EVIDENCE
I was finishing a report on a case; writing the synopsis of the investigation about a homicide in an apartment bathroom. The killer is a David Adam Samson who killed his mistress because she did not not pay owed money for five years. I am typing away, the only main light coming from the computer screen when I hear a sound. The sound is similar to the sound of air escaping a small opening and speakers crackling with static. It is vile, and I stiffen. The static continues to bother me as I finish a paragraph. I tilt my head and turn my ear to the sound. Is a radio outside the window? I turn back to the computer
...EeeVVVIIIIdddeeennccccccccceee...
Eeeevvvviiiiidenccceeee...
I jump from my seat giving a little squeal as my hand shoots up to cover my mouth and my heart rate increases tenfold. I get up from the computer and head down the hallway of offices towards the sound. The screeching and scratching from the static continues once more becoming worse as I come closer to the window. I open the window and see a 1990s radio duct taped to the window with a red, small light flashing in the dark.
Evvvvvviiidenccccce...
A high pitched sound screams from the old, plastic, black box, and I cover my ears to block the noise. I rip the box from the window sill and throw it from my window where it crashes upon the side walk below.
I look out of the corner of my right eye and what I see makes my stomach flip.
I look out of the corner of my right eye, when I see a robed figure standing by my computer! I turn quickly.
It is my jacket hanging on the wall. I walk to my computer feeling jittery and sit on the cold, plush chair. I turn to my computer. "The Blue Screen of Death" flashes on, asking for a 4 digit PIN number that I do not have. I type in random numbers furiously when white letters type furiously down the screen and the page scrolls down quickly:
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Error_ Shutting_down_
Data_Overload_
_qwrtp_
zxcvb_nm//
//_34_56**
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I jump at the mouse and click furiously. The screen becomes dark. I stare, astonished.
I reach for the power button to turn it back on when the screen beeps.
Damn, I had forgotten to save the article.
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The Passover
Mystery / ThrillerEvidence Storey has an urgent message for 2015. You have five years left. The end of the world is coming. When a bomb goes off in her office, Evie cannot help but feel bewildered and curious instead of frightened for her life. Each day new evidence...
