Aurora became hesitant. Her mind must be playing tricks on her right? Slowly walking towards the shoe. Her heart was beating fast as terror started to appear on her face. She wanted to call out her roommate's name, but nothing came out. As she turned her head, she gasped. She was shaking as her legs gave out on her. Falling to the ground.
Fate truly wasn't on her side. The helpless body laid near the dumpster as her stomach was ripped open where her intestines were to be seen. Aurora screamed so loud as her salty tears fell down her face. People who were nearby went to investigate before calling for the police. One witness tried to move Aurora away but the women refused to move and cried.
Police and ambulance had arrived at the scene. Aurora had a blanket over her shoulder as she sniffled from the scene. Her eyes stared deep into her now-dead friend. A detective had walked up to her.
"I'm Detective Imani Soda and this is my partner Detective Drake Adams. We are part of the New York Police Department and have been transferred to the Department of Italy. We'll be taking care of your friend's case now."
Aurora only could nod as she hugged her knees. Imani watched the young girl just curl up. He took his notepad out as he waved to his partner to look at the body. Drake went to look at Ha-Eun's body and examined it.
"Hmm. This reminds me of our old cases of Smiley Face from 5 years ago..there's even a smiley face above her collar."
Drake continued to examine before putting gloves on and slowly moving her head to the other side. Ha-Eun had a few marks from where handprints were on her neck to slight bruising down to her arms and wrists.
Imani had come up to Drake and looked at the victim. Drake stood up before removing his gloves.
"What did you find?"
"Well, our victim here is Jung Ha-Eun. She is 22 years old and she was working at this cafe around this area. The girl I interviewed is her roommate and best friend. I guess she was getting worried for her friend after quite a while before going to find her. Then she came right here."
"Well, that sucks. Finding your friend/roommate dead"
"Yeah. She's spooked for life"
"The blood that was on her?"
"The other witnesses that were near had said that they heard a loud cry and went to check and that's when they saw her hugging our victim's body"
"Damn must be tuff."
Aurora got up from the ground as Imani and Drake walked up to her.
"We will take you home. We're going to look at the cameras that are around here. We'll find the culprit who did this to your friend."
"Thank you..detectives."
Drake led the way to their car. Aurora followed along with Imani. All three got in, Drake put the car in gear and started driving to where Aurora lived. Aurora pointed to where she lived.
As they reached her apartment, Aurora got out before thanking the detectives before walking inside her apartment. It was cold and empty. It didn't feel lively anymore, Aurora walked to Ha-Eun's bedroom before climbing into her bed. She let out a weep before crying to herself to sleep.
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The sound of the clock beeping as Aurora turned to the other side. She tried her best to ignore the noisy clock but the clock's beeping sounds won. She sat up and lightly tapped the clock to stop. Getting up and walking to the bathroom. Opening the door and walking in.
She looked horrible. Dried tear stains on her face with her messy bedhead. Washing her face before combing her hair. When she was done with that, Aurora walked out only to look at all of the pictures that were taken. The pictures of her and Ha-Eun, of them, were fond memories. That's when she felt her heart swell as she cried once more.
