The dissolution of lore

Chapter 3

Aaron focused on the face three feet in front of him, the violet eyes staring into his. The purple lips  surrounding a perfect smile.  Her fingers snapping in front of his face.

"Welcome back spaceman. You need more sleep, you look like shit.  If you had stayed like that any longer I was going to start seeing how many jelly beans I could shove up your nose." Pixie said with a mischievous grin. 

"You don't have any......." Aaron started to say then trailed off, watching her reach into one of her jacket pockets.  Continuing would only poke the bear and he didn't want to be pelted all day by jelly beans.

She reached behind her and grabbed one of the coffees and the box. "Here's your black coffee," she said pulling a grossed out face."  How you can drink it like that I don't know, I think you are a masochist." She drank hers with whipping cream and 3 sugars. "I also grabbed Heart attack  doughnuts." She finished with the flourish of a magician.  Heart attack doughnuts are like Krispy Cream Doughnuts only with espresso added to the mix, so if the cholesterol didn't kill you the caffeine did.

"Thank you, I had a long night." Aaron said opening his coffee and grabbing a doughnut.  Once he was done the doughnut he stared to tell Pixie about the morning.  

"Fucking Sex trafficking assholes. I hope we find the guy in charge before the cops do, I want to force feed him his genitals." Pixie growled, producing a large knife from one of her pockets.  She had held on to this grudge for five years.  It was a cold calculating rage inside her.

  "The police have informed the family and they are at the morgue right now identifying the body as we speak.  I would like to go an give my condolences." Aaron said quietly.

"Can I come with?" Pixie asked 

"I would appreciate it. Something is still bugging me about this case and I would like to bounce some ideas off you" Aaron replied.

"Like what boss?" Pixie asked with a curious look on her face.

"I will tell you on the way." He responded as he pulled his jacket off the back of the chair and put it on.  He was half way to the door when something small and hard hit the back of his head and then hit the floor.  Looking at the item he found a blue jelly bean still rocking.  He then looked at Pixie who was trying to look innocent and failing miserably. "It's going to be a long day." He said to himself before opening the door.

Aaron tossed the keys to his truck to Pixie, who looked at him in utter amazement.

"Are you sick, got cancer, or is it the end of the world" She said as she stared at him.  " you never let anyone but you drive the Beast.  I am honoured"

" I have had four hours of sleep in the last twenty four, I am going to have a nap while you drive. Also if it means you will stop with the jelly beans," she had hit him three more times since leaving the office," I will consider it an even trade." He said with a slight smile. He liked the fact he had thrown her of balance with it.

They climbed into the truck, Aaron buckling in then waited for pixie to adjust the seat, the steering wheel and the peddles so she could comfortable drive it. Unknown to her, he had all those features added just for her, but explained it away as being fully loaded.

Once the truck had roared to life, and Pixie put it into gear, he shared with her the inconsistencies in the stories he was given.  She agreed they were definitely strange, and would keep her eyes and ears open at the clients house.  After that Aaron leaned against the door post and within a few minutes he fell asleep.