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There was a knock on the glass and Peterson opened the door He held a cardboard tray with two coffees froh street He moved to her desk and placed one in front of her
‘What’s this?’ she asked
‘I got you a coffee’
‘I didn’t ask for one’
‘You looked like you could do with one…’
Erika pushed it across the desk towards hiet you a coffee?’
‘Are you getting ht stand?’
‘That’s not fair I’ you a coffee, read into it what you will And last night was special…’
‘We are not talking about last night here in the bloody incident roo to run across the road for coffee, do you guys…’ he voice tailed off ‘Oh Did I miss the coffee run?’
‘I’ve just been,’ said Peterson
‘You went all the way up to Starbucks?’ She asked, seeing the cups She then looked between Erika and Peterson and grinned, ‘Oh… I see, he’s a keeper’
‘Moss can you come in here and close the door behind you,’ said Erika She waited until the door was shut ‘Look This is not a dating game, I don’t want to hear my or Peterson’s private life discussed here There’s no office romance to follow or be a part of…’
Moss nodded, ‘Yes boss… but look he got you brown and white sugar, a napkin; he’s even balanced one of those little tea stirrer sticks on the top That’s sweet’
‘Piss off, Moss,’ said Peterson
‘Just get back to work, both of you,’ said Erika When they’d gone she stared at the coffee for a moment and then relented and took a sip She picked up the phone and called Isaac Strong He was at work and answered after a couple of rings,
‘What do you know about a drug called Halcion?’ she asked
‘The generic nainal brand name It’s a central nervous system depressant in the benzodiazepine class It’s sienerally only used as a sedative to treat severe insomnia Why, have you seized some?’
‘No I saas prescribed to Marianne Collins I wanted to knohat it was’
‘Prescribed?’
‘Yes, Laura said that their GP had been to see Marianne after the incident outside the station, and prescribed it for her to calm her down and help her sleep’
‘Are you sure it was Halcion?’