Melody Malone And The Impossible Girl: Chapter 1.
I sat in my dark office listening to the rain beat down outside, my heels resting on the desk in front of me. The desk was littered with unpaid bills and other seemingly useless papers all of which I had no intent on dealing with. I was bored.
It had been one of those days. Those days where nothing happens. I hadnt had a case all day. All week in fact. I inspected my perfectly manicured nails and thought over the reasons for this. My office wasnt in the most obvious of places I supposed But then again,obvious isn't a word that should ever be used to describe any good private detective. And I was good.
I was beginning to think this night would be as boring and uneventful as the day when I heard the familiar groan of the lift from downstairs. Unusual. I checked my watch. 9.30. Nobody used that lift after 8 on a weekday. I might add, it was a Tuesday, nothing happens on a Tuesday.
I listened to the lift move up towards me. It quickly passed all the inhabited apartments and continued on. There was nothing up this high but The Angel Detective agency. That was me. So I assumed that whoever or whatever was in that lift was for me. Well, unless they were moving in upstairs. Then again, there wasnt an upstairs. But that wouldnt be the first time that had happened...
The lift stopped outside my office. Definitely for me. I quickly turned to the mirror to check that everything was in order. Hair curled to perfection, lipstick red and even, eyeliner black as the sky outside and shirt buttoned and unbuttoned in all the right places. Gun? Strapped to my thigh. You never know when it might come in handy. When I was sure I looked good (It didnt take long) I assumed my previous nonchalant but ever so slightly alluring pose at the desk and waited.
The door opened slowly, a dark figure casting a shadow on the floor of the office. A stetson was tilted over his brow, a long dark green overcoat covering what I assumed to be tweed and a barely visible bowtie poking out. I couldn't see his face but I knew exactly who it was. My heart beat a little faster and a flashed him my brightest smile and my bluest eyes "Hello Sweetie".
(Basically, this is just something Ive written when I was bored. There's more to come so have a look if you want to. Please give me feedback. Ta x)