𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 (𝟏𝟖+) 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐃 ✓

Chapter 12

"How is she doing?" I ask, my gaze trained on an immobile Julia with Jade sitting next to her as she tells her mom about her day at school.

"Still the same but I did hear that she is doing a little better though it'll still be a while before she's taken out of the medically induced coma," Victoria answers. "But how are you doing? Or specifically, how are things with Nash?"

"Better, I decided to give him a chance and told him why I was on the fence about being in a relationship," I tell her.

"I'm glad to hear that, you two really work well together and I think you balance each other out," she says nodding her head with a smile.

"Yeah, he's my first relationship in a long time, I don't want to do anything to mess it up," I tell her, a small sigh escaping from me. 

"If I didn't know you two, I would have assumed that both of you were already together so I think you'll be fine," she says with a wave of the hand. 

"I know, I know," I answer as my phone starts to ring. I pull it out of my pocket seeing Jason's name flashing on the screen. "Chief, what do you need from me?" I ask him and Victoria steps back, probably going to leave and give me privacy since this is most likely work-related but I grasp onto her wrist stopping her in place.

"You're at the hospital right now, right?" he questions.

"Yeah, I'm here with Victoria right now while Jade is with her mom," I tell him. "Why, what do you need?" 

"I need you to head down to the forensics lab, we just got word of another victim, this is our seventh but forensics has also worked out some symptoms victims had before they died. Nash is heading your way with Aurora," he answers and I nod my head wordlessly. 

"Alright, Victoria is still on her break but I can ask her to keep an eye on Jade for me while I go downstairs," I ask looking at her while she gives me a thumbs up.

"Tell her thanks for me," he says to me and I can hear the love he has for his girlfriend in his voice, they're so sweet, nauseatingly sweet but it's cute.

"Tell it to her yourself," I reply as I hand her my phone before walking into the hospital room. "Jade?" She looks up at me in question and moves to stand but I shake my head as I walk over to her, my hand on her shoulder gently prompting her to sit back down.

"Are we leaving yet?" she questions, her heterochromia eyes looking at me in curiosity. 

"No, not yet. You can stay here to talk with your mom but I have to go do something for work right now but I'll try to be quick," I say in a reassuring voice. "The nurse that's standing outside right now is going to stay with you until I come back. If you need me, you can ask her to call me, okay?"

"Okay, bye Natalia," she tells me as she gives me a quick hug.

"See later kid," I chuckle as I ruffle her hair before walking back outside. "I'll try not to stay there for so long, whatever documents they have I'll take a better look at it when I'm at the station," I tell Victoria as she hands me my phone.

"She'll be safe here. In case my break finishes and you're not back yet I'll get Haruto to stay here and guess what I overheard him saying earlier, you won't believe it," she tells me, a smirk playing on her lips.

"What happened?" I ask as I walk in the direction of the elevators.

"Well besides telling Julia that she was strong for surviving, I heard him say she was also gorgeous and he didn't understand why someone would do that to her," she calls out. "Is it love at first sight?" 

"Shut the fuck up, we're so going to embarrass him later," I call back to her as I quicken my steps. Haruto calling Julia gorgeous, now that's going to be an interesting conversation. I wait for less than a minute for the elevator and it's another fifteen seconds as it goes down to the ground level.