The police car stops in front of the two large glass doors of the New Scotland Yard. Gregory and Kendall exit the car and the two inspectors drive off nearly immediately. Kendal quickly jumps back with a scowl to avoid being splashed by kicked up mud.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsIiW70Duy
"Rude!"279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡznxVu1k1TF
"You know the morons can't help it." He chuckles getting the door. "Now come on."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9A1V4X5fse
Kendall walks in, barely ducking under his arm. Like usual, the Met was crowded and busy. She follows as Gregory walks up to the receptionist.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVIaWUbNMZ
"Hey Flora, Ian's in, right?" he asks.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDl5cWyJonw
"He's waiting in his office for you and Miss Bell." She nods, stapling a stack of papers.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPSni9HPxD
"Alright, thanks." He nods, tapping the counter as he steps away. Kendall walks quickly to keep up. They turn and walk down a long hallway of offices before Greg stops and knocks on one.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8Q5dfTgBv
"It's not locked," the police chief calls from inside.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIl3wxbLuuV
Gregory opens the door and Kendall follows him in.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCuOD0QlEzg
"Go ahead and take a seat. This isn't going to be one of those talk and run conversations," he says, turning from his computer.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0MvadDFyQ
"What did Greg do this time, Chief?" Kendall sighs.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSIm91aj4N
Ian laughs, a deep baritone. "For once, not a thing."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEB2W420359
"Told you so." He smirks, crossing his arms behind his head. "So what do you need, Ian?"279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5hUQFpHdm
Ian glances at his computer monitor before he stands from his desk. He is a sturdy, burly shaped man with short salt and pepper black hair. Tall, but still not as tall as Gregory. He gets the door. "I have a case for you, however let's walk and talk."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEJ7JyjZ3l
"Make up your mind, ol' chap. First you want us to sit, now to walk?"279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUrXLHdTv40
"You want the case or not, Harris?"279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZjtNI2tiq
"He wants the case, sir." Kendall sighs, getting up.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsvvyPj0bS
The chief nods and walks out. "You have heard about the riverside murders?"279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDa4UOCEYSl
"I've heard of a lot of murders, Ian, you're going to have to narrow that down."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkdy2z83Qr
"The ones coming in from the Thames."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUyBPEJNMBM
"Ah yes, I have heard a thing or two about that one."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7PTYWZap6
Ian nods, and stands in front of the lift. "Fourth body was found early this morning right after the papers about the third went out." He pushes button. "I'll let the Dyes explain the way they were murdered. I'll meet you down there shortly, I need to find someone else first."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqV2SZYEe3
The lift opens with a ding and Kendall and Gregory step on. "We'll see you then, Ian." The door closes as the police chief walks away.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnrP4Hxr8v
Kendall looks towards Gregory. "A fourth this morning? The criminal must be speeding up."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4zy1kgbOP
Greg nods slowly, looking at the lift door in thought. "I'm sure there is a further connection besides they each being dumped in the river. Setting only tells a part of the story, Kendall. But wherever they're being killed, it must be near the Thames."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKOUONinmD8
"Maybe Daan or Amber will have more details..."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡohxpgzjZjz
"Probably."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRLpTeLECDG
The lift opens with a ding and the two are met by a wall of blaring Eurodance music. Kendall covers her ears against the loudness as they step into the morgue.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVKpqjsET0
"DR. DYE?" Gregory shouts. "HELLO?"279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYk8tTtp6Cu
The music stops abruptly and the two doctors look sheepishly around the corner. "Ah! Mr. Harris and Ms. Bell, McIntosh sent you down, ja?" Dr. Amber Dye chuckles. She's a slender woman with long blonde hair held back with an orange bow as bright as her personality and bright blue eyes. "You'll have to excuse the music, Daan's singing could raise the dead, you have to blare it to drown him out."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqxdTXwhPJ
"Hoi!" Dr. Daan Dye frowns. He's also slender built with short blond hair with dark rimmed glasses framing his blue eyes. "I wouldn't say it would be too bad if it were though." He then grins.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKerDg4zWB
"The chief said he'd be down here soon, too," Kendall says.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTH80KyOpT
"I'm sure he will be eventually, but let's go ahead and get started, ja?"279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4kPtRlAQi
Amber taps his shoulder. "I'll finish up that homicide autopsy while you show them our friends."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vRPAlfu6I
"Still think it's going to turn out as a suicide, Amber, but you do that. I enjoy my steak cooked medium when you see I'm right."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5glvx55aT
"And I want lobster when you see that I am right after all. Now shoo! Show them the bodies, Liefje!" Amber swats at him before walking back to the other end of the room.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8PdGqOW4Z
Daan rolls his eyes before walking over to the wall of drawers. He unhooks a clipboard from the first drawer handle and flips back a few pages on it. "Okay let's see....Four." He pulls out that slab and moves to the next. "Six....seven....and ten."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnMOkpuBWlU
On the metals slabs there are three men and one woman. Just looking at the surface, there is nothing very similar about the four to each other. One man is broad and fat and old, another is a black man of average height and build. The third man has a deep tan but bright red hair and freckles. The woman herself has a buzz cut and a long flower tattoo along her neck and arm.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqGQPEytO6
Gregory looks them over as Kendall pulls out her notepad and pen. "Care to tell us about the victims?"279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMW71AdSfdd
Daan pushes his glasses up. "They each were fairly simple murders." He gestures to the old man. "Theodore Harrelson, age sixty-eight. His throat was slit as you can see here." He points to it with a gloved hand. "And there's evidence that he was smothered while he was bleeding out." He moves to the black man. "Fletcher Vance, age thirty-three. His blood showed signs of being heavily intoxicated at the time of death, but there were also high traces of arsenic.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDAJlaJaytJ
"Victim three, Karl Moore, age twenty-one and an American. He also had his throat slit and another stab wound on his abdomen. Lastly, Janice Laurel, age forty. Blunt force trauma to her skull. The kind of imprint it left could have either been a club or perhaps the leg of a chair. She was this morning's new victim."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKl8MnxZZV8
Kendall nods as she takes notes. "Alright then, I'll grab Rufford and see if we can find out some more on their backgrounds." She clicks the pen closed and starts to walk away, but Gregory grabs her shoulder before she gets far.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitE1qQ0ocS
"Not yet, Kendall. I might need notes from when McIntosh gets his arse down here."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5nsw7MgNr
"Why do you need me to take notes? You have the better handwriting and always complain you can't read mine," she huffs.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdN88BmBSmT
Greg smirks with a half nod. "True, but I don't feel like taking them myself."279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjPtl0RxCQ
Kendall rolls her eyes and mumbles, "I'm not your secretary," as she takes out the pen once again.279Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6shUKz8Ez1
Daan clears his throat, gesturing towards the other side of the room. "Feel free to wait for the chief anywhere you want. I'm going to see how Amber's autopsy is proceeding." He then walks away.
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