There Are Days Like These Too
Author: Irish Kaoru
Disclaimer: You know the drill
A/N: All I really have to say is that I am so sorry that it seems like I have forgotten about this. The truth is that I haven't. I have just had a lot on my plate. Please Please Please forgive me!
Chapter 16
Enigma
Dee's POV
Things at the precinct were as somber as I can ever remember them being. News of Ryo's hospitalization had traveled fast but the news of Carols death had traveled faster. Perhaps it was because we worked in the homicide division and thus were assigned the case, or it could have been the fact that Carol had become a constant in the office ever since she attached herself to Ryo and I. I had to agree with everyone when they said that she was able to pick up the mood when she was here no matter how shitty the day had been so far. But it seemed that that would never happen again as her last trip to the precinct was in photograph form only.
It wasn't pretty, a horrible death for a girl that was as lively and beautiful as her. The photos showed her laying face down on one of the sidewalks in central park. The pool of red that was around her had begun to dry but still held a wet sheen to it showing that she had been killed about five to ten hours before the picture was taken.
Although I was forced to keep my hands out of the case because it hit to close to home, I could give what little information I knew. And all I knew was that that damn doctor's daughter was with Carol the last time that she was seen. Not to mention that the time frame that they had placed the death in fit with the same time that Carol had left the hospital with that girl.
I handed what information I could to Ted and JJ seeing as how they were placed in charge of the investigation. It wasn't much but it did give them a place to start. Perhaps it was just my un-trusting nature, or that doctor that was in charge or Ryo rubbed me the wrong way; but there was something fishy going on and it all seemed to start just before that doctor met Ryo.
Now perhaps I may be jumping to conclusions but I couldn't help but feel that Danny had something to do with everything that was going on. The only problem is that I don't have the evidence to prove my thoughts so there is nothing that I can really do about it. It seems to me that I am being watched more to, at least that is how I feel in the precinct. I know that Berkeley thinks that I may start to do something rash after everything that has happened, and I don't really blame him because I can't say for sure that I won't. But I am guessing that Berkeley is keeping tabs on me as much as he can so that he knows nothing will happen. I'll just have to come up with a plan and wait until the time is right before I move. The only problem with that is that there could be more deaths that happen before I can do anything.
I snapped my head up from my thoughts as I heard the door open. The sea had offered me a smile and a cup of coffee as she sat down behind Ryo's desk and nodded in the direction of the woman that was with her.
"This is Brittany," she said "She works as my partner when I am in the office but both she and I felt that we needed a change of pace so we asked to be assigned to this case in particular." Brittany smiled at me as she reached out a hand.
She was a pretty little thing. Her long brown curly hair fell over her shoulders and bounced a little as she moved. It framed a thin, delicate face with big chocolate colored eyes and thin lips. She had a light dusting of freckles that ran from one cheek over the bridge of her nose to the other. She wore thin wire framed glasses that surprisingly didn't take away from her looks at all. Her cheeks held a faint blush as I winked at her and I couldn't help but laugh a little at her shyness.
"Dee you really shouldn't do that, you know I will tell Ryo" Diana scolded me like a mother. I pretended to be ashamed but knew my world famous shit eating grin was plastered on my face. Although I felt like I was slowly dying on the inside I had to keep up my appearances to the best of my ability. It wouldn't do for people to feel like they were walking on glass around me.
"Who's Ryo?" Brittany asked with a sly smile. I had the feeling that she already knew, hell with Dianna as a partner how could she not? Was that whole shy and innocent act that she just showed me fake?
"Why Brittany, dear, I thought I had already told you that this man was all hot and heavy with his partner, and not to mention the hottest guy in all of New York City, Ryo. But what is is that Ryo sees in Dee is beyond me, after all he is nothing more that an untrained dog who doesn't know his manners, doesn't take his work seriously, is lazy, perverted, hot headed -"
"Can it you rotten sea hag!" I shot back at her throwing a pen that was laying on my desk. "Like you would really know who I am. At least I follow dress code, have a personable attitude, don't have annoying habits like smacking on gum all the time -"
"Annoying habits! Then what do you call your chain smoking and obsessive drinking?" she shot back.
"Preventive measures, so that I don't go and wallop annoying old biddies like you!" I held back a laugh as Diana's face changed from proud to looking more like a fish out of watter.
"Old biddy! You just called ME an old biddy?" She yelled.
"Yeah I called you an old biddy sea hag who has been around so long that she has seen every major war that has happened since the dawn of time! How does it feel knowing that you could have saved Archduke Franz Ferdinand and prevented WWI?"
"Alright you two." Brittany cut in, "We have some work that we should be doing rather than sitting here bickering back and forth like this. I was just playing with you detective Laytner.
"Please call me Dee. And I guess you are right there is work that needs to be done." I looked at Diana wondering if it would be safe to tell her what I knew. After all it wasn't like she hadn't helped me and Ryo in the past, but at the same time she was now openly dating Berkeley which could lead to some trouble if Berkeley asked her.
"What now?" she rolled her eyes, "Do I have something on my face?" I shook my head.
"If I wanted to tell you something, something that I didn't want Berkeley to know about, would you be able to keep it a secret from him? Her eyes grew a bit larger, obviously I had caught her unprepared.
Diana's POV
Why the hell would he ask me something like that. If it was about the case that we would be working on then I should know, but what could be his motive in keeping it from Berkeley. Unless it had something to do with Ryo.
Berkeley told me the truth behind Ryo's absence from the precinct and I will admit that I was beyond alarmed when I heard about it. He had asked me in particular to keep a closer eye on Dee to make sure that he kept his head in the game and didn't let his temper get the better of him. Was this something that could be related to that?
"Yeah I can keep it a secret." I said quietly still thinking about it. Berkeley just said that I had to keep an eye on him, not that I had to report anything to him. So if asked I can just tell a little white lie. So long as Dee doesn't falter in work there should be no problem.
"There is some odd things that are going on with this case and it all seems to be connected to this doctor is treating Ryo. But I can't say for sure that it is him because some of the things happened before Ryo met the guy."
"Odd as in what?" Brittany asked. Truthfully I had forgotten that she was standing here for a minute.
"Well," Dee started, "I guess that you can say it started when Bikky's teacher was killed. Although at that point Ryo and Danny hadn't met. Well I can't say that because they did go to school together but they hadn't re-met" he paused for a moment before continuing. "But the way that the teacher died was the same way that Carol was killed." His voice dropped a little, the first sign of how upset he really was, "They were both slashed at the heels, were both alive when it happened, there was no sign of a struggle, and it was obvious that they didn't do it themselves." I thought it over for a moment. I knew that the teacher's death wasn't published in the papers yet so their was no chance it could be a copy cat.
"The doctor, was he still at the hospital when the murder was committed?"
"Yeah, he was, but his daughter wasn't. She was walking home with Carol. She is the last one that saw Carol alive." He shook his head and looked down. "I don't know Diana, I may just be over thinking things." he sighed.
"No, I don't think you are and it seems like a good place to start. But why do you want me to keep this away from Berkeley?"
"If he was to find out do you think that he would let me stay on the case?" came the sarcastic retort, "After all I am not allowed anywhere near Carol's case file because "it hit's to close to home"" he used his fingers to make quotation marks as he spoke.
"Good point, well I Berky only asked me to watch and make sure you didn't do anything stupid, I don't have to report anything to him so your secret is safe with me."
Dee's POV
It was nice to have that reassurance from Diana. I let my mind wonder a bit more. Danny Fuller, a walking enigma, a puzzle that I WILL solve if it was the last thing I did.
A/N: sorry for the short chapter. I have so many things going on right now that I am going INSANE -runs around in circles yelling with underwear on her head- (see what I mean XD)
So any who I hope that you liked the chapter. Sorry it's short but I would rather get something out to you all rather than keep it to myself and wait for all of eternity before posting again (if you ever wonder why my posts are so short that is the reason)
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