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She nodded

“Have you seen anything like this before?”

“Other ? Never” She stood still in deep concentration Finally she shook her head and said, “Let’s work quickly before the others arrive”

“What do you want me to do?”

“I want to take a closer look Go around to the other side of the bed…”

“What about my footprints?”

“It’s a wood floor There’s no blood Weobvious that we’ll be corrupting I think it’s fine Don’t touch the bed”

As though he’d want to…

He went right as Hulan went left

“Start at her head,” Hulan directed She leaned forward, putting her hands on her knees for balance He did the sanificant”

What could possibly be classified as insignificant here? he wondered

He forced hi how her blood-coated hair lay in a thick, rusty helainst her skull, David felt a wave of nausea sweep through him He tried to use the same clinical tone that Hulan had adopted and found it helpful

“Her hair looks

like it’s been combed,” he said

“I think so too It’s like the blood was poured over her hair and coet every hair exactly in place” She added, “I’ it’s blood It smells like it”