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Breathe- Chapter 3
Bette shook her head. None of this was making sense. But little that had happened over the past three hours made sense in the clear cut, connect-the-dots way that Bette Porter expected, actually demanded.
As her thoughts cascaded one into the other, Bette took note of her own relaxed state and shook her head again. She should be tense, agitated, every nerve ending alert as she watched and waited for the forensic team to finish gathering latent prints, microscopic hairs, fibers, and other evidence from the apartment.
Crime Scene Investigators (CSI) had long ago abandoned the standard procedure of contacting the lead detective when the evidence had been processed, because Detective Bette Porter never left until every piece of evidence had been bagged and tagged.
She should be calling her neighbor arranging for her dog to be fed and walked since each new murder meant days away from home with Bette grabbing what little sleep she could on a cot in her office or in the front seat of her car.
She should be wearing out the floor between her office and the morgue in the basement bullying one or all of the autopsy technicians until they had determined a cause of death and could clearly tell her anything and everything about how and what killed Marcey Fleming.
Yet here she was, driving away from the crime scene, away from the victim, away from morgue, away from the evidence that was her only key to catching a killer.
As her mind returned to her “shoulds” she realized she should be contacting Special Agent in Charge David Finley, her laison with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), to do full background checks on her victim and on her
Bette paused and sharply drew in a breath My witness, she said out loud as though the thought had just occurred to her. Since the other victims had lived alone and were discovered days after the murder by strangers, Tina Kennard was the first and only witness thus far that might actually be able to help investigators.
Bette slowly ran her fingers through her thick brown hair as she realized Tina Kennard should be in an interview room at the precinct this very minute processing the events of the day in agonizing detail. Once completed, they would go over her story again, and again and again to eliminate the inconsistencies of memory and identify the consistencies of deception.
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(73 votes, average: 3.36 out of 5)
i think i’m first. yeah!!!! soxy i told ya before i loved your posts on twop but dayum girl you are so selling it here. love this story. love the first meeting takes place. does tina ever leave now thats shes home. so glad you decided to post today. i’m sure you’ll figure out the spacing, we’ll all be patient. another post soon please.
great update…….this story has really gotten to me…….keep the chapters comin!!!
totally, totally totally sold on this story…Your description puts me right there with everyone!!! Amazing..the suspense is riviting…GO, Go Go girl…waiting patiently for more….
this story is wonderful…great job….please post soon…THANK YOU…
This really is a great story, PLEASE post again soon!
wow what a treat to have a very awesome sunday story from you, can’t wait to see what you have for us next chapter
Great story. Waiting for the next post
Another great post!!! Love your writing skills, glad you can share it with us. Post soon, I need another fix.
great post soon
you still got me hooked
This is very interesting and like it!
I’m really enjoying this series.
About the posting, maybe you could email it to someone who could post it for you.
You’re doing a truly original work here and I warmly thank you for giving us such a powerfull story. No doubt you’ll quickly have a waterfall of new readers after three so excellent chapters !
Caught between the very living and real detective story’s side of this story and the very sensitive way to depict what will be a very unusual and engaging Bette & Tina’s beginning, I’m a very happy reader !
Thank you very much for sharing your talent here.
i love your story! it’s so intense! please post soon!
great story. nice depiction of the characters. keep on going. you surely rock our fan fiction world.
This is fantastic! Please keep on posting. The Sox isn’t for the Red Sox, is it?
I will comment over and over again if will get you to post over and over again. I am absolutely hooked on this story. Your writing really pulls the reader in. You have a wonderful way of flowing between graphic scenes and tender moments…wonderful. Oh, and we will try to get you some help on the formatting. Although, I get so caught up with your writing, that I don’t pay much attention to that. Thank you!!
Breathtaking – among the best writing on the board. Keep going it’s so great to have your story.
Wow, is your other job, criminal investigating? It’s amazing how much insight you have on this kind of thing. Just love how slowly Bette and Tina are bonding. Post more, please.
basically what seahurst said. I love the way you write.