You And Me Against The World | ✅

Chapter 76

We both sit down on the couch, trying to get our heads around this new development in the arson case in the factionless sector. I had a strange feeling ever since we discovered the fire, but I just assumed it was the adrenaline and then finding out that someone perished in the flames. The fact that Dr. Robins told me that both victims were already dead and the fire was meant to cover their murder didn't help with the uneasy feeling. Everything we learn in this case seems more gruesome than what we knew before. As far as we know there are three factionless men missing, Edward among them. But there's only one woman, Myra. So it would be safe to assume that she is the one who died and then set on fire. Also, given the fact that for the past few months Myra became Edward's shadow lets me believe that he is the male victim.

"How can we find out if it's indeed them?" Tobias asks.

"DNA," I answer.

"Explain."

"Simple. Even now there should be enough tissue left underneath the burned flesh to extract enough DNA to run some genetic tests. We already know Myra's father and we could ask him for a sample to compare it to hers. We just need someone from Edward's family to do the same. If the samples don't match then that we'll mean the victims aren't Myra and Edward. But that doesn't mean they don't deserve to rest in peace. And for that we need to find out what happened and bring the culprit to justice."

"Wow," is all he says and I give him a questioning look. "You sure would have done great in Erudite," he adds and smiles at me.

"Yeah, maybe. Although if I would have chosen Erudite I wouldn't have met you, fallen deeply and irrevocably in love with you and we wouldn't be married now," I say and grab his left hand and caress his wedding band with my right thumb.

"That's true. I'm really glad you chose Dauntless," he says before kissing me softly. When we part we lean our foreheads together and smile at each other goofily.

"Besides, I had a lifetime of Caleb telling me what to do. I wasn't planning on continuing it," I say jokingly.

"Yeah, that's why you didn't choose Erudite. Right," he says giving me a look that says you can't fool me.

"You want to go to the cafeteria to eat or should we eat something here?" I ask.

"Let's eat at home. I'm not really in the mood for chit-chat. We still have a difficult task ahead of us." He gets up and walks into the kitchen. "How about steak?" he asks and I nod. I let him cook, since he is much better at cooking steak than I am. Then again it's one of his favorites. I really should learn making it too.

I lean back into the couch and allow Tobias start cooking on his own. I flip through my contacts on my phone until I reach Samantha's number. I push the dial button and wait for her to pick up.

"Hello Tris," she says cheerful.

"Hello Sam. How are you?" I ask her, trying to be polite, before I come crushing down and ask for her help.

"I'm good, thank you for asking. Initiation is a little stressful, but thankfully the initiates this year are really a joy. How are you?"

"Stressed out with initiation and leadership. You know, same ol', same ol'," I say jokingly.

"So, what do you need?" she asks directly. She already knows that I never call just to say hi. Maybe I should do that. That's the polite way to do it anyways.

"Wow. I'm that obvious?"

"I know you by now, my dear friend. So, how can I help you?" she asks serious now.