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Chapter 1

Detective Alex Eames walked up the stairs to apartment 4E, her partner Detective Robert (Bobby) Goren was already up there. Alex had spent the last 15 minutes talking to the victim's doorman and had found out that Apryl had a visitor last night.

Walking through the apartment, into the bedroom where her partner was currently crouched over the body of Apryl Spence.

"Looks like cause of death was stabbing, there are superficial cuts on other parts of the chest and abdomen but it looks like the main puncture wound is directly over her heart" Bobby informed her as Alex started searching the room for any clues as to who the perpetrator was.

"Doorman said a woman was here last night, can't remember what time she left though"

Goren, who was still investigating the body, stated "she had been aroused and had engaged in sexual activity not long before she died"

"Do I want to know how you know that?"

"Well….."

"Never mind. I don't want to hear it, I'll just believe you, ok" Alex told him before her cell phone rang. As she was talking to the person on the other end Bobby looked around the room to see if he could determine any other events that had taken place last night when he noticed something sticking out from under the bed. Bobby leant down to look at the object, he discovered that it was a glass. It looked like it was dropped because it was cracked and had a couple of chips that looked quite recent. Alex hung up the phone.

"Deakins wants us back at the office, he thinks that it is possible that this crime is related to the other two that we are looking into….Bobby…..earth to Bobby, are you in there?" Alex asked

"Eames, take a look at this"

"A glass, wasn't a glass found in each of the other victim's homes?"

"Yes, and each time it was under their bed because they had dropped it when the perp attacked"

"I'm not seeing a stain, are you sure that the glass was full?"

"It had water, you see," Bobby said as he showed Alex the glass "the faint marks that look like lines"

"They are, from water droplets"

"Right"

"You done here, Deakins does want us back"

"Yes….I'm done"