From West to East Chapter 2

They arrived at a grimy apartment building an hour later. They were directed up the stairs. Sam nearly blanched at the sight before her.

A body lay on a glass coffee table. Mangled was the only word that could be used to describe the body. Drops of blood ran off all sides of the table. There was more blood on the walls, staining the carpet… It was everywhere.

Sam opened her new kit and took out a pair of gloves.

"Victim is Jamie Myers, 33 years old. This is her apartment. Neighbor called it in when he heard screams coming from the apartment about an hour ago." Flack said as he stepped in carefully behind Mac.

Mac looked at the body. "Multiple stab wounds. Probably the COD."

Sam was already hard at work, snapping pictures of the scene with her camera. She worked in total and absolute methodical silence. He looked over at Stella, who was watching the new CSI skeptically. Stella glanced back over at him and he raised his eyebrows.

"Mac," Sam suddenly called. "I think I've found the murder weapon."

She held up a steak knife, covered in blood. She bagged it carefully and proceeded to the next room hoping to find more evidence.

Mac watched her leave, then turned back to the scene. "I've got some trace," he said, shining his crime light on the carpet. "Looks like dirt, or a loose powder of some kind." He took pictures and bagged the sample.

"What do you think of the new girl?" He asked Stella, who was busy lifting prints off a side table.

Stella looked up. "She's really quiet. Closed, I think. I don't know quite what to make of her."

Mac nodded and turned back to the crime scene.

Suddenly a call came from a back room. "Mac! Stella! I think you might want to see this."

They got up and followed her voice to the bedroom. Sam looked up.

"I've got biologicals all over the bed. And look up there." She said, motioning above the bed.

Written in blood above the bed was a message.

She'll always be mine.