Viv perched on the edge of the conference table as she stared at the photograph of their latest missing person.
The clock on the wall showed 11:45pm and the office was silent except for the low hum of computer equipment. As she sat and stared numbly at the picture she could feel exhaustion seeping through every fibre in her body.
A distant sound of footsteps, becoming louder as they drew nearer, woke her from her reverie and she glanced over her shoulder to see Elena approaching, a file clutched in her hand. She came and perched on the table next to Viv.
'Time to close this one down'
Viv nodded slowly, her mind replaying again and again the frantic activity of the last two days. She stood up and pulled the photograph from the board staring at it before handing it to Elena who placed it carefully in the file.
Viv picked up a cloth to erase the case name and number from the board. Her hand hovered for a moment as she stared again at the details written there in dark blue pen, then she bought the cloth down onto the white surface with greater force than was required and jerked her arm hard to the right erasing the details
Samantha Spade 7A-NY 5783451