Fic Update: The Deadliest of Sins, Chapter Six
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A soft rap of knuckles on Lance's cubicle wall had him nearly jumping out of his chair and Hunk sent him a sheepish look that didn’t hide his concern.
“I’m heading out patrol,” he said. “You gonna be okay?”
“You want me to answer that?” Lance asked, hating the bitter tinge creeping into his voice and Hunk’s expression softened.
“Whatever happens tonight… it’s not your fault. You know that, right?”
“Someone’s going to die, Hunk. Because— ”
“Of a serial killer,” Hunk interjected before Lance could finish his sentence. “Got it?”
Lance let out a soft sigh and gave a mute nod.
He knew that.
It didn’t make him feel like he’d failed any less.
“Try to sleep,” Hunk said. “I’ll check in later, all right?”
Lance gave another mute nod.
And he waited.
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At 01:12 hours no one had reported anything.
Lance wanted to believe that was a good thing, but he knew it wasn’t. It either hadn’t happened yet or they’d already missed it.
He resumed pacing around the office, almost wishing he liked coffee as he felt so tired but too jittery to sleep, checking his phone every circle and constantly watching the dispatch feed he’d put on the investigations’ television.
Nothing was happening.
Or, at least nothing related to his case.
There were a number of domestics, some disorderlies. A retail theft at the Walmart on Iverson Boulevard. A report of fraud — because who didn’t love to report fraud in the wee hours? — a bevy of noise complaints — barking dog, music too loud — and traffic stops across the board because even though it made more sense not to tie up resources on those if they came across a suspicious vehicle that way and it led to S then they would have regretted not stopping them for the broken taillight or going seven over.
Crime never slept, not even on the night Lance really needed it to.
He went back to pacing.
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https://lnkd.in/eqRH5Rie https://lnkd.in/eSjVp5yC COLONIAL CRIME SCENES Canada ITEMS OF EVIDENCE SubTitle: A human-centric, holistic, rights-based, advocating regenerative culture, educational approach for justice about the root causes of our climate crisis on planet earth. CONCLUSION: A colonially corrupted federal and provincial criminal justice system exists in Canada today. Llewelyn Pritchard MA 25 August 2021
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Yes, your pet might eat your corpse. That’s a problem for investigators
Australian police probably expected a gruesome scene when they checked on a 69-year-old man suspected to have been dead for days. But when they opened the door to his home, they didn’t expect the approximately 30 cats that came flooding out. Inside, they found the man’s body on the floor, with his face gnawed down to the skull and his heart and lungs gone. As if to dispel any doubt about what happened, one cat was still sitting inside the man’s emptied chest cavity.
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