CHAPTER THREE

Scotty arrived later than usual the following day. The other detectives had already been working on the case for over an hour.

"Mornin'. Sorry I'm late. What I miss?", he asked Lily.

"Not much. Stillman has arranged for us to meet with Detective Christian Johnson. He is the cop working on the tourist case", she replied.

"Nice. When's that?"

"Half an hour".

Scotty returned to the file he was reading. It was a witness statement regarding the type of car that was seen to pick up the first tourist.

"Hey Scotty", Vera chimed, interrupting him from his thoughts, "Guess who is playing football tomorrow arvo?"

Valens turned to Rush "You have got to be kidding me Lil"

"Hey I said I would, didn't I", she stated with a smirk.

He smiled back, shaking his head. My god she was stubborn. The "I am going to do what ever you think I can't or wont" sort of attitude. "Alright then, you can count me in too", Valens replied to Vera, still keeping his gaze on Rush. She gave him a passing glance, still smiling.

"Detective Valens?" a man asked.

"Yeah I'm Detective Valens. Who wants to know?", he replied.

The man outstretched his arm. "I am Detective Christian Johnson. I am working on the most recent tourist death".

"Ahhh right. Pleased to meet you", Valens replied, shaking his hand. "This is my partner Detective Rush", motioning to his partner.

The Detective slightly looked over his shoulder and replied coldly "Hi".

"Hmmm…well that was nice", Rush thought.

"So what can you tell us about vic number four detective", Scotty asked.

"Well she originates from Australia. Came over on her own for a holiday. Was traveling about the countryside, trying to pick up small jobs that paid in cash." he continued " two nights ago, a car broke down off highway 41. Occupants said they saw what they thought to be a roll of carpet, but on closer inspection turned out to be Miss Gordon's body wrapped inside".

"We have one lead at the moment," He stated.

"Go on", said Rush.

"Well the slices on the body are extremely intricate. He almost makes them into a work of art. His knife skills are phenomenal. Which leads us to believe that he is some sort of chef or cattle boner maybe. We also have a witness description of a car that matches another from the second murder"

"And what about her parents. When was the last time they spoke to her?", Rush asked.

"Haven't had the chance to talk to them yet. As soon as they had heard, they headed over here. Should be here sometime today. Will let you sit in on the interview if you like".

"That would be great", Scotty said.

With that, the detective left.

"Whats with you and him?" asked Scotty.

"I got his job", Rush replied, walking to the break room. If it bothered her, it didn't show.