Disclaimer: I own nobody.
This is something totally different from what I usually write. It's a little dark, and parts are probably racy and I truly apologize if I offend anybody…
Warnings: Suicide, Murder, (later) – abuse, rape… if any more come up, I'll warn you
'My dear unborn baby, I can't apologize enough… I'm sorry I wasn't fit to be a mother… I'm sorry it had to be like this. I truly wish we could've lived happy lives… I wish I wasn't put in this position but trust me when I say it's what's for the best. I can promise that you will never know what forced me to make this decision.'
The red head raked a hand through her thick hair. She'd read this particular bit over and over; she'd been assigned this case. A pregnant woman had committed suicide and murder a year ago; it was her job to figure out what had caused it.
There was a knock on her office door, causing her to jump a little.
"Maria… Are you still working on that case? Would you give yourself a break…? You've been working on it for exactly 10 months." Her best friend, Melina scolded, setting a steamy cup of coffee down beside the red head.
Maria shook her head, "I just don't get it… and whatever it is, she honestly didn't want anyone to know…"
Melina bit her lip, "Maybe that's the way it's supposed to be…"
Maria looked at her, "That's selfish, even if she hated her life so much; she had no business taking an innocent child's life."
Melina sighed, "People would argue against that… And besides, a child needs his mother… If she hadn't killed herself then when the child was born she would've been a horrible mother, judging by her actions."
"But then again she sounded sincere… Do you think someone was out to kill her?"
Melina shrugged, "Hard to tell… Want me to get a hold of the family again?"
Maria smiled, "Yes please. And the boyfriend."
Melina rolled her eyes, "Anything you say." She got up and left the room.
Maria put her head down on her desk; the cool wood helping her nerves. The shrill ring of her phone sent her over the edge, causing her to scream.
She sat up, blowing her bangs out of her eyes. She answered the phone; it was only her boyfriend of 8 months.
"So when are you calling it a night?"
"Oh, I'm not sure yet… I just have a few things to finish up… I should be back soon…"
"Alright… But remember… We have a date tonight."
She could hear the smile in his voice. "Okay, I'll talk to you in a bit."
"Okay, later."
"Later."
Shortly after, Melina came back into the room. "Boyfriend's phone was disconnected. Maybe we should be suspicious about him…"
"Ya think? Ever since the suicide nobody's been able to get a hold of him, like he dropped off the earth."
"Were you just on the phone with Randy?" Melina asked, eyes shining. She was happy her best friend was happy.
"Yes, he wanted to remind me that we have a date tonight."
"Aww, that's so cute…"
Maria playfully punched her, "What about you? Find your dream guy yet?"
Melina blushed, "There is a cute new guy on the 3rd floor…"
"Mel, have you talked to him. Or do you just stalk him… er I mean 'admire him from afar'?"
Melina glared at her, "I get super nervous… He's so confident… Oh my gosh… It's like high school all over again." She lightly smacked herself in the forehead and left the room.
Maria laughed and opened her laptop. She had an email, there was no sender it read:
That bitch killed herself because she knew if she didn't I would. Not that that's any of your business, why don't you go home little girl, before you get hurt.
Maria's heart was pounding in her throat, she yelled for Melina, who came running.
"What the fuck? Can't you retrace it?"
Maria clicked and typed a few things, but nothing happened, "I don't know… We're gonna need someone with more computer skills then me…"
She quickly picked up her phone, not wanting to waste another second. She called the main floor and asked them which floor was in charge of the companies computers. Only one person was still in but she was quickly forwarded to him.
"Hello, Cody Rhodes speaking." A smooth voice answered.
"Hi, this is Maria and I'm on the 5th floor. I need you to get up here right away…" Maria blurted out.
"What room?"
"The first one on the left." She hung up before he could say any more.
Maria sat at her desk, laptop on front of her, Melina sat on the desk, staring at the laptop, studying the email.
"That's completely crazy…" Melina muttered, "Who are they sending?"
"I don't know… I don't remember…" Maria took a picture of the email in case something happened. She was shaking, someone was playing with her and she didn't know who it was or where to turn.
Cody burst into the room. "What's so urgent?"
Melina's jaw dropped, it was the new guy. He was even more gorgeous up close and without his back to her. His chiseled features stern as he proceeded to do his job.
Maria filled him in on the case briefly. He bit his lip as he tried to break the codes blocking the senders email address.
"Whoever it was definitely doesn't want you to know who he is. It isn't like an ex-boyfriend of yours playing a joke or something is it?"
"No, I didn't date fucked up guys." Maria glared.
Cody squinted at her, "You never really know a guy until you dump him."
Maria rolled her eyes, "Just get me that email address. Do you know how long I've been working on this case? Getting absolutely nowhere? Do you know how upset my boyfriend gets with me about this?"
Cody's eyes flicked a serious emotion, and then went back to playful before she noticed. "Sure it wasn't him then?"
Maria glared at him, "How dare you even say that! Wouldn't you be upset if your girlfriend spent all of her time on something she was getting nowhere with?"
He put a hand on his chin "I dunno." Then put it behind his back, "Of course it would help if I had a girlfriend…"
"Maybe if you didn't spend all your time in front of a computer…"
"I wouldn't be helping you right now."
Melina squirmed, upset that her best friend and crush were hitting it off and they were ignoring her.
"Done. There you go." Cody said, holding his hands out. "I'm gonna go back to play with my computers for the rest of the day."
Maria scrambled to write down the email address.
Melina pouted as she watched Cody walk back down the hall.
"That was him…"
"Hm?" Maria asked, quickly typing an email to the address Cody had unblocked.
"Nevermind, what's the email address?"
"tsmkokr"
"Weird… Do you think it stands for something?"
Maria frowned, "Probably…" Just as she was about to send the email Randy called again.
Melina answered it, pretending she had no idea who it was.
"Oh, right, you're Maria's boyfriend. Yes, hold on one moment."
He growled quietly through the phone, "This is her phone."
"I know; she's a little busy right now…"
Melina threw the phone at Maria as soon as she held her hand out for it.
"Hey, I'm getting my things together right now. I'll be there in a little."
"And you say he doesn't have anger problems." Melina snorted, Maria shushed her.
"Okay, babe." She hung up, slightly annoyed.
"You gonna be okay?" Melina asked, frowning.
"Yeah, Randy's just cranky I haven't been able to spend time with him."
"I meant about that email… But that's good to know too."
Maria smiled, "Yeah, I'm sure they just went to the company's website and looked up my name."
Melina rolled her eyes, "Well, can you drive me home?"
Maria glared, "Why didn't you say something earlier? Why don't you call up the computer nerd of your dreams and see if he'll take you home. You can even tell him how horrible I am…"
Melina pouted, but nodded, "I guess… You be careful though…"
Maria hugged her best friend, "I will. I'll text you the second I walk through the door, okay?"
Melina smiled a little, "Okay… I think I will go bug Cody…"
Maria smiled and walked away, "Don't have too much fun!"
Melina blushed, "You either, missy!"
Maria stuck her tongue out and left.
Melina sighed, but grabbed Maria's phone form the desk. "Hey, give me the number for the computer nerd on the 3rd floor."
The receptionist snickered and gave her the number.
After the first ring he picked up, "Cody Rhodes, speaking."
"Hi, Cody… I don't know if you remember me, but I'm the foxy red heads best friend. Can you believe she ditched me, and she's my ride!"
Cody smirked, "Well, you wanna get some coffee?"
Melina's heart skipped a beat. "Sure!"
"You're Melina, right? The foxy raven haired diva." His voice was smooth as silk.
Melina nearly fainted, "I guess that's me…"
"Alright, I'll be there in a little bit. I had a last minute problem come up, nothing too serious."
"Okay!" Melina said, cheerfully hanging up.
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So, I'm sure I wasn't very accurate with Maria's job, I'm not even sure if they have people analysis a suicide case. Or any case for mental illness or as to why they kill themselves or others. I don't watch any crime shows, so yeah, but this came to my mind. Let me know what you think =]