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Ted was awoken early in the morning by the sound of the phone ringing. Amy must've been so tired out from the previous night's horrors that she did not stir at the sound.
Ted squirmed around in the bed. Finally he opened his eyes and realized that it was the sound of the phone. He sat up wearily and reached over to the nightstand to where the phone lay. He picked up the receiver and spoke.
"Hello?" Ted said quietly, hoping not to wake Amy, his voice embedded with sleep.
"Hello. Is this Ted Milner?" The voice asked. It was a man.
"Yes. This is him speaking," Ted answered.
"This is Lieutenant Jefferson from last night. We've got some info on your case," Jefferson explained.
Ted's eyes opened up fully and he listened intently, "Really? That's some real good news. What did you find out?" Ted asked.
"Well, Mr. Milner. We got the lab results back from the samples we took from the crime scene...," Jefferson said.
"Yes?" Ted asked, a bit impatiently.
"And the results were.. um.. quite strange," Jefferson said.
Ted wanted Jefferson to get to the point already. He was in no mood for dancing around things right now. As soon as he found out what little bastard did this to his house, he was going to be sure to make them pay.
"What was so strange about it?" Ted asked.
"The substance that was used to write that little message on your mirror was human blood-- But that's not the strange part," Jefferson said.
"Human blood? What sick freak uses blood?" Ted asked, disgusted. Although, it was really a question he was asking himself rather than to Jefferson.
"The strange part is that it was Mort Rainey's blood," Jefferson said.