Hand of blood

Prologue.

Dr. Tina Kennard walked into the building where her office was based. She is wearing jeans, high heel boots, a fitted black shirt and a fitted dress jacket, she looked good as normal. She pressed the button on the elevator. She got to her floor and smiled as she pushed through glass doors that lead to the Kennard Criminology Lab. She had set this place up when she had moved to LA and it was now a full profit business that she ran as well as dealing with cases. She employed a number of staff. She smiled as she made her way towards her office and saw her PA Dana waiting for her looking nervous.

            “Morning Dane, how are you?”

            “I’m good Tina, erm…”

            “What is it?” Tina said as she opened the door of her office, a large space which was filled will books, two computers, a projector, a screen for the projector a loads and loads of files, her desk a complete mess as usual and the way she very much liked it. She walked over and removed her jacket, putting it over the back of her chair she sat down and took her glasses case out of her bag and looked up at Dana who was still silent. “Well?” Tina said.

            “We’ve had a call from the LAPD.”

            “Not odd if you think about what we do here Dane,”

            “I know, but this was from the Homicide Special Squad.”

            “Ahh, okay, what’s going on?”

            “That’s the thing they wouldn’t say.”

            “Wouldn’t say?” Tina said frowning. That was always odd. The police were always good at giving them the detail they needed to help them.

            “No, they said they want a private meeting with you.”

            “Just me?” Tina asked, looking at the file she had been reading the night before. She pushed all the papers back into the purple folder, all the folders at KCG where purple because Tina loves purple.

            “Well they said they want the best, that’s you.”

            “And our amazing team,”

            “Yeh,” Dana smiled. She liked being included as one of the team, even if she had no idea what they did half the time, or what they were talking about.

            “So, who wants to see me and when?”

            “Well  it’s…” Dana looked down at her notes in front of her. “a Captain Porter.”

            “Wow must be high profile if a Captain is involved.”

            “They really wouldn’t tell me Tina, otherwise…”

            “I know Dana.” Tina said cutting her off by holding her hand up. “otherwise you would have told me.”

            “Would you like some coffee?”

            “That would be great, what time are they coming?”

            “At ten, the conference room is ready and I’ve told Helena and Alice to be there.”

            “Great best team, as long as Alice doesn’t make any cheap ass jokes.”

            “Alice wouldn’t be Alice if she didn’t do that.”

            “True.” Tina said as Dana went to find her some coffee. She smiled, Alice was a brilliant computer geek however had was a gossip and known to make cheap jokes, she had very much got a dark scene of humour which they needed because of some of the crimes they dealt with. Helena was on Alice’s team in the computer department, Tina had hired here after Helena had tried and failed to hack into their computers, she now used those skills in a more positive way. Tina put on her dark rimmed glasses and started to clear some of the paperwork of her desk, she had to look a little bit professional when the police got there. She’d never dealt with a murder. She was usually drafted in by the vice or serious crime units. Never murder. She logged onto her computer. And saw she had 94 emails waiting. She’d only been off for the weekend and it looked like all hell had broken lose. She started to work through them until Dana walked in with her coffee.

            “Tina, The police have arrive a Captain Porter and a Detective called McCutcheon. They are waiting in the conference room with Helena and Alice,” 

            “I’m coming Dana, I’m coming.” Tina got up and picked up her legal pad and a new purple folder, to make a start on whatever she was about to be handed to her.

 TBC?