Sweeter than Honey
This is seven years in the future. Everyone is around 25 yrs old.
Chap. 1
Mimi opened the door to her apartment and flipped on the light. She pushed the button and her blinking answering machine.
Belle's cheery voice filled the room, "Hey Meems, its me! Just wanted to make sure you were safe from your night of crime fighting. We want you over for dinner Saturday,"
At hearing that, Mimi cringed. Belle was not known for her cooking abilities. Mimi heard a scuffle and soon heard Shawn's voice, "Don't worry Meems. I'm cooking so no fear of food poisoning,"
Mimi laughed.
"So anyway," Belle said back on the phone, "We want you over. Call me back and let me know ok? Bye!" The machine clicked off and Mimi was left alone in her apartment. Mimi sighed and removed her side holster. After that was her badge, handcuffs, and little notebook. She locked them all up in her small safe on the kitchen counter. She took off her suit jacket and dress shirt. She stood in the kitchen in just a tank top and suit pants. She flopped into a chair. "Jeez what a day," Mimi said aloud. Today they had busted an underground drug ring in which Mimi had gotten tackled by one of the ring leaders, but she kicked his ass and locked him up.
She had been with the Salem Police Department for five years. When it had come time to go to junior college, Mimi didn't have a clue what she wanted to do. Shawn had convinced her to join the Criminal Justice program with him.
Mimi had her doubts, but she went and in the first class she knew she had found her calling. She had made all A's and excelled in all the levels.
After she had received her associates degree, Mimi applied for the Salem P.D. She and Shawn had entered the academy together. Mimi aced all her written and field tests. The physical fitness test was the hardest thing she had ever done in her life. But Shawn had helped her and they trained together. They both made it on the force.
Mimi had started at the bottom and worked her way to the top, by showing them how good a cop she could be. She had been the rookie and walked the beat just like everyone else. Three years ago she had finally made detective, and just last month she got Sergeant. Shawn had done even better and was now a Lieutenant. Mimi liked what she did, and she was good at it.
Mimi pulled herself out of the chair and went in search of food. She really shouldn't be eating now since it was like 1:30 am, but she had worked all night and was starving. She found a frozen pizza and put it in the oven. While it was cooking she took a shower. By the time she was out, it was done. She had just taken a bite when the phone rang. Who could be calling at 2:00 am? She picked up the phone.
"Lockhart."
"Sergeant, good to see you at home. Robinson here. We got us a dead hooker in an alley down here at Salem Place."
"I'm there. 5 minutes."
Mimi pulled up to the scene. It was already a circus. The bars had just closed and the occupants were all trying to see what was going on and of course the press was there too. Mimi pushed her way through the crowd and ducked under the crime scene tape. "What do we have here gentleman?"
Det. Steve Robinson was crouched beside the body. He glanced up, "Lockhart. Glad to see ya." Mimi pulled on plastic gloves and crouched down beside Robinson.
"What do you have?"
Robinson filled her in, "Well we got us a dead hooker. Name unknown, no I.D., tatoo on left ankle says Angel. Multiple stab wounds to the chest, neck, and back. Tore her up real good."
Mimi looked closely at the knife wounds while trying not to think of the dead girl they belonged to. Looked like a serrated knife. "There's no blood. She wasn't killed here. Perp moved her."
Robinson cleared his throat, "Yeah, we know."
Mimi stood and pulled her gloves off, "So what do you need me for? You can handle it."
Just then Mimi saw Shawn ducking under the tape and moving towards them.
"Well, that would be bait Sergeant."
"Bait? Lt. you want me to go undercover?"
Shawn grinned, "Why not? You're the best."
"When?"
"Every night till we get this guy. We figure that he's going to target prostitutes. Captain Burtis over in Peoria said that they've had several of these with the same M.O."
"No problem. I'm on it," Mimi said without hesitation. Shawn was proud of her fearlessness. She had come along way since high school, "Good. You'll start tonight. From now until we bust this guy your on straight 9:00 PM to 5:00 am's."
Mimi groaned, she hated the graveyard shift.
The other detectives wrapped up their interviews with the witnesses, which were a joke, and let the CSU do their thing.
"Hey Joe! I want copies of those," Mimi said to the crime scene photographer.
Shawn was giving a quote to the newspapers. When he was finished he walked over to Mimi. "Hey your coming to dinner right? Belle will hunt you down if you don't come over. You know how much she worries about you." Mimi laughed, "I know, she's worse than my mother."
By the time Mimi got home it was 5 am. She fell into bed and slept soundly.