'RING..... RING..... RING...'
The old fashioned ringtone coming from Detective Rogers's pocket was like a saving grace that broke the silent spell hat befell on Santina's lab afterward.
Its mechanical tone reverberated inside the quite room and it saved them from the awkward silence.
Left with no choice, Detective Rogers was forced to put the matter on a standstill in the meantime so he could go ahead and answer his incoming call.
But instead of taking the call right away, he checked the caller ID being reflected in the screen first and only after confirming that it was indeed from someone important did he excused himself and went outside to answer the call there so he could talk to the one on the other line in private.
"He was putting on some airs and I don't like that air that he had with him"
Aiden opened a brief chat with his wife through their mental link, to which Nathalia responded with equal enthusiasm.
