Criminal Detective

A Broken Feet

Claire groaned at the light tap that came from the door. She peered her eyes open and turned from the direction she faced to the door.

The light tap came again and Claire sat up while she rubbed her eyes aggressively. She picked her phone from the nightstand then clicked the power button.

8:13am.

She tossed the phone next to her before she stood to her feet and strolled to the door. Just as another tap followed she swung the door open and both her and Maria's eyes met.

"Hi, good morning" Maria waved "I hope I didn't wake you up?"

"Oh no, you did" Claire yawned then rubbed her eyes again "You definitely did"

She rubbed the back of her neck with a small smile "I'm sorry for the inconvenience. I just wanted to thank you for saving me. I didn't get the chance last night and thought it'd be fair to do so today"

Claire waved her off with a sigh.
"No need to th.."

Claire was cut off by the familiar tune of her ringtone, she rushed to her bed then picked up her phone to the find Gregory's contact ID which made her lip tug upwards.

"Hello, Mrs Claire" Gregory yelled from over the phone once she answered which made her chuckle.

"Hey, Gregory. Good morning"

"Good morning, how have you been?"

Claire shrugged "Decent enough"

Cat pounced from were he lay on the floor to the bed and began to strut around which caught Maria's attention. She walked into the room and picked him up, to her surprise he snuggled into her arms then began to play with her.

She chuckled and turned to Claire who stared at them both with a smile.

"He's cute" Maria mouthed and Claire nodded in response before Gregory spoke.

"You've been absent from work for a while. Was just calling to know if everything was okay, since you didn't update us yourself "

Claire sighed.

She had been so occupied with the investigation that she had even forgot she had a job.

"I wounded my arm" Claire said "Ran into a tree"

Gregory chuckled "How the fuck did that happen?"

"Long story. How are you? And, how's Sasha? I'm guessing she's wondering where the hell I am too, huh?"

"I'm good, I'm good. And yeah, she is wondering. But I'll let her know what you told me so that she can let it die"

"Thanks, really appreciate that" Claire thanked him to which he chuckled.

"It's all good. What are friends for?"

Claire smiled "How's Miranda by the way?"

"She's good. Been giving me a whole lotta trouble since you've been gone but she's good, regardless"

"May God protect you" Claire said and he laughed.

"Anyways, I just wanted to know if you were okay and also to ask when you'll be coming back to work"

"Might be a while"

Gregory sighed "Damn, that bad huh?"

"Something like that"

"Can I get your home address then? Maybe me and Miranda can come over and keep you company?"

Claire exhaled with a small smile "I appreciate the thought but I'm actually not at home at the moment. I'm at a friend's house, the accident happened when I was with him. So, I'll be sticking around for a while"