Her Death Toll

Chapter 1

Dante's POV

I had just finished my last case for the week. It was  long and hard case, but I managed to get through it for the police on Friday. It's been a long week and I was glad tomorrow was Friday. I really do need those two days of rests before I started working with the boss again. I walked out of my office and turn off all the lights that were still on.

As I was walking out of the building, locking it up someone runs into me. "Oh I'm so sorry! I'm new to this town and I'm kind of lost" the girl says. She has light brown hair and green eyes. She's pretty, but just not my type. Basically no one is my type. "It's fine. I'm Dante Monte." I say reaching out my hand. She shakes it and says "I'm Anne Jones." I smile and nod my head. "Nice to meet you. Do you need help finding where your going?" I ask politely. If I was lost in a new town I would want help and I'm a generous person. If you don't get on my bad side. "Yeah that would be really helpful. I'm just trying to get to the Hampton Inn hotel" Anne said while looking at her phone.

We don't really talk that much on the way to the hotel but it's a pleasant quietness in the car. I pull up to the entrance of the hotel and unlock the doors. "Thank you for giving me a ride here I would've still been lost if I hadn't bumped into you." She said laughing lightly. "You're welcome I've been living here practicality my whole life so I know everything from the back of my hand. But here, take my card and call me anytime you need anything or just drop by the office." I said handing her the card. She took it and thank me again, while getting her bags from the back seat. When she closed the door, I waited until she got inside the lobby to drive to my house.

I sighed and parked my car in the garage. I hate leaving my new car outside so I just park it in the garage like the real purpose is for. I got out and locked the doors to the car and the garage door, then walked up to my front down. Max, my Siberian Husky is always on guard when I'm not home, so I avoid using the door inside of the garage to prevent me getting attacked by Max. I unlock the door and open it and as always, max jumps up on me excited that I am home. "Oh did somebody miss me while I was at work?" I asked walking into the kitchen. I have a fairly good sized home 3 bedrooms 2 1/2 baths, a good sized living room and kitchen and a fenced in yard so Max can go outside whenever he wants, but trust me picking up dog poop isn't the best thing to do when you wake on a nice Saturday morning.

I watch Max running around in the backyard, while eating dinner. There hasn't been anything real major that has happened since two years ago where a big homicide happen in Madison Square Garden. That was the worst case we have ever had to do but luckily we caught the guys responsible for the homicide. Terrible thing people do and it disgusts me how people can do that. I put my plate in the dish washer and whistle for max to come in. It was either get a regular door that can have a dog door or get a sliding glass door with a deck. Max came running in and I shut the door and locked it making sure to pull over the blinds too. I walk upstairs to my room and change out of my clothes to just my boxers and get into my comfy bed that I love so much.

The next day
I woke up to my phone ringing obnoxiously and Max barking loudly. I groan and realize it's only 6:30 in the morning and I usually wake up at 8. "Max be quiet" I say while answering the phone. "Hello?"
"Dante thank god! I've been calling since 6. You need to come to my apartment right now" my sister Danielle said. I rolled my eyes and groaned again. "Couldn't this wait until after I got out of work? You know I sleep until 8." I said scowling the phone like I could see her through the phone. "I know but it's important that you come over here." She sound serious and that wasn't I good sign. "Alright, I'm coming over now." I said and hung up.

I got out of bed and put on sweatpants and a sweatshirt and got in my car and drove to Danielle's apartment. I park next to her car and go up to her apartment door that's decorated for the 4th of July. Of course she'd do that. I knocked on the door and heard some shuffling before my sister opened the door. She has tear streaks down her cheeks. "What's wrong?" I asked while bringing her to the couch. She takes a deep breath and looks at me. "I'm pregnant but Chase doesn't know.." She trailed off quietly. I didn't know what to say, I kind of just sat there as it sunk in. Out of all four of us Monte kids, I would've thought David would have a kid first. "Have you told anyone yet?" I asked finally, breaking the silence. She shook her head no and hung her head. "It's ok. It'll be alright I'll be here with you no matter what ok?" I said comforting her. I don't want her to go through this alone and she still had to tell her 2 year boyfriend Chase that she's pregnant. "Thank you Dante. You're the best brother i could ever ask for." She said while hugging me. I smiled and rubbed her back. "Do you think Chase will still want to be with you when he finds out?" I asked. I never really knew Chase that well but I'm hoping he'll still with her.

"Yeah I'm sure Chase will be happy that we're going to have a baby, but I'm still scared to tell him that I'm pregnant." Danielle said quietly. I sighed and kissed the top of her head and got up. "Listen I have to go home and get ready for work, but you call me if you need anything alright?" I said looking at her. She nodded her head and smiled a little. I left her apartment and got in my car, driving back to my house. It's 7:15, but with that news I don't think I'll be able to go back to sleep. Might as well as just go to work early. I parked my car in the driveway saying that I won't be long but I do lock my doors twice, just for safety. I open the front door and Max comes jumping up on me like he usually does when I come home. "Hey buddy. You hungry?" I fill up his dog bowl with his food and walk upstairs to my bathroom to take a shower.

I sighed while parking my car in my regular parking spot and getting out of the car. As soon as I walk towards the building I see Anne waiting outside by the door. 'What's she doing here at 8 in the morning' I thought while walking to her. "Hey" she said while smiling. "Hi what's up do you need me to show you somewhere?" I asked confused on why she was here. "Actually I was just wondering if maybe you wanted to get some coffee?" She asked putting her phone in her pocket. "Yeah. Coffee would be great I still have enough time to get some. I know one that's not that very far." I said while walking towards downtown.

On the way down to the coffee shop we only made small talk and she asked if there were any major cases but I told her not that I know of. I'm not really allowed to discuss a case with anyone except the police or my partner, which I probably haven't seen since his sister got married a week ago. When we got up to the counter, I ordered a cappuccino and Anne ordered some mocha thing and we sat down at a table by the window with our drinks. "So what's your family like?" I asked while taking a sip of my cappuccino. "My brother is 15 now and his name is Joey. He's really funny and my mom is Sandra and she stays at home because she has a bad wrist but she's going to physical therapy for it and my dad John works at a real estate agency and takes care of my family in Georgia." She explained. We talked for awhile longer and i mostly got asked the questions. I realized she never likes talking about why she moved here by herself but I never pressured her into talking about it. We mainly just talked about my awesome siblings (I use awesome very lightly except for me) and my parents and all that happy junk crap that I always seem to get questioned. I looked at my phone and realized it was almost 9 and I still had to get my stuff ready for the boss.

"I hate to cut this short, but it's almost 9 and I should really get back before my boss shows up." I said while putting the amount of cash on the table and standing up. "Yeah I should probably get going to, I have to go job hunting." She said while checking her phone again. "Ok well good luck with the job hunting and call me if you want to have coffee again or just to hang out." I said while opening the door for her she said thanks and nodded her head and told me she'll text me. I hope I didn't give her the wrong impression that I liked her, she's just mysterious and didn't really explain a lot of her back ground so it'll be interesting to find out. As I got to my jobs building, I sighed and ran my fingers through my hair and fixed my annoying suit. Well let's get this thing over with so that I can go home to my nice comfy bed for the weekend.
* * * * * * * *
This took me awhile to write but I'll be posting chapters probably every other day when school comes but until then I'll be posting everyday probably. I hope you guys enjoyed and as always leave any mistakes or errors that you've found but be very discreet about it, don't yell at me for an error. The hot guy that plays Dante is Eric Belanger😍😍😍. Swoon right?Anyways see you on chapter 2 😊❤️