lee stepped away from the body just enough to retrieve her phone, dialing the lab, waiting for someone to pick up. she provided the case details, requesting an examination of the material beneath the victim’s fingernails for trace ↷
rust was staring at lee piercingly, as if there was everything he could say or express in that look, the bruises under his eyes hinted that he hadn't slept in a very long time. he began to examine his nails, in case it would help in the progress of the case.
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scratch him, we might have something.”⠀ ⠀her gaze settled on his face, lingering briefly on the bruises beneath his eyes. she wasn’t sure he’d appreciate her pointing out how exhausted he looked, but it was difficult to ignore. a faint, ↷
asiento frente suyo, apilándolos a un lado para dejar espacio. mirada centró en ella, con una expresión tranquila, aunque todavía algo distraída.⠀ ⠀“puedes sentarte, sí quieres. quizás tengas más suerte desde aquí.”
alzó la mirada de los documentos ante esa voz que la sacó de sus pensamientos, observándola un instante antes de dirigir la mirada hacia la fila.⠀ ⠀“diez minutos es bastante tiempo para un café.”⠀ ⠀apartó los papeles que ocupaban el ↷
—Se acercó a la desconocida con una sonrisa desenfadada, apartándose un mechón de cabello rubio.—
Hey, babe, seriously, ¿siempre está tan lleno este sitio o he venido en el peor momento? Porque, damn, llevo diez minutos intentando pedir un café y nada.
@feelitsincity
her brows knitting together as another thought struck her.⠀ ⠀“have you checked her fingernails? there might be something under them. if she put up any resistance, at all, she could have left us something useful.”
⠀ ⠀she’d seen the dead before——been used to the sight of a body, used to the stillness that followed a death. there was something about finding another young girl left in this state though that made it hard to look away. ↷
@feelitsincity the pen slid over the paper as rust sketched the crime scene in his notebook. pushing his notebook aside, he began his report.
“ body has been here recently, and there are rope marks on her hands, although there is no rope on the corpse, she was probably led here. . . ”
“if she was brought here then someone had to know this place well enough to bring her without being seen.”⠀ ⠀lee glanced at rust, for a moment not sure whether he wanted her in or if he just wanted her to get out of the way. ↷