1Look Who's Back In My Life
Chapter 18 of this fanfiction. Many thanks, and keep reading and reviewing. This chapter deals with Arielle and Danny working on a case, and the disaster that ensues. There's more than one part to this so I'll be continuing it in forthcoming chapters.
The girl lay on her back, blood covering her face. She had been brutally murdered, that Danny could see. "Someone was really pissed," he remarked.
"That or they wanted something." Arielle walked up to him, holding a small metal case. "They picked the lock on this, and took something out of it."
"We just have to find out what," Danny answered. "And that's going to be joy."
"Maybe not as hard as you think. She left a list of what was inside- in case of something being stolen. She definitely expected someone to try and break in," she said. "Let's just go through the list and the case and see what they stole."
"I'll go for that."
They slowly but surely went through everything and double-checked in the lab. The things in there were worth thousands, but the one thing that was stolen was a gold bracelet with a solitary pearl. "That was it?" Danny asked, when Arielle told him.
"Guess so. All the others may not have appealed, meaning whoever did this didn't want money- and she didn't want them to take that bracelet."
"Crazy. Anyway, I got identification."
"Who's our mystery girl?"
"Danielle Abramson. 19, went to Columbia." He read through the paper. "Law major."
"Hmm. Family?"
"Lawrence Abramson, criminal lawyer. Wealthy but puts his wealth in stocks and bonds."
"Makes sense. The stuff in that safety-deposit box was worth easily fifty thousand put together." She went through the box again. "There were fingerprints all over the place, the lock particularly. Guess they didn't believe in gloves."
"Guess not. Maybe it wasn't planned."
"Or he didn't have time."
"What makes you think the suspect is male?" he asked incredulously.
"The fingerprints are too wide to be female. Big fingers, wide palms. Unless this woman had abnormal hand structure, I'm certain this suspect is a guy."
"Interesting," he replied. "I never saw it that way."
"I'll process these, see if we can get ourselves a lead."
An hour later, Arielle came back, cautiously. Danny looked her over. Her face was downcast, and she walked slowly. "I've got a lead."
"Really? Who is it?" he asked.
"One of the Tanglewood Boys."
He stared. "Who?"
"I think it's a new recruit. By the name of Alec Vetra. Age 24, joined when he was 18." She looked at him. "You okay?"
"Yeah," he replied quietly, and tried not to look at her. "So... he's our main suspect?"
"Looks like it. You think you can handle it?"
"Why not? It's my job." He forced the words out. "Looks like Tanglewood's back in my life again."