Fatigue of True Love

Chapter 9

My phone rings loudly.I shift sideways and slowly get up,winking my eyes again and again.I pick up my phone moaning and look at the screen.Becky.
"Hello?," I say,my voice sounding rusty.
"Susan!!," she exclaims happily.
I laugh a little.
"Hey Becky."
"Mom wanted me to tell you that the parcel's gonna be at your place today.Be sure to pick it up," she says.
"Okay, I'll look into it," I say,yawning.
"You're still in bed?! Get up! You should go out for a walk!," she says half yelling.
I pull the phone away from my ear and wince.She hasn't changed one bit.The same old noisy girl.
"Alright,I'll go when I have time!," I say.
She chuckles heartily.
"Tell me,anything new?," she says sounding curious.
Gossips.Boys.Parties.Becky's all time favourite.
"Look,if you're thinking that I'm hooking out with boys or I've found someone,you're wrong," I say laughing.
She gasps,"Don't tell me,YOU HAVEN'T?!"
"Nope," I say casually.
She sighs.
"Stop being the same old boring Susan,enjoy and go to parties and stuff,hangout with people."
"Correction,work," I say.
She scoffs and sighs.
"Fine! Well,I'm off to the bakery now,I'll talk to you later for sure," she says.
"Okay bye."
She drops the line.I stretch my arms wide and yawn.I get up from bed to freshen myself up.I go to the kitchen and make pancakes and coffee.Coffee is life,can't live without it.I go outside and give Shepherd his breakfast as I enjoy mine.I'm glad the weekend's almost here. Just a Thursday to go with today.

Changing into my uniform,tying my hair up in a ponytail and taking my laptop with me,I get in the car and head out towards the headquarters.I need the information about The Colettis,Matt and Sally as database in my laptop.I'll put in everything I can get.Just as I reach there,I head straight towards the lab.I enter and already find Jones,Grace and Nathan inside.They look up in my direction.
"Hey guys,any results?," I ask.
"You'd really like to listen what Nathan has to say," Jones says picking up a file from the table.In the middle,a body is placed covered with a white sheet.
"Is that..the victim?," I ask with a sickening feeling growing inside me.
Grace nods.Nathan walks to and fro,sighing.
"Her heart is missing.I found marks on her neck.Marks definitely of a saw.Your killer weapon is a saw;Secondly, the clothes she wore contained two types of blood,Grace analysed it and found one blood test belonged to her but the other belongs to the killer.O positive will be the killer's blood group," he says stopping in front of the body.
"You might wanna see this Susan," he says.
I walk up to him,Jones following close behind.Grace stays where she was before with a sickening face.
Nathan pulls up the cloth from Sally's face.Blonde hair like her mother's,with a pale face,she must've been beautiful.It almost makes me sad at seeing her like this,can't imagine what the mother went through.
"The marks are on the right side of her neck," Jones says pointing at it.
"If they're at the right side it means the killer is left handed," I say.
"That's for sure," Nathan says,nodding.
I can't help but think this case can be a game of jealousy and love.
"Jones,Nathan..what if this is all about love,I feel it's Trish.She hated Sally and when I interrogated Matt,I felt he had a relationship,a secret relationship with Sally.Maybe Trish found out and this happened," I say pausing.
They both look at me dubiously.
"You need to get information first," Grace says,reminding me she's still in the room.
Jones walks towards the door.
"Come on Susan."

. . . .

We reach the shop.The area almost looks deserted.I knock quickly at the door.Trish comes out and seems surprised at seeing us.
"Is..isn't the killer caught yet?," she asks stammering.

What's wrong with her?

"We need to talk to you all," Jones says.
She nods and we follow her up towards the room upstairs.

Where do they even sleep? With the frozen meat?

Me and Jones take our places on one of the seats.It was as if they were expecting us already.I take out my notepad and a pen.
"We're going to ask some questions and you need to cooperate fully and tell us.What're your blood groups?," he asks
One by one,they tell us and I write the information down;
Trish : O positive.
Raoul: A negative.
Matt : B positive.
I look up at Trish.
"Again,how were your relations with Sally,Trish?," I ask.
She laughs sarcastically.
"I told you I hated the woman,she used to get cosy with my boyfriend."