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Bug hadn't opened the body yet. The man looked in good conditions, nothing unusual came back from the tox screen. He just didn't understand what could have happened, though he was pretty sure it wasn't a natural death. But nothing had been stolen from the body. The wallet was full of notes and credit cards, the man still had his watch and wedding ring. He had little marks at the base of his lower jaw, but none that could have made the man suffocate. Bug started collected samples on the shoes and under the nails.
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A few more minutes and I'll be free. Lily was checking her watch every minute.
"Excuse me." A young woman, with long brown and curly hair, was in front of her. "Do you work here?"
"Yes, Lily Lebowsky. I'm the grief counselor." She shook the hand of the other woman. "What can I do for you?"
"I'm here for Robert Johnson. I've been called to identify the body. Can I see him now?"
"Sure. Come with me." She led her through the corridor. "Wait a minute here, would you?" The other woman nodded while Lily pushed the door. "Hey Bug."
"Hey."
"There's someone for the ID. Can she see him now?"
"Yes."
"You okay?"
"What? Oh, yes." She gave him a look meaning she was waiting for further information. "It's just… I feel something's wrong but I don't know what, nor why."
"So… about the ID…"
"I'm coming."
They both left the room. Lily introduced Bug. "This is Dr. Vijay, he's the ME who will proceed to the autopsy."
"Hello." They shook their hands.
"Lily!" Jeffrey Brandau arrived. Are you ready?"
"It's that… emm… I still have some work." She looked a bit disappointed, and so was Jeffrey.
"If you want to stay for me, it's really not worth it. I'll be fine. Don't ruin your plans for me. Good evening." Jeffrey took Lily by her harm and they both left. The woman turned back to Bug. "Can I see Robert, please?"
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"This is just weird." Nigel still couldn't believe it.
"Why are we here? I thought you wanted someone for a 'dead guy'. " Jordan added.
"Well, he… he was… I swear! There was this crazy nun… I saw her grinding around but I never thought…! I… I just turned back like five seconds and she was holding the body, telling him his time hadn't come yet, that God loved him but he had to come back to the living ones because he hadn't 'completed his achievement'." The MEs couldn't believe it. "And then when we finally separated her from the body, he began to move and asked for the nun. It's the one there, in the nun's arms."
"He looks pretty alive for a dead guy." Nigel pointed.
"This story is gonna turn things upside-down. And I don't like that. I don't like that at all. What do we do now?" Woody was exceeded by the events.
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"Yes, it is him."
"Mrs. Johnson, do you think that someone could have wanted the death of your husband?" Bug asked the woman.
"Oh, sorry for confusing, we were not married, actually we were colleagues. I'm Miss Cherlley."
"I'm sorry, I thought you were from his family and since he's wearing a ring I just assumed…"
"He was married and had a son and a daughter, he never told about any other family. His wife died with his son ten years ago during a trip in Kazakhstan. The help couldn't reach them in time. His daughter survived but she had been ill since that time and she died two years later. He lost everything. I guess that's why he invested himself so much in his work." She noticed Bug was a little lost. "Doctors Without Borders. We'll stay in Boston a few months and then we'll go to India."
"Do you know if Mr. Johnson had had health problems before?"
She shook her head. "He never let us even thought that. And he had a complete check up last month, he would have told the team if something was going wrong."
"And… do you think someone could want to see him dead?"
"Who? Robert? No way! He wouldn't even hurt a fly. I really don't see who could be mad at him. (a cell phone rung) Excuse me," She turned and after a few 'okay' she said, "alright, I'm coming. (she hung off the phone) I've got to go. I… I'll contact his notary to see what his dying wishes were and if there is any family still around. But if nobody can claim the body, we, I mean the team he was working with, we'd like to take care of the body… if that's possible."
"It should be. Well, thanks Miss Cherlley for your time."
She nodded. Before she passed the door she turned back. "Doctor, you'll find what happened to him, won't you?"
"Of course."
"Thank you." She said in a voice that was barely audible and then she left the room.
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It was the morning and Lily arrived at the morgue reading a newspaper. The front page says 'Miracles does happen' with a photo of a nun carrying a man. The man. The undead one. As she remembered the time someone wake up on the autopsy table, Lily thought at the reaction people had had when they saw him alive after assuming he was dead. As she walked into the corridor, she felt someone taking her newspaper.
"Oh no, no, no, no no no no no!" Woody was reading the article.
"How that, 'no'?" Lily asked, amused.
"My case. My dead guy."
"Oh, men's ego… Come on, Woody. Isn't the story wonderful?" Lily teased him.
"Wonderfully suspicious, yeah. There's something under that. I know it. I can smell there's something wrong from here!"
"You're not talking about me, are you?"
"Hey Jordan. Umh no, I was…" He gave her the newspaper. "This smells like hell."
She read it. "yeah, smells like." Then she yawned.
"Jordan? How long have you slept this night?" Woody put his harm around her shoulder.
"Not much."
"Come, we'll get some coffee." He smiled.
Woody… Woody is seeing someone… Woody is nice with me… Woody wants coffee with me… Woody… is seeing someone… Jordan sighed.
"What? You don't want coffee?"
"No, no, coffee's great, I'm just… tired."
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