Webnovel Author: slowestcook - Novel&Fanfic Collection

"Because Mason fits better. Think of all the detectives with names resembling buildings. Holmes. House. Castle…"

Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Urban · slowestcook

"Okay…" She bit her lip and cringed before blurting out the first thing that came to mind. "DefPro!"

Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Urban · slowestcook

This paragraph has been deleted.

Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Urban · slowestcook

Andrea felt a strong urge to finish the discussion as soon as possible. Not because she was going to throw up or faint, but because she wanted the doctor to put back the sheet and put the body back in the drawer and leave her in peace.

Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Urban · slowestcook

Andrea thought back to their lunch the previous day. Kyle had said that his knives had arrived back from being sharpened just a few days earlier. A lot of things he had said as part of that conversation took on a new meaning in the context of him possibly being a murderer.

Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Urban · slowestcook

For now he just tried to think about how good it would be to see her again, and what he'd say when she came back.

Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Urban · slowestcook

The flirty banter? A++ Highly Recommended. Would banter again. Andrea was massively fun to tease. She was so easy to annoy. Today was different. Fewer angry comebacks, more being teased in return… It was fun.

Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Urban · slowestcook

Had he loved her almost busting a blood vessel laughing at him? Not so much. It was cute to see her laugh, he'd give her that, but still… could have done with a little bit less of it.

Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Urban · slowestcook

'Recreational facilities? Zer– Well, actually, I supposed I could do some sit-ups and push-ups… start working on my prison physique… No, save that for later. Important to have things to look forward to.'

Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Urban · slowestcook

Andrea would have prefered if he would stop reminding her of the lingering feeling of nausea she was still holding down. She was determined not to embarrass herself by losing her lunch. Or worse, doing like the one girl from her class had the last time she'd visited a morgue and passed out. That had ended up cutting the trip short before the group had really seen anything.

Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Urban · slowestcook

Bob laughed. "I'm sure the detective would probably say so, but what the heck, you're going to get all the information in the end. What does it really matter who gets it first? The facts are the facts." Bob winked at her. "Like I said, I try to keep things informal."

Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Urban · slowestcook

"This would be fairly distinctive. I suppose they'll ask around tattoo shops in the city, but if he got it elsewhere… but never mind that, this gentleman has nothing to do with your case."

Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Urban · slowestcook

"Hi there!" he called over, his voice high pitched but pleasant and friendly. "You must be the lawyer. Come on in, they told me you were coming." He stepped back over to the gurney in the center of the room, where a sheet concealed the shape of what was clearly a body.

Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Urban · slowestcook

Instead of cheap paint, there were bare concrete breezeblocks. Instead of the bright omnidirectional corporate lighting from recessed LED panels, there were flickering lines of aging fluorescents, their ever present hum setting Andrea's teeth on edge.

Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Urban · slowestcook

Her only regret was that she had been using a cell phone instead of an old fashioned desk phone like the office had used. It would have been even better if she could have slammed down the receiver rather than just pressing the 'End Call' button.

Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Urban · slowestcook

CLICK

Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Urban · slowestcook