The police found the body in the alley inside a black leathered bag . Each body parts cut down into pieces. Chief Jeff gaged after seeing the body. The smell was horrible too. No one could stand it. His deputy had turned green. Which looked funny for some reason.
"What's her name?" The chief said after giving one last look at the stuffed body. "Tara Wilson. She was reported missing three weeks ago. She is 20 years old and her parents passed away due to a house fire. It was her friend who reported she was missing" Deputy Harrison replied.
The forensic team arrived and gave the preliminary judgement. "The girl was strangled. There is rope fibres on her neck. And she was penetrated with a bone saw
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Emaya rushed out of her car. She was getting late thanks to Reyna's non stop comment on getting her organised like her other two friends, she was literally losing her shit.
She correct her blouse before entering her staff room. She was wearing pink off shouldered blouse with a Jeans. The blouse slightly showed her stomach when she lifted her hands. Of course she didn't want to make it to the six o'clock news by wearing such a thing to her class. She was a professor here, she reminded herself not a student. But now whatever done is done right?.
She stepped inside her class and greeted her student. All of them are exceptionally good and doesn't make any kind trouble for her. Some of them were few years younger than her. Some one or two. It was a crazy thing to be in this field and not everyone is able to achieve it.
The people sitting in front of her were future profilers. But not all of them can go through those trauma. It isn't just about analysing the behaviour or his motive or who is he. It's more than that. The victims and their families and friend. No one in the right mind can go through without looking at them with a shudder and some drop out after it. Maybe she was among that some who dropped.
She could feel her throat burning after her classes. Maybe she should have spoken in a normal tune than screech like a teenage girl. She carried her bag and hand full of books down to the parking lot. She felt a tug on her sleeves when she was about to go down the stairs. She turned around to see Kayla West, one of her student.
"Excuse me professor Hale? Could I speak to you about something?" Emaya noticed an uncomfortable stare from her. She was observing her surroundings. The girl was nervous. Emaya nodded and motioned the girl to follow her. They both sat together in one of the benches outside the university.
"What happened? Is your parents troubling you again." She asked her. Kayla's parents both passed away in a car accident. Since then Kayla was in orphanage. Kayla was probably six or seven then. But a surprise came when she got adopted at the age of ten. But for better or worse her adoptive parents were constantly abusing her.
Emaya found put about this few months after she started her profession as a professor. There were bruises all over her hand and legs. At first the girl wasnt inclined to give the information but later on after all of shoving she shared.
"Nop. They've been busy with their store. They've completely forgotten about me. The thing is that I found my maternal grandma." She began. The news brought a lit on Emaya's face. "She is very cool and caring. And I have planned to serve ties with them." Oh god she finally did something great. "Finally, I wondered why weren't you doing it."she said with a sigh. "May god make it easy for you" kayla smiled back and mouthed a Thankyou.
At first Emaya thought it was better to make dinner but her lazy hands couldn't move from the phone. Finally she decided on take out which she ended up ordering more than she could handle.
She called Amani while waiting for the arrival of her auspicious dinner. Amani was about hit the bed when she got a call. But whatever it was she gave the priority to her friend. "Hey what's up" Emaya heard a groan from the other end. She laughed, she knew how much Amani hated when anyone disturbed her sweet time with her bed.
"Nothing much I just wanted to hear your soothing voice" Amani cringed at her friends comment. "Really I thought you would only attack Hazel with those lines, but now I am also being a victim to this." Emaya laughed again but it sounded like a bark. "Why the hell are you barking at me. Do you think I am a dog?" "No koala. Just I feel like I should change my flirting tactics with you guys." She was flirt among her friends. But it never exceeded that. She only flirted with her friends for their reaction.
"Yeah maybe you should." She rolled her eyes which her friend couldn't see. "Dude Something happened today" Emaya waited for a few seconds until Amani answered. "Sure something should've happened today for your call. So what happened?" She started rambling about how some of her students were meticulous in the class. And some just had a way to ask stupid questions which even her neice wouldn't ask.
"Could you believe it? He asked me if every victims die. Now tell me what am I supposed to tell him." Amani laughed too and they went on talking for a while until she heard the bell ringing. Excitedly she hoped off the sofa." I gotta go, my order is here and I am really hungry." She said as she opened the door expecting to see the delivery man.
But infront of her stood Aldi. "Yeah sure bye." She was still starstruck seeing that she couldn't being herself to reply to her friend. "Em are you there? Em hello Em?" She finally snapped back to reality. "Yeah I am here. Bye and I love you" she said as she ended the call. Aldi frowned at her and she gave a weird smile. "Come in" she said as opened the door wide for him.
"Who was that on the phone?" For some reason she was still staring at him like he came out of one of those Disney movies. He looked more handsome than those Disney prince. Even in his casual T-shirt and pants. "Uh oh. That was my friend Amani." He raised he is left eyebrow. "Oh I never thought people say 'I love you' before ending calls with their friends."
Aldi didn't know what was the reason but those actions bothered him. For some reason he couldn't think any man getting closer to her. She was his partner's kid sister. Yeah that's why. He told himself she was like his sister and he couldn't give her away in the wrong hands.
"Aldi, I do it to all my girlfriends for fun. Their reaction is always hilarious." She said with a laugh. "Why are you here?" He smiled and leaned and to the dining table. "Come on bouncy I thought I said we should catch up" she looked at herself she was wearing a cotton white night gown. Which resembled she wasnt ready for any company.
"Any way it's a good time that you've come here, I ordered food more than I should've which will become a waste." She said with a genuine smile on her face