"Good morning or not".Captain said sitting down."Tell me you have something other than dead doctors".
I got up and turned the projector off and turned the white board over showing the map, I got a marker and pulled it forward. I do not like the projector very much, I do not like anything that had to do with technology and stuff, I don't trust those and I know I'm too young to be this old fashioned but I believe what I believe. I made a circle.
I hate briefings, I hate briefings of the Hangman case because we still have found nothing new, nothing useful. Each location has a picture of a dead doctor and that's a lot of doctors.
"We have received more than a thousand tips which gave us nothing, we have nothing, no new leads, no new evidence, nothing".
I made crosses on all the locations, I know them by heart, I have been working on this case for the past month, I should know them by heart, we all should.
"All the doctors lived in the same area this area is known to be the safest area in town meaning whoever killed them is confident enough to even set foot there".
"Where are you going with this, Smith?".
I looked up at my team."We need to broaden our search, we need to start with the neighbors this time, they might know something, they might have seen something".
"We already did that".Kat said sounding bored.
I looked up at her and sighed."They were still shocked, we need to ask them again and see if their answers are still the same, if not, we investigate further, until we find something".
Captain nod."Any more questions?".
And once again Kat."But why the neighbors?".
"Because whoever did this was comfortable enough to clean up his mess after".
"Right".
"Kat, Zuma, the neighbors, Sam, Zondi, keep trying to get us that tape...".
"Sam is my partner".
I took a deep breath then looked up at Kat, she's always trying to get on my nerves."Kat you will be Zuma, anything on the other tapes?".
"No, not even a shadow, it's like he knew they were there".Zondi said biting his pen.
"Fuck, give me the rest of the tapes and the rest of you, focus on this area".I pointed outside the circle, we need to broaden our search."Knock on all doors, ask everyone and I mean everyone".
"Yes, sir".
"This guy is not an amateur, he has done this before we need to find those cases, I don't care who you call, what strings you pull, get me those files before the Crimes unit gets our case".
I looked up at Captain and shook my head, if the Crimes unit gets this case, we're all fucked, they will get all the glory and we will get nothing. Our community will lose all faith in us, we will be called names, the cops who failed to protect their own town, fuck the Crimes unit don't even care about our people, they won't care who they arrest as long as they arrest someone, as long as they get the glory.
"Smith".
I stayed behind while everyone walked out, here goes, I took a deep breath and embraces myself for it, he is about to tell me the obvious. We need to catch this guy, soon or we're screwed. He pointed down at the chair, I looked up at him and he sat down, so did I.
"You know Smith, I know you're capable and you have potential, I like that about you, I believe in you".
"Thank you, sir".
And my day went sideways after that. It always does when he's involved,
