Chapter 4 of It Was Meant To Be
Eric stepped out into the Miami sunshine, walking around the silver hummer to open the passenger door for Calleigh. The platinum blonde climbed out of the SUV, flashing the young Cuban a warm smile, her CSI kit in her right hand. The two investigators walked up the path that led to the front door of the victim's two story home in a comfortable silence.
Stepping inside the home, Calleigh scanned the living room, her eyes resting on the corpse laying beside the wooden coffee table, the medical examiner kneeling beside the young man. She set her kit down, and pulled on her latex gloves, Eric doing the same.
"Hey Alexx, what happened to this guy"? Eric asked the medical examiner. Alexx Woods glanced up from the corpse she was examining, a look of sorrow plastered on her face, her sympathy for the victim radiating off of her. "Looks like he died from blunt force trauma, an object struck him on the back of the head, no defensive wounds, but I found a few bruises on his abdomen". She explained, continuing her work.
Calleigh worked the area around the body, her green eyes locked on the carpeted floor, searching for any valuable evidence. She worked silently, and efficiently. Making her way over to the coffee table, the victim's resting place, she glanced at the mail on the table. "Our victim's name is Jarrod Blooms". She announced, going through the mail but finding nothing significant. As Calleigh searched the rest of the living room, she could feel Eric's warm brown eyes watching her, studying her. Somehow she found that comforting. Shrugging the thoughts away, the ballistics expert continued her search for evidence.
Eric searched the freshly painted kitchen. The kitchen was fairly large, with granite counter-tops. The cabinets were a maroon color, in the right hand corner sat a small glass table with two stools. The young Cuban made his way over to the glass table, the sleek black laptop resting on the table grabbing his attention. He opened the laptop, hitting the power button to find out the laptop is password protected.
"Hey Cal, I found a laptop on the kitchen table. It's password protected, so I'll get it to Lauren". He called out, grabbing the laptop off the glass table gently, and placing it under his arm. Eric exited the kitchen, the laptop still under his arm. His eyes met with Calleigh's sparkling green ones. "I'm taking this back to the lab".
Calleigh nodded in agreement. "That's fine with me, I'll finish up here and meet you at the lab in an hour or so". Eric gave her a small nod before walking to the front door, and exiting the home.
With her back turned away from Calleigh, Alexx said, "I heard about the Jake situation, how are you holding up sweetie"? She asked, her voice soft. Calleigh shrugged her shoulders, even though Alexx couldn't see the response. "I don't know, I guess I'm handling it okay". She replied, studying the photos on the fireplace mantle.
Two tall male attendants entered the living room, dressed in white scrubs, one was brown haired, the other blonde. They lifted Mr. Blooms onto a stretcher and carried the body away. On her way out Alexx said, "Maybe you and Eric should get together".
TBC..