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Chapter 4

"Hey Lunchbox, you`re not allowed here" Gail couldn`t believe the day she was having.

"Thanks. Appreciated it" Holly said, not really paying attention to what came out of the officer`s mouth.

"Thanks? Appreciated it? What the...Hey, I said you`re not allowed here." Gail used a firmer tone.

"Who me?" Holly turned around.

Their eyes finally met and they both froze for a few brief seconds, but that exactly space of time it took for both of them to realise who each other was felt like an eternity. That familiar feeling happening all over again that Gail couldn`t understand the first time around, let alone the second. Gail couldn`t look away and Holly didn`t want to. Holly was the first to break the silence.

"Err hi. I`m Dr Stewart, the forensic pathologist." Holly thought the blonde looked even more attractive in her police uniform and with her hair pulled back.

Gail was determined not to look like an idiot this time. She took confident steps towards the brunette. "Well, then you should have said something."

"Sorry, I thought it was obvious" Holly pointed at her forensic kit.

"Only to nerds. Can you come back later?"

"You're not up on your medical jurisprudence, we need to determine the cause of death. I need to check if the head injury was severe enough to cause raised intra-cranial pressure. Brain herniation is a potentially deadly side effect of very high intra-cranial pressure. Or maybe haemorrhage, following the scalp laceration. I'll take a temperature reading from the liver. It helps in identifying the post-mortem interval-"

"Why are you saying all these words?" Gail interrupted, finding it hard to keep up with the brunette.

Holly gave the blond a lopsided smile that Gail recognised from the first time they met.

"Over here, Doctor." Detective Hughes pointed at the body.

"Detectives. Nice to see you Mark." despite being good friends, Mark always kept professional and called Holly "doctor" at work.

Gail had her eyes fixed on Holly, watching her in action was different from the weird old guy she`s seen before. She was a hell of a lot more interesting for a start.

Holly was observing the body attentively as she circled around it. She finally stopped and had a close inspection of the head wound, taking a few pictures and measuring it. "Interesting"

"What`s so interesting, Doctor Stewart?" Traci`s curiosity peaked.

"The head injury doesn`t seem severe enough to be the cause of death."

"So what is?" Mark moved closer to Holly.

"I`m not sure yet. I need to further document the scene. Hopefully when we turn the body, we`ll have more answers."

"I`m sorry I`m late, Doctor Stewart." Holly`s assistant handed her over her protective equipment.

"Don`t worry about it, David" Holly quickly put her gear on and finished documenting the scene. "Help me turn the body."

When Holly and David finally turned the body, they both looked at the victim and then looked at each other, disturbed at what their eyes had seen. Gail, Chloe, Traci and Mark made their way towards the body so they could understand the reason for their perplexed facial expressions.

"Well, detectives, there`s your cause of death." Holly pointed at the victim`s genital area.

"Oh God! He had his dick cut off" Mark`s own facial expression was as if his own penis had been cut off, making all the women present stare at him.

"What? It`s a guy`s worse nightmare! Tell them, David!"

David looked at them with wide eyes and nodded in confirmation.

"Anything else you can tell us before Detective Hughes here breaks down and cries?" Traci joked.

"The body is still warm and flaccid. He`s probably been dead for about two to three hours. I can also tell you this is a secondary scene, a dumping ground. The actual murder site still needs to be found." Holly concluded. "There`s not enough blood in this area for what happened to buddy here."

"Alright, I need somebody to stay here and someone to go along to the morgue."

"I`ll go to the morgue." Gail quickly offered.

"I`ll stick around." Chloe said as she realised she had no other choice.

"It`s never too late to learn about medical Jurisprudence." Gail said, giving Holly a cheeky wink, which made her smile in return.

Let me know what you people of the world think of this story so far! Sorry for the short chapter, my family is visiting. I`ll submit another chapter as soon as I can!