I made a time leap thing so they skipped a day or two. I'm sure they texted. But probably just about milk and stuff.

Watch out for some [message deleted]s.

January 10

John? SH [sent at 18:34]

What? I'm just in my bedroom, you don't have to text me. JW [sent at 18:34]

I prefer it. So, Tracie is gone, then? You aren't seeing her. SH [sent at 18:35]

I've been saying that for the last three days, were you not paying attention? JW [sent at 18:35]

I always pay attention. I just don't like to admit it. SH [message deleted]

I was not. SH [sent at 18:36]

Well, then, yes. Tracie is gone now. JW [sent at 18:36]

Good. SH [sent at 18:36]

Good? JW [sent at 18:37]

Yes, good. SH [sent at 18:37]

I'm glad to know that you feel so sorry for me. JW [sent at 18:37]

Why would I feel sorry for you? SH [sent at 18:38]

I did just break up with my girlfriend. JW [sent at 18:38]

And? SH [sent at 18:38]

Never mind. Why did you need to ask? JW [sent at 18:38]

Because I had a follow up question for if you confirmed you weren't together. SH [sent at 18:39]

Which would be? JW [sent at 18:39]

John, would you maybe like to go out with me at some point in the near future? SH [message deleted]

I have a case. Care to join? SH [sent at 18:42]

Of course. Are you going to explain it to me? JW [sent at 18:42]

Lestrade phoned me. A woman, Ms. Elizabeth Johnson, was supposed to turn in the rent for her flat a half week ago, and when her landlord came up to retrieve it, he was apparently 'greeted to a rancid smell coming from the bedroom'. When he went to investigate, he found a body on the bed. Stabbed twice in the head-one wound on each side of the skull-, once in the chest. SH [sent at 18:47]

Ms. Johnson's? JW [sent at 18:48]

That's the thing. A man whom the landlord has never seen before, and Ms. Johnson was not in the flat. Apparently, Ms. Johnson and this landlord were quite good friends, they had tea every Tuesday. He was quite sure that she had mentioned all her other friends, and this man did not fit the description of any of them. Ms. Johnson's flat has been searched, and nothing seems out of place besides the obvious body rotting in her bedroom. SH [sent at 18:50]

Anything peculiar about the body? JW [sent at 18:51]

Minus the stab wounds, no, not exactly. The sheets it's on are not blood stained at all, which means the killer must've changed them after he killed the man. SH [sent at 18:52]

He? Are you sure it wasn't Ms. Johnson? JW [sent at 18:53]

I took that into consideration, yes. That's what Scotland Yard thinks. But obviously not. Lestrade wants me to take a look. SH [sent at 18:53]

Alright, give me a minute to get ready, and I'll meet you downstairs. JW [sent at 18:54]

Take your time. SH [sent at 18:54]

But be quick. SH [sent at 18:54]

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