"Detective." I was about to enter the department. "You did a good job on that homicide case yesterday." Heh, "Thanks Sir, no problem." I walked into my office and slid down my chair, tiredness covering me. Its been 13 years and still haven't found any leads. I rub my eyes, trying to stay awake, 'Dang eyelashes.' I stretch while looking over to my laptop.
"Hm?" There was a file on my laptop I've never seen before. I reach over to my mouse pad and tap on the file. "Detective, we have a newbie."
I slam my laptop lid from the jump-scare my co-worker gave me. "What is it?" I asked. He looked confused but didn't question it. "He will be joining you on your new case." I look over at the tall man, my co-worker was pointing at. I put out my hand, "The names Sera, nice to meet you." The man just looked at my hand. "It looks like you guys will get along..." My co-worker quickly left after that.
"So what's your name?" I ask while he sat down at the desk in front of mine. "Adrian, what's it to you?" I coughed, "What's it to me? Well, we'll be working together." I stand up from my chair and walk to his desk. I slam both of my hands on each side of his laptop, staring at his face. "Which means you have to be nice and corporate with me, I'm your leader," I say slowly inching towards his face. His breath became heavier every time I got closer to him. I let go of the desk and walk back to mine, hands aching from the slam. I rub my hands, 'Shit, why did I do that.' I heard Adrian chuckle, I ignored it.
Wait, what's the new case again?
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"Around 13 years ago, 17 September there was a suspected murder-suicide in a house in Busan." I swallowed, what? "Two parents, Marine and Jinho were found dead while the male was holding his gun in his right hand. " I started shivering and broke out into a cold sweat, the image still very vivid. Adrian tapped my shoulder, "Hey lady, are you okay?" I stopped shivering, "I have a name and I'm fine." I whispered back. "This case will be handed over to Sera and Adrian. Accompanied by Jacob and Mina." I looked at the man talking and nodded.
Finally, I will find out what actually happened or not.
He looked over at us, "You all will be leaving for Busan in 3 days. Pack your bags, you're gonna be down there for a bit." I cursed under my breath, how long though? Adrian looked at me, "A case already on my first day, wow."
"Hey Sera, it's going to be our first case we will be working one together." I turn my head to face Mina. I didn't like her that much. "You always like to work alone, aye? Now you got Adrian." Ha, like Adrian is going to help me succeed more than I already do. "I guess so?" I said raising my left eyebrow. "Hi I'm Jacob, we will finally be working together." Wait didn't Jacob join the department like a month ago? Why am I getting all the newbies, this is gonna be so stressful. He put out his hand, I reached out to shake it. "Looking forward to it, Jacob." I'm really not. I look around trying to find Adrian, his ass just left. 11 pm? I guess I should leave too. I don't have any files to finish, I should sleep early today.
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I woke up this morning feeling refreshed. This is probably because I usually get only 3 hours of sleep and some naps here and there. But never the less, I always look like a mess and wear similar clothes everyday black, grey and white.
My Chief was at the office leaning against the entrance. "Good Morning Sir." I gave him a small smile. "Ah, morning to you too." I'm very hungry. "I hope you have started packing." He slowly turned his head to me. His grey hair reflecting the light making his hair look white. "Oh, not yet sir, I've been a bit busy." He tilted his head, "But I haven't assigned anymore work for you, you're lying. " I laughed a little, looking around the building. "Make sure you pack, you're leaving tomorrow." Wait tomorrow? 'I thought it was 3 days?' Dang it they changed the dates without me knowing. "Sure will do sir." He felt quickly after that.
I walked to my desk, seeing the desk in front of me empty. 'Late on his second day?' I logged back into my laptop, to see that the file was still there. The file looked like a normal zipped folder called 'deleted folders.' So I decided to extract it on my desktop. I opened the file to see around 8 documents strangely called 'deleted investigation 1, deleted investigation 2' and so on. For some reason my heart dropped and felt hesitant to open the first deleted document.
The first document was about my parents.
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AN : I cringed while writing this for some reason oof
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Crime from the Past
Non-FictionA woman in her late 20s had both her parents murdered at the age of 16. American born she grew up in Busan, South Korea to become a detective and solves cases like her own. After few years of working as a detective, a male childhood classmate joined...
