Another case of murder

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Ashley's POV

Chapter 6

Its been one week since my hospital incident, I've convinced Chloe to let me help out with the case since she was the one spearheading the investigations, she agreed cause I promised to bring information to the table but she made it clear I wasn't a part in the case, more like a witness.

So far we've checked mum and Charlie's phone record, Charlie's was clean, nothing suspicious, but mum had gotten a threat message reading 'hope you got the present' two days after Charlie died. I couldn't believe she didn't think to tell me anything about this, I felt upset, really angry at her, she was being threatened and she didn't think to tell her detective daughter? The woman was fucking unbelievable.

The CCTV cameras weren't clean either, the time of death were deduced to be around 3:00am on the 7th of march 2019, Charlie's death had also been around the same time,3:00am, there was a glitch in the cameras within 2:58-3:02 in mums case but in Charlie's everything was clean the only similar thing was the pattern and time of death.

The fact that we were dealing a serial killer was clear as day, the precision in his details and how smooth his kills were, from the time frame of the glitch, he was someone who got straight to business. We tried tracking the IP address of the source of whatever caused the glitch but that too was a dead end. In conclusion, all we knew about this person is that, he/she was smart, technological, precise and that the number three[3] meant something to him/her. Nothing was making sense, I mean whoever this was could certainly not have been after mum, I knew because I happen to have had a first hand experience of mum's golden heart, the woman would never hurt a fly or at least not intentionally but to the extent of someone wanting to wipe out the whole family?  That was improbable.

Diane foster, she was a single mum, her husband john foster died when Charlie was just a year old, I never met him, he just went to sleep and never woke up, the story still sounds strange to me but ever since, its been just she and Charlie until I came into the picture. She was strongest person I've ever known, a bit of a perfectionist.

I missed her but I didn't let myself think about it, I just thought  if I get whoever this was i would feel better tho a voice at the back of mind keeps telling me how much of a lie that was but I needed to hope cause that's all I could do, hope.

"What if your mum was onto something, you said she was a judge right? Chloe asked

We've been sitting at her office since morning, papers and files were littered all over her desk, the only times we've stood up was to go collect either forensic or autopsy reports, according to autopsy, a lethal dose of sleeping pills were found in her system and she was dead before her wrists were slit, so who ever this person was didn't want them to feel any pain. None of this shit was making sense anymore.

"Yeah but what? "
"Well we would have to figure that out, why don't we continue tomorrow with a clear head, you check the house and I would her office for the cases she worked on before her retirement "
"Okay"I said stretching
"That sounds nice"

I was really tired, I haven't been sleeping much lately

Harry says am in denial

"Goodnight " I said picking up my things to leave
"Yeah, and Ashley please be careful for all we know you might be a target"

That thought has honestly been running through my mind but I just ignore it most of the time

"I have my gun and am not afraid to use it"I joked
She laughed lightly
"Well don't go killing no one"
"Yeah sure"I yawned, I really needed to sleep. Chloe looked stressed out herself, she has been really busy lately doing her best to get this person and I loved her for that

I walked into the open office, harry was standing with folded arms looking directly at me, I smiled at him. We've grown really close. He was such a good listener and friend, his ever present smirk was plastered on his face, as i looked at him, i realized he  was really handsome with the right face and all but what i loved most were his eyes, he had sectoral hecterchromia, the different shades made his eyes stand out, one was blue and the other seemed sea green

Oh Ash why are you thinking about some guy's eye when we have a murderer roaming the streets of New York for all we know, I mentally scold myself 
 
"Hey" I said in a whisper
"You look so knackered"he said with concern written all over his face

"What? " I asked, confused
"Sorry, tired"he said dramatically
"We've talked about you going British on me, haven't we? "
"I know, its a habit"he said with a smile.
"You look like shit though, remember no strenuous activities? " he added
"Yes doctor harry"
"So am no longer detective English? "

I laughed lightly, he could be so funny at times. The days when we did not get along, seemed so far away like they never happened. I just felt like I've always known him.
"I didn't see your bike out front, need a ride? " he asked
"Yeah totally, let me just round up a few things".

The ride was quiet, the only sound was the radio playing a song I sure as hell didn't know. It wasn't awkward just quiet. Harry's car was very impressive, I didn't know a lot of shit about cars, bikes were my babies but the interior was dope tho. He turned down the radio

"So, any lead on the case? "
"Nope, we are all still in the dark but Chloe said to check cases mum judged maybe an angry convict that got paroled or better yet a bitter relative"
"Yeah that makes sense, how are you holding up? "
I exhaled deeply"I would survive"
"Yeah right, with the amount of coffee you have been taking lately"

I smiled

"You said yeah, how American"

He laughed heartily, he looked so carefree with his head thrown back lightly, I couldn't help the smile that stretched out on my face, I felt a little flip in my chest, so small that someone else might have ignored it

"Well you are rubbing of on me"he said, as he recovered

"Am I now? "

We shared a laugh before he rounded a corner and parked in my drive-in, he killed the engine

"Thanks again for the ride"
"Anytime"

I moved to open the door when i felt his hand on mine, I felt something cold run down my spine

"You know am here right? "

I turned to him with a smile

"Am fine harry" I said
"I would see you tomorrow then"I added as I walked out of the car

I headed straight into my house, I had added a couple more latches for security reasons, I bolted them into place, pulled off my jacket and hung it on the stand, I took a deep breath taking in the cold emptiness that I have gotten myself familiarized with

I loved being the precinct, I was always surrounded by people or at least harry,  but here, this was a synonym to a quite death hole. I needed to take a very cold bath, a few sleeping pills although I had grown a serious phobia for the pills but that was the only way I could get this log to sleep, I was too tired for a run.
I groaned as the icy cold water hit me, I couldn't wait for tomorrow, I could feel my anticipation in my bones 

Hey you guys, so I want to start something where I would be adding a chapter everyday cause I really want us to go a long way before college and its stress starts in full,
Note: I haven't written this story out before or at least not to this extent, so these ideas are fresh and new, am writing them down as they come, so pardon my errors 
Thanks for the love and reads guys, but please always leave a comment, boosts my ego. ❤️ ☮

And I would be dedicating my next chapter to @rachiesam, she has been a big support to me and I appreciate that.