"Where is the other suspe- ah, witness?" asked the police man as he continued to jot notes down in his notepad. "We don't know for sure where she had scurried off to, sir," replied one of the ladies.
They were referring to Tallulah, as London had mentioned her when the officer asked if there had been anyone else that had witnessed the event. "Maybe we should go check inside for her."
They went inside the hotel and led the officer directly to the crime scene, taking care not to dally. As soon as they made it to the crime scene, the first thing the officer saw wasn't Edgar's dead body, his wounds, or the blood that pooled up underneath and around him... It was Tallulah standing next to the brothel's service phone in shock, with her jaw dropping, eyes round and staring into the abyss, seemingly entranced or mesmerized, mortified rather. The receiver of the phone dropped, chord extended full length, and just dangling in the air. The phone had been used without the receiver being put back on the cradle. It was ringing off the hook because Tallulah had been the last person to use it and just as she was about to hang up, she got trapped in a trance. The police officer began making his way over to her. "Are you alright?" he asked her.
Tallulah did not answer. She didn't say anything, make a single sound, or move at all. She was completely frozen in shock, and completely entranced. The police officer kept asking over and over again, questions like, "Are you ok," and "Ma'am, what is your name". He grew more and more impatient each time he asked, but that didn't change the fact that not a damn thing changed with Tallulah's state of being.
Suddenly there was an ominous flash of bright, bluish purple light of in the distance, but no one in the brothel had seen exactly what it was in full detail or its source, as all eyes were on Tallulah as this phenomenon occurred. The flash of light was very big and very bright, but everyone inside the brothel only got a small glimpse of it in their peripherals. The officer turned his attention away from Tallulah and turned towards the direction of where the flash of light occurred. He drew his gun and began advancing towards the source. There were a few gasps as he pulled out his gun. "What do you need to whip that thing out for?" asked one of the whores. "Just in case there is anything in there that poses a threat, ma'am," was his response.
Almost instantaneously everyone had forgot that they had even seen the flash of light. "Huh, why do I have this out?" the officer asked himself as he put his weapon back in the holster. He continued to advance towards the source of the flash of light, even though he had forgotten all about the flash of light at this point. Apparently the flash of light had been spawned from something down the hall and towards a locked door that was heavily guarded by guardsmen. The officer continued to advance down the hall, turned the corner, and wound up at this door with nowhere else to turn (except for back where he came).
"Sir," said one of the rather large guardsmen in an extremely low pitch tone, "We cannot just allow you in there."
"I am a police officer." He whipped out his badge just like some movie cliche hot shot.
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-Bridgette <3
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