AN: Hey, y'all! This is my first ever story. Reviews would be golden and helpful! Enjoy. :)
Marianne tramped warily towards the place he had said they were going to meet. She swatted a branch out of her face and proceeded further into the forest.
She was actually surprised when he had called and asked to meet up. He said he was sorry and wanted to make up. Well, that wasn't new, Marianne was more surprised that he had taken such a short time to absorb the news.
At last, she came to the clearing that ended in a steep cliff. She spotted him first and called out to him. When he heard his name, he immediately turned around. "Hey, Marianne! I'm so glad you came!" he said as he reached out to hug her. "Listen, I am so sorry about my attitude; truly, I am."
"It's okay, I forgive you!" Marianne readily replied as they both pulled away from the hug. However, she was not ready for his move. He had grabbed her hair and forced her to bend slightly over.
"Well, I'm glad you forgave, especially when you're about to die." he snarled.
Marianne screamed in pain. "What are you doing?"
"Getting rid of filth."
She tried to fight back, but only managed to land a weak punch on her attacker's left side. This only made him laugh, and he slammed her face into the ground several times.
"Stop it, you freak! Why are you taking this so personally?" she yelled.
"Oh, believe me, it's personal." he said as he grabbed her into a choke hold.
Marianne started kicking gasping for air. "Please, please, just let me go." she begged weakly.
"Request denied." he whispered back as he twisted her neck. Marianne's body immediately went limp. He dropped the body on the forest floor and went over to the rock where he had placed the bag that he had brought along and put it on Marianne, then he dumped her over the cliff and watched as her body hit the bottom with a sickening thud.
"Come on, you just have to try it. One sip, that's it. And, if you don't like it, I will not bother you about trying this tea." Maura requested.
"What? No! I am not going to try that panda poop tea of yours. Just thinking of it makes me sick." Jane replied as she made a disgusted face.
"Jaaaane, it would be so much healthier than drinking all that instant coffee or that coffee you always buy from that store. You know, statistics show that drinking instant coffee, which has a chemical called acrylamide, will increase your chances of cancer; while drinking the cafe bought coffees will increase your chances of cholesterol. However, if you do drink the tea, it wi –" Maura rambled on, before she was cut off by Jane.
"I'll take my chances with acri-lemonade whatever and cholesterol and cancer." Just then, their phones buzzed at the same time, a nice intervention that Jane was thankful for. "Well, lookie here, I would love to continue this interesting conversation, but it seems that we have a case to solve now!"
Maura merely pouted and sighed as they both got ready to drive to the crime scene.
"By the way, we have to stop by the cafe to get my cup of coffee. We don't want a grumpy detective, now, right Doc?" Jane yelled over her shoulder as walked out of the house.
Frost and Korsak were already there when they got to the crime scene. "Hey, Doc, Rizzoli, the victim's this way." Korsak greeted them as he led the way to the corpse.
The sight wasn't pretty at all. The body's neck was bent at more than a ninety degree angle, and it was nearly severed from the body. Frost involuntarily made a gagging sound when he saw the gruesome position the victim was in.
"Here, I brought a barf bag along, just for you Frost." Korask teased Frost.
"Oh, man. Looks like she tumbled down from the cliff. Anything on the vic?" Jane asked as she snapped on the latex gloves.
"Not yet." Frost responded. "A hiker came across her body sometime around nine in the morning. Saw the body and immediately called the police."
"Okay, looks like she died from a broken neck." Jane stated, looking warily at Maura, knowing that there would be a response.
Maura didn't disappoint. "Now, Jane, you know that I don't like to jump to conclusions until I have done the autopsy. However, I will agree with you that the neck is definitely broken."
"Oh! Come on, Maur!" Jane whined. But, nevertheless, she knew she couldn't rush the ME. "Have you checked the backpack yet?" she asked of Korsak and Frost.
"Nope, you and Korsak can do it. I'll go check on the CSIU." Frost muttered and made his exit.
"Ha-ha, that boy just can't stand looking at the victim." Korsak laughed. Both Jane and Korsak stooped down to check the contents of the bag.
"Hmmm…that's weird. There is some evidence of manual strangulation and there are some petechiae on her eyelids." Maura muttered.
"Well, we know who she is now. The ID here says that she is Marianne Johnson. Twenty-six years old. The items of this bag looks like the normal itinerary of a camper. Toiletries, a pair of clothing, sleeping bag, so on…" Jane stated as she examined the contents of the books. "Do her relatives know yet?"
"No. We have yet to inform them. You wanna go with me?" Korsak asked.
"Sure, sure. Maura, call me if you have anything, okay?" Jane replied.
"You know I will, Jane." Maura smiled.
AN2: Thank you to the guest review for the grammar correction! :)