chuckles softly* Now that you know, I can't let you leave either.

I pull out my gun and before I can aim at him, he knocks it off my hands. He takes out a knife and swings at me but I move out of the way. I punch him in the face once, then try to hit him again but he blocks it. He then tackles me to the floor. He's about to stab me when Jessie rushes in and pull him off me. I am still on the floor trying to get up while the men are fighting each other. Alex punches Jessie and pushes him to the floor, then turns to me. When I'm finally on my feet, He takes Jessie's gun, I run to my gun, but when i grab it he shoots me once in the stomach. I fall down, while I'm on the floor, i shoot him, then he shoots me. I got him in the heart but he got me in the stomach twice. He falls down, I see Jessie run towards me. I feel this red hot pain in my stomach, and then I black out, Everything goes black. Now, even though that I'm dead, I'm glad i found Megan's killer.