Lisa Spencer showed little or no reaction on seeing the stiff body of Lucy Reynolds. If anything, she seemed disgusted for having to go through with this because of the nosy detectives that had come to pay her a visit.
Detective Cooper was wondering why. Then, it occurred to her that because of the nature of her job, she had probably seen thousands of bodies like this in her lifetime. These things did not move her anymore.
She peered into the victim's face. It was long and dry. Then, she remembered that Lisa Spencer had mentioned that she drains out all the blood from the dead bodies to preserve them. There was a tear in her skin that ran from her neck down to her shoulders and dragged lower to her stomach.
