Forever And Always

Chapter 100

After visiting the cell, Callie went into the office to talk with Jughead and Fp.

" We refuse to believe what Ethel said," Jughead stated.  That Jason Blossom is the Gargoyle King."

" Even though his coffin was empty," Callie added. " It defies logic."

"Well," Fp began as he set down the glasses he was chewing on. " Say Ethel is off her rocker, okay, but where's Jason's body?"

" I might have a hunch," Callie brought up.

" And someone's still wearing the Gargoyle King's antler," FP added.

" I have a hunch about that as well," Callie declared.

" Tell us your hunches, and we will determine if it's a good source or not," Fp said. " Probably a Blossom."

" I keep thinking about the matchbook," Jughead admitted. " That Dr. Curdle found in Baby Teeth's throat?"

" What about it?" Callie asked as Fp leaned forward.

" Kurtz must have got that at the Maple Club, right?" Jughead questioned.

" Yes," Callie answered.

" What are you getting at, boy?" Fp demanded.

" Do you have a copy of Kurtz's mugshot I can burrow?" Jughead requested. Later that night the two went to the Maple Club to talk to Laura.

" Did you ever see a client in here by the name of Kurtz?" Callie asked. Saying his name, still gave her bad chills. " At the maple club? He looked like this." Jughead held up a very detailed drawing of Kurtz.

" Yes," Laura confirmed. " I never worked with him directly."

" Who did he work with?" Jughead asked. 

" All of his interactions were with..." Laura began.

" The Red Dahlia?" Jughead asked.

" Penelope Blossom?" Callie asked.

" Yeah," Laura nodded.

" Out of curiosity, you never saw Penelope with a young man, a young redhead, did you?" Jughead asked.

" You mean her kid, Jason?" Laura asked. Jughead and Callie glanced at each other. " Yeah, sure. He came around."

*****
When Callie got home she found her brother opening the front door and two packages on the ground. He looked up at her and ushered her over.

" What is it?" Callie asked.

" One for you and one for me," Archie informed as he handed the box, that had her name on the card. It read

Callie Andrews

" This night is never going to end," Callie sighed. She checked her phone to see a miss call from Sweet Pea.

" You can call him back later," Archie assured. 

*****

Callie now sat at Pops, she was with Jughead, Archie, and Veronica. All of them feeling creeped out.

" Someone left ours at the door," Archie informed.

" Mine too," Jughead whispered. " My dad or Jellybean could have found it."

" Mine was waiting for me downstairs," Veronica informed as she looked over her letter. " At the speakeasy."

" Are we sure they're not fakes?" Archie asked.

" I don't think so," Callie denied.

" And I've trying Betty at the Farm," Jughead brought up. " But she's not answering."