TURN OVER

5

The next day, Goliath sat down on a bench near the corridor of the headquarters.

He had a stern look on his face, his hand occupied by a cup of coffee, and a blabbing soldier by his side.

He was way too tired to pay any real attention to what she was saying.

Last night had been a short one, and Goliath had been unable to find sleep.

" Earth to Goliath, hello? "

With a grunt, he turned his head. The lack of sleep still weighs down his eyes.

She stopped in her track, glaring at him.

" You weren't even listening, were you? "

" Of course, I was, honey. " Replying before taking a long sip of coffee.

" What's my boyfriend's name then? "

Goliath's heart stopped beating for a moment.

" You have a boyfriend? "

She looked way too satisfied with herself.

" If you were listening, asshole, you would have known that's not true. "

Well, that was a relief, he thought, but why, though.

" Common Goliath, we don't have all day. We have bad guys to kill. "

Once there, Captain Wolfgang asked them to continue working on the murder case.

Typically he would have recalled them as soon as anything new came up, but the CBRN members had told Wolfgang they found their helpful help.

When they entered the office, they could see Vixen and Crowbar slumped over their desk.

The two were exhausted trying to trade sleep time, trying their best to figure out what was happening.

" Where do we begin? " Goliath said in a tired voice.

" Maybe with a queen-sized bed? " joked Vixen.

It got a laugh from the three of them, but Sasha was annoyed.

When Goliath and Reznya asked if they could help, both CBRN members wrote a report, taking a breather.

" We could start on your side. " Said Vixen.

" His colleagues didn't give two shits about him. "

" We found a notebook, bunch of weird shit, but it had a receipt from a bar and grill not far from the hotel. What's strange about it is that he would go there each Saturday. "

" Why would he go there only for two orders every night? " Sasha asks.

" He didn't go there for the service. He wanted something else, and maybe he had a date. " Crowbar added.

" We'll have a look at it later. "

Vexin jumped on the conversation.

" That reminds me, the report came in this morning. Want us to fill you in? "

" Yeah, I guess. "

" The time of death was around three in the afternoon. The killing blow was delivered in the back of the neck. "

" Hold on! " Goliath said.

He put two and two together, visualizing the attack.

" Be realistic. Would you turn your back on your attacker? " Goliath said.

" Never, he might have been running away from it. " Crowbar said.

" He didn't fight back. The wounds were profound, which broke his neck and left some scars. "