The Ante
Chapter Three
By: Lizzie B
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Author's Note: I'm trying to catch The Ante up to The Bet so I can do updates at the same time. Which is hard considering how far ahead The Bet is, but I'll do my best! lol.
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"Got anything, Doc?" Elliot asked standing slightly behind ME Warner and watching as she went through the victim's pockets.
"No id," Warner said, but pulled a little plastic bag, "Looks like cocaine."
"Huh," Olivia took the bag and sealed it in an evidence bag, "Mr. Big Business here had a hobby."
"And a good motive for motive someone to kill him."
"Doesn't explain the sodomy," Olivia frowned, "The killer left him in the middle of Central park, pants around his ankles for all the world to see what he'd done. If it was drugs, the killer would have just shot him."
"Looks like your vic was strangled," Warner motioned for the detectives to join her crouching beside the body, "See here?" She pointed to a thick bruise around the man's neck, "Your killer wrapped something around this guy's throat then crossed the ends and pulled. We'll look for fibers and skin under the nails, he may have clawed at his attacker."
"Thanks Doc," Elliot said, getting back up, "So, you think his prints will be in the system?"
"Maybe, if he got collared for drugs, but I don't think so."
Elliot raised his eyebrows in surprised, "You're thinking a random attack?"
"Could be," Olivia shrugged, "Guy doesn't have a wallet, maybe the killer took it."
"Hmm," Was Elliot's response and he looked back to the body. He was thinking, Olivia could tell by the way his eyes got slightly distant. Elliot could close himself off at time, but if you knew where and how to look he was easy to read. Olivia knew exactly where to look and how. Every slight change of color in Elliot's eyes gave something away. Cobalt meant he was tired, navy meant anger and midnight meant pain. She knew exactly what he was thinking just by looking him in the eyes and she could spend an eternity looking at his eyes.
"Something else Doc?" Elliot asked, startling Olivia. Damn it, she just had to get lost in his eyes right in the middle of a crime scene and from the expression on Warner's face the Doctor had noticed.
"Your vic isn't wearing a tie," Warner said, sending a sympathedic look towards Olivia, "It might be what your killer used to kill him."
"I'll get the uniforms to start a search," Olivia said quickly then rushed off, leaving a baffled Elliot behind.
Something was wrong, he thought. He knew Olivia's moods better than his own sometimes and sensed something was bothering her. He frowned as he watched her talking with a uniform. She glanced only once at him before her eyes jumped away from his. Yeah, something was definitely wrong. Liv was one of the only people who would meet his gaze no matter what, unless she was hiding something.
Instantly he was concerned, knowing something was wrong with Liv meant something was wrong with him. And that connection scared the hell out of him.
"Detectives!" One of the crime scene technicians called out, "I've got something." As Elliot walked over to the man he made a mental note to ask Liv about whatever was bothering her later. They had to get back on comfortable ground to save his sanity.
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Author's Note: You know what this means, don't ya? Warner's joining The Bet! lol.