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Natalia and Ryan stood, hunched over the pictures they had taken at the crime scene. They knew what could have killed her but they needed to know what. Part of bringing the victim justice. Horatio, Calleigh and Walter came in, not too soon after they had started to analyze hair and blood samples.
"Mr. Wolfe, Miss Boa Vista, I would like for you to head over to Mrs Keegan's workplace. Calleigh and Mr. Simmons would take over from what you are doing." Horatio said, surprisingly, taking off his famous Raybans.
"Sure." Natalia said, looking over at Ryan who nodded. They stripped their hands off of plastic gloves and threw them in the bin, hanging up their lab coats and wishing the two who had to take over what they were doing luck before leaving the lab. Ryan and Natalia walked up to the lift and waited.
"For a second, I thought we were going to have a party." Ryan joked. Natalia rolled her eyes playfully before stepping into the now opened lift. Ryan followed her in and pressed the down button. They were the only ones in the lift. "Hey, Nat? How would you like to go to dinner?" Ryan scratched the back of his head, nervously.
"I would love to but I promised my sister I would babysit for her." Natalia said, smiling a little in apology.
"Nah, that's alright. I can help?" He offered. She grinned, nodding.
"Sure. I'll text you the address, later." She said, kissing his cheek. The lift dinged and they exited. "My car or yours?" She asked.
"Mine." Ryan shrugged. He took his keys out of his pocket and twirled it around on his finger, leading the way to his car.
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Five minutes on the road gave them time to talk about what to expect. "So, we're looking for an affair. She could have been having an affair with any of her co-workers." Natalia said.
"Or some clients, friends." Ryan offered.
"Yeah. We have to be open-minded." Natalia agreed. When they arrived they went up to the front desk. "Hello, I'm Detective Boa Vista and I am here with my colleague, Mr. Wolfe and we're with the Miami Dade PD. We're here to question some people about the death of a lawyer who worked here. Henley Keegan." She went out with it. The desk worker gasped.
"She was such a nice lady. Just go through that door over there. You'll get to the main office where the boss and other lawyers would be." She said. Natalia and Ryan smiled in thanks. Ryan opened the door and walked in with her trailing behind.
"Excuse me, you're not supposed to be here." A man with white hair and wrinkles said. Ryan and Natalia put their badges on show.
"We're with the Miami Dade PD and we're here to question people on the murder of Henley Keegan who worked here." Ryan said. The man gasped and held his hand out for Ryan to shake.
"Jonathan Anderson. Head and boss of this joint. Mrs Keegan was a fantastic woman." Mr. Anderson said, shaking his head, sadly.
"We're sure she was. Can I question you as my colleague does the same to others?" Natalia asked, kindly.
"Of course, come through this way." Jonathan leaded her to his office while Ryan asked a random man to question.
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"Was she disliked by anyone who worked or co-operated here?" Natalia asked. Mr. Anderson shook his head.
"No. She was loved. She was a family woman hence the reason she barely worked on weekends. I don't think that would give any time to dislike a woman." He said. "She used to bring her kids, Sally and Sam here sometimes when she needed to collect some things. You could see that she was a caring mother because she always cared for them. When I walked around, collecting data and work, I sometimes see her chatting to her co-workers, laughing about something. No-one said anything bad about her. She was just an average kind person. Very caring." He sighed. "Too bad she's dead. How are the kids taking it?" He asked, genuinely.
"Time to get used to the fact that their mother is in Heaven." Natalia smiled friendly.
"Thank God. They're only six years old. What about Richard?" He asked.
"Urm, he's taking it bad of course, who wouldn't. Shocking for him." She decided to cut the subject of Henley's family. "Did she have problems with clients?" She asked.
"Not that I know of..." He sat back in a thinking manor. "Actually, one man, a lawyer here, complained about her. Last week." Mr. Anderson confessed.
"Name please?" Natalia asked.
"A..." He shook his head, trying to remember. "Oh yes, a Winston Keegan." He said. Natalia's eyes widened for a brief second.
"Any relation to Henley?" She asked.
"Now that I think of it. I think he was a brother-in-law or something. I don't know. I never really judge people because they have the same surname as another worker. Did you know that there are two Greens in this joint? They have never even met each other. Definitely not related. One's ginger, the other's blonde." He laughed a little. Natalia smiled and stood up.
"Well, thank you for your time. If you have anything else to say, here's my number." She gave him a contact card and shook his hand, leaving the office and going to question another person. Winston Keegan.
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"Thank you for your time." Ryan Wolfe said as he went back to the reception desk, waiting for Natalia. She came out of the main office and smiled at Ryan triumphantly. "What did you find out?" He asked.
"I'll tell you in the car." They walked outside and into Ryan's Jeep. He started it and reversed out of his parking space and onto the main road. "Well... Mr. Anderson said that one of Henley's co-workers, Winston Keegan laid a complaint about her last week. I questioned him and found out that he is Richard's brother." She said.
"We need to tell H." Ryan said. "Well done you. Getting information like that." He looked at her for a brief second. She leaned over and kissed his cheek. "Miss Boa Vista, would you mind not distracting me while I'm driving?" He smirked. She giggled and sat back down properly. "Thank you." He said.
So, that's chapter 2! I hope to update quicker.