Jillian Chantal

Welcome to Tuesday Tales. This week’s word prompt is narrow. I am working on my NaNo story and the heroine has just tried to visit a crime scene. Her love interest, who is also a detective with the police department has called her in this scene about her jaunt to the crime scene. His nickname for her is Mick as when they first met, she was wearing a Rolling Stones t-shirt.

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As soon as she greeted the caller, Malcolm said, “I hear you’re up to your usual habit of annoying Detective Morgan.” He spoke with a laugh in his voice so she didn’t get offended at his words. She knew he didn’t like the man as much as she didn’t, but he had to work with him.

“You know what’s weird?”

“Good Lord, Mick. What a thing to ask me. When it comes to you, there are so many things that are weird it’s hard to narrow it down unless I have some context.”

“Very funny. What I was going to say is that I was just making a move to call you and find out why this lady’s fall down the stairs isn’t your case since you were at the autopsy and then my phone rang and it’s you. I call that weird.”

“I don’t. You had to know Morgan would call me to complain about you and that I’d have to reach out, as chief detective, to warn you officially not to interfere with his investigation, so your phone ringing shouldn’t have been a surprise.”

“So that what this is then? An official call?”

“Just so I can say I did it.” He sneezed. “I presume you and our friend the general were wanting to go in and inspect the crime scene? How’d you think you’d manage that?  Knock on the door and ask the husband to show you were he killed his wife?”

“You keep sneezing. Are you getting sick?”

“You’re deflecting, Nurse Haverstock. I’m asking a legitimate question. We’re you going to enter the house of a man suspected of violently murdering a woman with only a dead former president to witness this debacle? What if you’d been hurt? How would anyone know you’d put yourself into such a situation?”

“I didn’t think that far ahead.”

“Nope. That’s your biggest flaw, Lu. You plunge in, head first, not even thinking about the next move and what consequences could come into play. It worries me.”