Give and Take (Trafalgar Law X OC)

Me,myself and I

The man followed Law's orders and took a few steps forward reaching the examination table.

Law held the edge of the sheet with his one hand and revealed only the woman's face.

An angelic and peaceful one with beautiful soft characteristics.

Big almond-shaped eyes and two thick sharp eyebrows above them, long, wavy hair in chestnut dark color, small pointed nose and thin lips that some hours ago said their last words.

Both Law and Elga were observing his every expression focusing on the man's reaction when he leaned to see the lifeless torso of his dead wife.

However, the man seemed to be smarter than they thought he would be and started crying in front of them.

"Hannah, my love! Why did you do this to yourself! Oh Hannah! What am I going to do now alone..." he yelled out of his lungs in despair.

Soon, though, he understood that the two serious teenagers didn't sallow his fake acting and collected himself.

"I have to ask you some questions sir." Law spoke, coughing to catch Patrick's attention, having a blank expression on his face.

The man turned his head to look at the younger boy beside him and waited for him to continue.

"I read Miss Hannah's medical history and saw that she was under antidepressant course of treatment for the last year at least, is that right?" he said checking his papers.

"Yes, my lovely wife suffered from depression for a long time but I guess the pills didn't help." Patrick replied and turned his gaze at his wife's pail corpse.

"Where were you at the time of death?" Elga entered the conversation looking at him suspiciously.

"I-I'm sorry... I thought it was a suicide. Do you suspect me for my wife's death?!" the blond man responded to her question, puzzled and clearly offended by her words.

"It is just a typical process, my coworker didn't mean to insult you." Law chimed in and tried to cover the girl, giving her a glare afterwards to keep quiet.

"I was working at the bank, there are people who saw me there at the time of death if you don't believe me...", Patrick replied looking at Elga with a smirk knowing pretty well that he had a strong alibi.

The girl felt her blood risen on her head and narrowed her eyes at the man, warning him to admit the truth.

"Do you need me for something else? If you don't mind I would like to mourn my dead wife in peace.", he finally said and walked towards the exit of the room giving an arrogant glance at the girl, pretty sure there was no chance at all to call him a suspect.

"What was the object you tried to bury this morning at the woods?" Elga broke her silence and left her temper overwhelmed her for once again.

Patrick stopped walking and stood with his back turned on the girl.

Law turned his gaze at her, widening his eyes at shock.

He thought too, the man in front of him had to do something with the woman's death as his behavior was rather strange but he didn't expect from the girl to tell him so directly her suspicion right on his face without further investigation.

Palmincton turned his head to look at the girl right in the eyes with a piercing look like he was admonishing her to forget what she saw.

"I don't understand what you are talking about little girl. I didn't go in the forest this morning... Be careful when you accuse someone so important as me without evidence... Take that as a friendly warning."

Those were his last words and exited the room leaving behind the two young doctors.

Elga clenched her fists in irritation and greeted her teeth.

Law pinched the edge of his nose sighing in defeat.

"Are you out of your mind?" he tried with all of his remained powers to collect his nerves and don't start yelling at her.

"He is the murder and he played the fool right in front of our eyes!" Elga raised slightly her voice to explain her reaction.

"Patrick Palmincton has an alibi as many people saw him at his workplace at the time of death. He can't be a suspect. The situation needs patience and further investigation."

"But I saw him burying something! You've got the evidence you need!"

"You can't blame someone for a murder that happened before the time of death of the victim...No one will believe you. The clock tower is right in the middle of the town and there are a lot of people who saw Miss Hannah falling from it."

Elga kept silent and thought of the boy's words. He was right, though, as Patrick was clever enough not to leave any clue against him.

She then looked at him with eyes full of hope and asked him a question.

"Do you at least believe me?"

Law looked at her back and thought that he didn't want to encourage her with this topic giving her a positive answer so he decided it was better not to answer her question at all. He was afraid the girl would do something stupid and put her life in danger.

He covered the face of Hannah Palmincton again, picked up his papers and left the room leaving Elga behind who was watching him with a disappointed look on her eyes as he walked off.

*I guess it's me, myself and I again...*, she thought not giving up on her purpose.