chapter word count: 324
noir heart: fourteen
"Can you think of anyone who would have reason to kill your husband?" he asks, watching her reaction intently. She looks off to the side once more with a pained frown upon her elegant yet tired features – a clear sign that her mind is active and working – yet slowly shakes her head.
"The reason I ask is that crimes of this nature aren't random – from the facts and what you've told me, someone broke into your home with the intent to murder your husband, so I need to know if there was anyone with a grudge against him." he pushes – there's every chance that this woman, this beautiful, tired, heartbroken woman could provide the break they need to catch the Ripper.
"I'm sorry…I can't." she murmurs.
"Are you sure? Please, Mrs Black…can you think of anyone?" he persists.
"Mr Frost, thinking is all I've done since I arrived here. My mind is empty. I cannot answer your question."
Her voice is pleading and apologetic, her eyes are raw yet lost, and for a moment Jack feels bad for pushing her.
And then the moment ends, when he pretends to see something on the corner of the table, and with a reflexive speed worthy of a cobra, he slams his palm down upon it. A jarring wham echoes through the witness room…which does not help his headache.
"Really sorry about that. I hope I didn't scare you. I just saw a fly…I don't know why, I just felt the urge to-" he blurts anxiously as he 'wipes' his hand on his pants.
"It's perfectly alright," she echoes her first words to him, and curls a small, sincere smile, "I completely understand. I dislike flies myself."
He nods his agreement, and makes a mental note at what he witnessed when he slammed his hand down onto the imaginary fly.
She didn't jump.
sara99: Ta-da! There will be more.
fantasy oh yeah: There will be Elsa-centric drabbles at some point in the near future.
e-teens: Hai! It just came to me, like the other variations. Besides, I kind of missed Cynical!Jack from CttT.
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