Chapter 7 :
Gil and Sara resume their embrace where they left it in the staff cleaning room.
They are deliberately kept in the dark in order to spice things up a bit.
They completely undress and make love on the floor covered with their clothes.
When they finished, they still remain lying a few minutes, the time for them to recover from their emotions then they look for their clothes to dress.
By finding her underwear, Sara is surprised that they are wet and warns Gil.
He decides to turn on the light to solve this mystery and Sara screams when she sees a pool of blood at the exact spot where were their underwear.
Yet although they have the habit because of their profession, Sara can't repress the surprise she feels at that moment.
She screams again, seeing that there is a corpse to the side.
They do not have time to react because the next moment, the door opens on DB and Catherine, who are on call that night and ran to see what happens when they heard the cries of Sara .
-Sara?... Gil ?... they ask, surprised by what they discover.
Seeing their colleagues naked, they turn quickly, by modesty and respect for them and apologize stupidly.
Gil and Sara have to get dressed in a hurry with the clothes that was remaining, the others being stained with the blood of the victim they have just discovered.
They were all ashamed of the situation, but face it with courage.
The first usual questions are useless so DB calls Doc Robbins and his assistant to make the first usual findings.
Jim Brass, also called, arrived very quickly on the "crime scene" now secured by a yellow band.
They can't believe that a crime has been committed within the laboratory.
-The lividity is completely installed, the pupils (eyes) are normal... Large deep wound in the abdominal area, it was without a doubt stabbed to death given the amount of blood lost... I would say that the time of death goes back at least ten hours... the medical examiner says. David, would you take the temperature of the body please?
David executes the order and plunge the thermometer into the liver area, or rather, he tries to immerse the instrument in this area.
-David? Al asked impatiently.
-I... I don't understand, I can not push it...* sigh *, yet it is the right place... David responds while trying to push the thermometer in different places.
-Well, try the rectum so... Al asks.
David hesitates, he isn't accustomed to strip a corpse on a crime scene.
Damn David, active! Al growls impatiently.
David defeated the pants and remove them.
A great laugh then is heard in the room.
It's DB who has noticed something that makes him hilarious like that.
David, annoyed, turns to him and shouts angrily :
-All right, okay, no need to add more!
-Ah ah ah! I can't believe this crazy stuff! Ah ah ah! If I had expected it at least once in my career! Ah ah ah! DB laughs without managing to stop.
-DB, is it possible to know what makes you laugh so much? Catherine asks, curious.
DB finishes by calm down and replies :
-Look closely at the victim...
Catherine, Sara and Gil approach closer to the body for a better look.
David was able to push the thermometer into the rectum of the victim and is surprised by the displayed result.
The present CSIs on place with the exception of DB don't see anything unusual.
-Have you ever seen a ten hours corpse with a complexion like that? he asks in pointing a finger towards the corpse.
Gil, Sara and Catherine have the shame of their life : they come to realize the enormity of the situation.
In fact the corpse was a dummy that was used for scientific experiments in the laboratory!
-If it's a joke, it really isn't funny! Sara exults, furious.
She retrieves the seals containing her underwear and those of her husband then she leaves the room hurriedly followed by Gil, who shrugs his shoulders with an air of confusion.
They find themselves in the locker room to change their clothes.
-I can't believe they could make us such a thing! Sara shouts.
-Come on sweetie, I'm sure it wasn't wanted... Gil responds calmly.
-Yeah? Why in this case putting this dummy into the room reserved for the cleaning crew?
-I know nothing... Gil responds without knowing what else to say.
Once changed, they head to the office of Sara to retrieve the affairs of the young woman.
She then realizes that Gil didn't receive his Christmas present and for a good reason : it is waiting at the pet store of their neighborhood and couldn't be delivered to him otherwise.
With the double on which she worked with DB, the party of Secret Santa and what they just experienced, she hasn't taken the time to find a strategy in order that Gil can't guess the name of its generous donor.
So she decides to improvise in order that he passes to take it and hands him the order.
-Well, it was in our mailbox... Sorry for not having thought of earlier...
Gil unfolds the document: it's a purchase order for an exotic pet in his name.
He looks at his wife, hoping to get an answer to his question, but she shakes her head, a killer smile to the lips :
-I'm sorry but the sender has left no clue to his identity!
Gil slips the paper into his pocket and quietly left the laboratory with Sara at his arm...
Author's note:
The final chapter will be online by Friday (but I rather think tomorrow!) And will be the epilogue of this story ...
Your comments affect me greatly, I have less time to post here but I do not intend to stop writing anytime soon.
Keziah. ;)
