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asked, studying a picture that hanged awkwardly on the wall. “There’s a chance that prints can be pulled off of some of these surfaces, starting with the window back here that appears to be how they got in and out. The victim must have left it unlocked. Assuming it wasn’t the first one they tried, there might be prints on the outside of several of them.”
Sergeant Perez laughed. The sound of it was not one of amusement, but that of condescension. Instantly, she regretted even asking. “I don’t need a group of people to come in and show me how to investigate a crime,” he stated. Rilynne glanced back and found him leaning against the doorframe watching her. The sight itself sent a wave of fury through her and she fought back the urge to call him on it. He seemed to sense her thoughts as he met her eye, because he pushed off and pulled on a pair of gloves of his own before moving toward the opposite side of the room. “I’ll have Max bring all of my supplies over from the station. When we’re done here, I’ll also round up the local hooligans. I’m not going to wait for your investigation to prove to me that it was just a teen getting into trouble. They tend to run in packs. It won’t be hard to get one to break and turn on the others.”
“While you do that, I’ll actually concentrate on finding the person who killed Caitlin Burton,” Rilynne snapped back. Her tone shocked even her, causing her cheeks to fill with heat. It seemed to leave an impression on Perez as well, but not the one she expected. With her back to him so he didn’t see the effect it had had on her, she could hear an amused chuckle. With it, her face burned only hotter.
“Hopefully we’ll be able to narrow things down when we get an in depth background check on her,” he stated. For the first time since their first meeting, there wasn’t annoyance or anger in his voice. Either he had grown tired of it or he started to agree with her view of the scene. She was still trying to decide which was more likely when he continued. “Have you seen anything that would suggest where she could have had something hidden? If the person who went through here actually did find something, we might be able to figure out what it was if we know where it was stored.”
Rilynne nodded and turned toward him. “I’m thinking in here,” she said, motioning to the chest in front of her. The blankets that had been in it had been shuffled around, but there was a void within it that was unmistakable. “It looks like there was a box of some kind in here. Either she removed it herself, or someone took it. You can see the impression here on the blanket laid out along the bottom. It’s about eight or nine inches wide and a foot and a half long. And it’s heavy. Do you see anything like that around?”
She pushed up and looked herself, but neither found anything that matched the dimensions. By the time Ben and Max arrived half an hour later, they had finished searching the house and Perez had resigned to the notion that her theory was correct.
* * *
“We’re going to head back to our house for a few hours,” Ben stated, walking out of the back room of the station Sergeant Perez said they could set up all of the equipment in. “I’ve started running everything collected so far, and Chaz said he would stay here with the equipment while the evidence processes. We should be back by the time the first of it finishes.”
Perez nodded, not looking up from the crossword puzzles he was working on. Without waiting for a verbal response, Ben took Rilynne by the hand and led her out the front door.
“I’m starving,” he said as soon as it shut behind them.
Rilynne grinned and responded, “Hi starving, I’m Rilynne.”
Ben rolled his eyes and took her arm as they started down the road toward their house. It was more humid than it had been since their first few days
Sergeant Perez laughed. The sound of it was not one of amusement, but that of condescension. Instantly, she regretted even asking. “I don’t need a group of people to come in and show me how to investigate a crime,” he stated. Rilynne glanced back and found him leaning against the doorframe watching her. The sight itself sent a wave of fury through her and she fought back the urge to call him on it. He seemed to sense her thoughts as he met her eye, because he pushed off and pulled on a pair of gloves of his own before moving toward the opposite side of the room. “I’ll have Max bring all of my supplies over from the station. When we’re done here, I’ll also round up the local hooligans. I’m not going to wait for your investigation to prove to me that it was just a teen getting into trouble. They tend to run in packs. It won’t be hard to get one to break and turn on the others.”
“While you do that, I’ll actually concentrate on finding the person who killed Caitlin Burton,” Rilynne snapped back. Her tone shocked even her, causing her cheeks to fill with heat. It seemed to leave an impression on Perez as well, but not the one she expected. With her back to him so he didn’t see the effect it had had on her, she could hear an amused chuckle. With it, her face burned only hotter.
“Hopefully we’ll be able to narrow things down when we get an in depth background check on her,” he stated. For the first time since their first meeting, there wasn’t annoyance or anger in his voice. Either he had grown tired of it or he started to agree with her view of the scene. She was still trying to decide which was more likely when he continued. “Have you seen anything that would suggest where she could have had something hidden? If the person who went through here actually did find something, we might be able to figure out what it was if we know where it was stored.”
Rilynne nodded and turned toward him. “I’m thinking in here,” she said, motioning to the chest in front of her. The blankets that had been in it had been shuffled around, but there was a void within it that was unmistakable. “It looks like there was a box of some kind in here. Either she removed it herself, or someone took it. You can see the impression here on the blanket laid out along the bottom. It’s about eight or nine inches wide and a foot and a half long. And it’s heavy. Do you see anything like that around?”
She pushed up and looked herself, but neither found anything that matched the dimensions. By the time Ben and Max arrived half an hour later, they had finished searching the house and Perez had resigned to the notion that her theory was correct.
* * *
“We’re going to head back to our house for a few hours,” Ben stated, walking out of the back room of the station Sergeant Perez said they could set up all of the equipment in. “I’ve started running everything collected so far, and Chaz said he would stay here with the equipment while the evidence processes. We should be back by the time the first of it finishes.”
Perez nodded, not looking up from the crossword puzzles he was working on. Without waiting for a verbal response, Ben took Rilynne by the hand and led her out the front door.
“I’m starving,” he said as soon as it shut behind them.
Rilynne grinned and responded, “Hi starving, I’m Rilynne.”
Ben rolled his eyes and took her arm as they started down the road toward their house. It was more humid than it had been since their first few days
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