My Sweet Trouble (Can and Sanem AU)

Chapter 8

Sanem woke up to the sound of birds chirping. She slowly urged her eye lids to lift up and witness the light that was piercing into her room through the window. Jumbled thoughts raced in her mind until she was completely conscious.
Once she was able to form coherent thoughts, she started planning her next move. She had planned to spend the previous night at Deren's but she had other plans, so she spent hours until late in the night working on the murder case. She couldn't stop thinking about it after she heard from Can that there was a possibility of connection with the stolen tablet, Istanbul #2641, something she had been working on when she wasn't assigned to work. She had been trailing a ring of smugglers, who have been stealing artifacts from archaeological sites outside of Istanbul. She knew that they made frequent trips to the city but mostly to sell the items to foreigners. But recently, one of the most important exhibits was stolen from one of the Istanbul archaeological museums. It had more than caught her attention and she had wondered if the same people were responsible. 

Hearing Can say that he was around the museum taking pictures and interrogating the curator was definitely something she needed to take a note of.

Though the smugglers weren't known to be violent, with that much money at stake there was no knowing what they would be capable of.

She didn't know if she was being too quick to look for alternative killers because of her attraction to the main suspect but something didn't add up. Why would a famous photographer randomly kill a man in his own apartment?

She was startled by her alarm beeping obnoxiously. She reached for her phone to turn off and saw that she had an incoming text. 

Deren- We need to talk ASAP! You have no idea what happened!!!

Deren was usually hysterical but not this early in the morning. She quickly typed a response, eager to know what was up. 

Sanem- ???

Deren- Come to work early...

She had planned to go to work early anyway so she jumped off her bed with more enthusiasm. 

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She got to the station pretty quickly. Happy that she was able to beat Istanbul traffic, she made her way to Deren's office. 

She couldn't have been that much earlier than her because Deren's bag was still on the table and she still had her scarf around her neck. 

'Deren? what's wrong?' 

'Sanem finally you made it, I've been dying to talk to you. I did something bad... really really bad!' 

'What? what?' 

Deren rushed past her to close the door so no one would hear them. 

'Ok, are you ready?'

'Yes' Sanem chuckled. 

'I slept with Bulut last night' She said it quickly hoping that now that she shared it with her friend it would put her at ease. 

'What?' Sanem practically screamed in shock. She knew that Deren had been very persistent in rejecting Bulut even though she thought they would be perfect together. So the last thing she would expect was this. 

'I know it's horrible. What have I done? We work together... could they fire me for this? I don't know how it happened. We had a few drinks and he was being so nice to me. I'm so pathetic... does that mean I should jump on every man that compliments me? I don't know what to do Sanem... help me!' 

'Deren calm down! It's not the end of the world, ok? Now let's back up a little, I thought you went on a date with someone your mother set you up with?'