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Chapter 9
Date: 17th June 2026, 10:15
Location: Merakis Clinic, California
Emma, Liam, Apollo and Trucy arrived at the clinic. Police were still milling around and one officer saw them walking over.
"Sorry folks, the clinic is off limits to the public." He said. Emma walked over to him and gave him the note from Detective Skye.
"We have permission from Detective Skye to search the premises." She said. The officer raised an eyebrow but took the note and read over it. He nodded his head and moved aside to let the 4 through.
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Date: 17th June 2026, 10:20
Location: Lobby, Merakis Clinic
When they stepped into the lobby, the first thing they noticed was a pile of noodle bowls on the floor. Trucy walked over to them and gasped.
"These are the noodle bowls from Mr Eldoon's noodle stand!" She said. Emma walked over to her and saw a pair of sandals nearby. Emma put on her latex gloves again and picked them up. She grabbed her torch and looked them over. Apollo spoke up.
"Ms Wri – I mean Emma, why do you have latex gloves with you?" He asked. Emma answered as she continued to examine the sandals.
"Force of habit. I use latex gloves at all my scenes so I always have a pair with me." She murmured and frowned. "There is another toe print on these sandals." Emma looked over at Liam, who put on his own pair of latex gloves and took the sandals from Emma. Emma then took out a finger print kit from her bag and handed it to Apollo. "Want to have a go?" She asked. Apollo nodded and took the kit and got a toe print from the sandals. Trucy then spoke up again.
"Hey, there seems to be a pair of slippers missing from the rack." She said. The other 3 looked over to where Trucy was looking and saw she was right.
"Hmmm… Seems like whoever wore the slippers at the park, was here first…" Liam said.
"And these sandals most likely belong to the same person, so we must be looking for a women…" Emma continued, tapping her chin with the end of her torch. Suddenly they heard a thump coming from the office. They looked at each other and went over the door. Liam put his finger up to his lip and grabbed the door handle. The others nodded and Liam opened the door.
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Date: 17th June 2026, 10:30
Location: Office, Merakis Clinic
Liam swung the door open and they ran inside. The office was a total mess and the window was open. Emma ran over to it and looked out. After a few moment of looking she sighed and stepped back, brushing a hand through her hair.
"Whoever was in here is gone." She frowned and looked over the room. "Let's see what we can find here then." They split up and searched the room. Apollo first noticed the table lamp on the floor and went to pick it up when Emma stopped him. "Gloves." Was all she said and handed him a pair of latex gloves. He raised an eyebrow but took them anyway. He then picked up the lamp and looked at the wire. There was a pink mark on it.
"What do you think this is?" He asked out loud. Liam looked over at him.
"Can't tell you off the bat but take it with you, could come in handy." He said. He then looked over to Emma and Trucy who were looking at the safe. "You found something?" He asked. Emma nodded her head, looking at the safe.
"Whoever was in here was trying to get into the safe, 2 numbers have already been inputted." She said. "Truce can you go grab my bag please." Trucy nodded and went to go get it. She came back and handed the bag to Emma. Apollo and Liam and walked over to the girls and watched as Emma grabbed her finger print kit from her bag and brushed the powder over the buttons. Fingerprints showed up on the 7, 9, 5 and 2. Emma put down her kit and pressed the 5 and 2. The safe door unlocked and Emma opened the door. Inside was a bunch of medical files. She got them out and turned to the others, looking through them. Her eyes widened when she saw the patient's name.
"This is Wocky's file!" She exclaimed. She read through it until she got to the name of the nurse. "And the nurse is his fiancée…" As she continued to read through the file, Liam looked into the safe. His eyes widened and cleared his throat.
"Err, Emma, there's a bullet hole in the back of the safe." Emma turned around quickly and looked into the safe. Her eyes widened and gave Apollo the file before grabbing a pair of tweezers and an evidence bag from her bag and took out the bullet before putting it in the bag.
"Mmmm, what's this doing here?" She murmured before putting it into her bag. "I think we have everything we can get for the moment. Let's go back to People Park. I don't have anything that could compare the prints we have to confirm the same person who wore the slippers was here wearing the sandals, but Detective Skye might do from what I've seen from her so far." The other agreed and followed Emma out of the clinic and towards People Park.
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Date: 17th June 2026, 11:00
Location: People Park, California
They walked into the park, and saw Ema chomping on some Snackroos. Emma walked over to her with both prints.
"Detective Skye, you wouldn't happen to have anything that could compare these 2 prints would you?" She asked. Ema jumped and turned, surprised at the voice, but nodded.
"Yeah, sure hold on a sec." She said. A couple of minutes later they managed to determine that both prints were a match.
"Okay thanks Detective Skye." Emma said before smiling and walking over to the entrance of the park, where the others were waiting. She looked at her watch and sighed. "Hey guys, do you mind if we stop by Hicfield Clinic to see Nicki before we go to the detention centre?" She asked. Everyone agreed and they headed off in the direction of the clinic.
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