Criminal Detective

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"Claire, Claire"

She peered her eyes open at the sound of her name as something continued to judder her.

"Oh, thank God. I thought you were in a coma or something" Claire managed to make out Samantha's voice as her eyes adjusted to everything. She turned her gaze from Samantha to her messy living room with a small frown on her face.

"You okay?" Samantha asked then Claire turned to her.

"I think so" Claire said as she tried to stand on her feet which sent a sharp pain across her body. Claire groaned and placed her hand on her back. Her fingers traced a scar which burnt with her fingers contact.

"Did you injure your back?"

"Yeah" Claire said as she adjusted herself "What about you? You okay?"

Samantha rubbed the back of her head before she stretched her hand out to Claire.
"Mild headache"

Claire took her hand which Samantha used to help her up. Once on her feet, Claire could see the entire room which was a complete mess. Her eyes landed on the dead bodies of the assailants and that was when it hit her.

Claire quickly recollected all that had happened with a small frown on her face.

Claire continued to gawk at the bodies before she walked towards them, bent down, then, began to frisk their bodies. She pulled out a cellphone from three out of the five men and a capsule of Aspirin from one which she stared at in amusement.

"How resourceful" Claire said, tipped it open, tossed two pills into her hand, then downed them before she tossed them to Samantha.

"For the headache" Claire stated as Samantha caught the capsule. She stared down at  it briefly before she nodded.

"Thanks"

Claire nodded before she clicked the power button of each phone to find a missed call from the same number on each phone.

"Thirty minutes ago?" Claire muttered to herself as she stared at the screen. Two out of the three phones had passcodes, the one which didn't Claire began to browse through it.

The device, to Claire's disappointment had nothing inside of it, except porn, three contacts, and a text message which came from the same number that called all three men.

"Lancaster Street, Block 18, Flat 10?" Claire's pupils dilated as she read the message "This is my home address"

"Who are these people anyway?" Samantha asked as she swallowed some Aspirin, her eyes on Claire who set the phone away from her face slowly. She ran a hand through her hair with tired a sigh.

"Adkins men"

Samantha arched her eyebrow "How do you know?"

"I just do" Claire said, walked back to the bodies then continued to frisk them. As Samantha stared awkwardly at Claire, the sound of her ringtone poured out of her pocket. She pulled her phone out then placed it on her ear with a small smile.

"Hey, Daniel. What's up?"

There was a brief silence before Samantha spoke.

"What?! How?" Claire turned to find Samantha's eyes bulged in horror. She turned to Claire with her mouth and eyes wide open. Claire watched her set her phone down slowly then arched an eyebrow.

"What happened?"

"A-Adrian" Samantha shut her eyes "He's dead"

Claire stared down to the ground, her ears displeased with what she had heard.