March 13th, 2005
Well, let's see how working with Joseph is going to really be like. After all, working out on the field really does show a detective's true colors.
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It wouldn't be the first time he didn't have too much interest in a case. While he knew every case had importance to putting more criminals away, he still felt a lack of challenge in such an open shut book case like this one. A suspect broke into a home and stole money, jewels, a laptop, and a TV. Neighbors nearby had witnessed a man that looked exactly like the ex-husband breaking into the ex-wife's home via the side window about two in the afternoon. Sounded like a case of a scorned lover getting back at their previous lover, especially since the ex-wife had admitted to currently dating someone.
Yet, even with everything fitting into place nicely, he noticed Joseph still didn't look pleased. Maybe it was the way the descriptions of the man were not ultra-specific. People's memories tended not to be the best and why eyewitness testimony was not always the best. Could it be the way the bedroom and the living room/office looked insanely chaotic when the ex-wife made it sound like the items were still in the same spots as they were when the ex-husband had moved out late last year? If only he could read minds.
He rubbed his temple and furrowed his eyebrows at Joseph's pacing back and forth across the hallway of the home. "Joseph, would you stop that?" He saw Joseph stop at that and look over at him.
"Sorry. Didn't notice I was pacing." Sebastian raised an eyebrow at Joseph saying that. But, he shrugged it off for now before approaching his partner.
"So, what's bothering you? Do you normally pace about like that?" He tiled his head slightly. With this being their first case as partners, he couldn't pinpoint Joseph's normal investigative habits. The only habit he noticed already was Joseph's almost constant note-taking. Speaking of that, he caught sight of Joseph pulling out his black notebook.
"No, I don't. But you are right, I am puzzled by some of one of the main details of this case." Joseph opened the notebook and flipped through it like a person very familiar with a book. The page flipping stopped as shortly as it began and he pointed his finger at notes he had written. "It involves the alibi given to us by the ex-husband."
Sebastian nodded slowly, trying to recall if he had heard anything about the alibi. He racked his brain quickly and realized that he must have left that to Joseph while he talked to the CSI people. "What about it?" He figured he should give some sort of prompting for Joseph to continue. For while he realized he could get Joseph to ramble about the importance of being a part of the modern world (more like argue), his partner was not the naturally talkative type.
"The ex-husband said he was at work during the time of the crime based on the eye witness accounts and when the ex-wife came home from work." Joseph explained while lifting the notebook up a bit. That way, Sebastian could look at the notes as well. About the only time he could look into the notebook since Joseph otherwise kept the notebook well-guarded. "Now we could say he is lying, but…look at this."
Joseph pointed at one of the notes he had written and Sebastian blinked a bit. "Wait, cameras caught him at his work at the time of the crime?" Sebastian blurted out with slightly widened eyes.
Well shit, that made the case not so easy to close. Not when their prime and only suspect now turned out to seemingly have a solid alibi. "Yes." Joseph spoke with a frown on his face. "It is true we need to consider this further, but the footage that was pulled from his work clearly leads to him not being the robber."
Sebastian sighed softly and focused his gaze now on Joseph's face instead of his notebook. "Then where do we look? Unless the neighbors are lying, we have a problem identifying another suspect." Sebastian said that with a hint of annoyance. The two huffed loudly almost at the same time.
At hearing that, Sebastian laughed. "Now, don't be trying to get in sync with me or else I'm going to call you out as creepy."
Joseph raised an eyebrow and shook his head at him. "It was simply a coincidence we both felt like expressing our frustration the same way."
Sebastian smirked a bit at his partner. "Right." He teased before the smirk shifted into a frown. "Now we better start seeing if the CSI recovered any fingerprints or something useful. Otherwise? We're fucked."
And even though Joseph clearly narrowed his eyes at his foul language, Sebastian swore Joseph murmured something along the lines of "kuso."