Glitter and gold

*Chapter 4*

It happened in seconds but for Natasha it felt like hours. Heather was told to go and sit in the waiting room but only after several minutes arguing and Daisy the doctor had to go and see another patient. Finally it was just Natasha and Tyler.

"So... what kind of a name is Tyler Vincent?" Natasha asked after a silent period of time.

"My parents are ... different you could say. But that's not what I'm here to talks about" Tyler replied moving swiftly onto the matter at hand. "We have reason to believe that you once dated a man by the name of Alex Wilson. Is this true?" Tyler started to remove a file from his briefcase that Natasha hadn't noticed until now.

"Um Alex Wilson" Natasha thought out loud looking back up at the grey ceiling tiles. "Wait! Yeh I remember. We went out in collage for like 5 months" she smiled at the memories but her grin disappeared as she thought of how it ended. There relationship ended when he got annoyed at her. He ran away and she never saw him again. Alex was and still is to this day a missing person but Natasha hadn't thought about him in a long time. Natasha's train of thought was de-railed when Tyler continued to talk and hand her the file.

"Well his body was found south of London in a ditch" Natasha let out a gasp of surprise and horror. Tyler continued "he had 13 gunshot wounds in his upper and lower back region. His also had suffered a blow to the head from a metal object." Natasha suddenly felt faint and griped the side of her bed for support . "You may find this unsettling" Tyler said but Natasha interrupted him before he could finish.

"I may find this unsettling!" She said "my ex-boyfriend has just been found dead in a ditch with 13 bullet wounds inside of him and you think I may be a little unsettled?" Natasha yelled.

"Miss bloom. I'm here to ask you whether you would mind coming into the station and going on the record. Also this is a sensitive case so could you please refrain yourself from shouting about it to the whole of London" Tyler retaliated.

Silence.

"Ok" Natasha answered lay back into the bed. Images of Alex's body lying face down with 13 gun shot wounds to his back horrified her. Even the thought of him resting on the autopsy table sent a shiver up her spine but she wanted to do the right thing.

"I believe that you will either be released tomorrow or the day after. Please feel free to contact us any time between then if you think of anything important" Tyler handed her a white card with presumably his work number on it. They shook hands and he left her alone in the stuffy hospital room. Great! Natasha thought I'm in hospital and one of my ex- boyfriends has been found dead. What day!

That night Natasha lay in bed looking at the shadows passing her room unable to sleep. The images and visions she came up with of Alex begging for his life haunted her and by the time she drifted off the sun was already beginning to rise.