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"It’s certainly not what I’d call a normal bruise Colin…" Smith pointed to McNeal "Show him the pictures"
Colin marched forward Handed the case file to the captain
"A normal bruise can appear after a vic’s death, but…" Set a better look at the pictures "Bruises are generally of varying discolorations This one is the exact sahout A perfect black outline
There aren’t pressure e beneath the surface of the skin"
She stood up, walked over, and shoved her hand at Todd’s chest, hard He grunted under the iives the most force Or," another shove, "I can push hiers Just…not with as much power" A faint smile tilted the corners of her full lips "Sorry, Brooks"
"Don’t be, Smith He deserved it" The rumble came from Colin
Sood friends Now, she see instantly
"Neither of those hits would leave a mark like the one found on House" Her hand fell away fro him down into the bed, it would have been a ball-of-hand contact There is no scenario I can think of that would leave that perfect outline of a person’s hand"
"Ah, shit" McNeal’s fingers rubbed over his eyes "Sive ain there is chain of co before I gave a copy to Gyth" She raised a brow "Have you checked your box, Captain?"
"I’ve been here since four a with the mayor and DA," he snapped
"So, no, Smith, I haven’t!"
"Well, next ti at me about how to doacross the desk at him as she nearly shouted her words, and the lady finally was acting like her old self
McNeal leaned forward, eyes narrowed
"McNeal Smith" It was Colin’s steely voice that broke the tension in the room
Their furious faces immediately turned toward him Colin cleared his throat, then said, "Captain, as you pointed out to me and Brooks, we really don’t have time for this shit"
Touché
Smith drew in a deep breath Took a few steps back, then slowly lowered her body into the chair "Are you going to be able to exhume the other two bodies?"
A hard shake of McNeal’s head "DA will never go for even trying on the order Especially if House isn’t going down as a hohly" She shook her head "The aze darted to Colin
Todd tensed when his partner gave an almost imperceptible nod What the hell?
McNeal peered down at the files again "Well, at least we damn well know the last vic--as his name?"
"Thomas Monroe," Todd supplied
"Yeah, well, at least we know Monroe wason hi up "There were no prints on the knife, but we did retrieve a hair fro strand of blond hair, and that fit because, "The desk clerk said a blond was there with Monroe" Just like a blond had been in the other hotels with the other dead e in MO? It e otten wind of the link in the murders" Colin’s voice was quiet, tense "That new reporter for News Flash Five, Holly Storm--"
So now he remembered her naotten there after we left She talked to the desk clerk Found out about the bondage, and now she knows about Monroe"
"I saw the daht," McNeal , but rue Killer are rampant on the streets…’ Hell Like I needed that crap froht the redhead’s story, just like nearly every other person in the city
Holly Stor splash on News Flash Five
"Daers on the surface of the desk "My team doesn’t talk"
Well, there wasn’t exactly oing to be handled" He stabbed a blunt finger in the air toward Todd "You start digging into Monroe’s life See what you can find out about any girlfriends, people with an ax to grind, whatever"
He’d already been doing that It wasn’t like he was a fresh-faced uniforer stabbed in Smith’s direction "I want the con of a print on his chest yet?" Todd asked quickly
She shook her head "The killer did a real number on his chest Seventeen knife wounds"
Now that was a lot of rage
Usually that e was personal
"Finish the autopsy Get aze shot to Colin "You talked to Dr Drake about this case?"
"Last night"
"Good" He waved his hand toward the door "That’s all--Ss Gyth, stay so we can talk"
Smith opened her mouth as if to protest Then she shook her head and mumbled, "I don’t think I want to hear this, anyway" Then she aze followed her, and his lips pulled down into a small frown
The door closed behind her with a soft click No slary
S cut out of a case
Neither did he
But, unlike Snity