A Moment in Destiny

Chapter 825 New Case

“Oh! Goodbye Captain Sutton!” Rae Baxter sent him off while she looked helplessly at the documents in her hands; should she report it? It’ll be unprofessional and undisciplined of her not to report it… on the other hand she was scared of reporting this. She contemplated helplessly for a while till she forced herself to knock on Captain Sutton’s previous office door. This office was small, but it currently belonged to Captain Hopkins.

“Come in!” said a deep and soothing male voice. That voice made Rae Baxter’s heart jump wildly.

Rae Baxter took a deep breath, calmed herself down before she pushed the door, as soon as the door opened, she saw a slim figure standing by the window. She was unsure about what he was thinking about, but he was definitely deep in his thoughts.

“Captain Hopkins, I would like to go over the progress of the report with you!” said Rae Baxter.

Marcel Hopkins turned around and looked at Rae Baxter with sparkling eyes, he nodded, still standing with his hands on his hips.

When Rae realized that he did not say a word, there was nothing else she could do except smile, she dared not look at him, afraid that she would look like an idiot. “Captain Hopkins, I have the report for you to look over!”

Marcel Hopkins said nothing about the report, but bluntly asked, “I’m not used to using things someone else has used before; Rae, can you clean up my office?”

Rae was too stunned to realize Marcel had called out her name till she put the report down, she fetched water to clean his desk and suddenly thought about it, and asked him, “How do you know my name?”

He just looked at her, then he lowered his eyes and slowly smiled warmly. He causally asked, “Isn’t Rae Baxter your name?”

Rae blinked with surprise and felt a little weirdness inside of her. She only nodded and answered, “Yes, my name is Rae Baxter!”

“I am a police officer; wouldn’t I be failing at my job if I didn’t know your name?” Marcel’s question made Rae freeze up for a moment, speechless, she looked at him. Why wasn’t he asking me about Natalie Graham?

“Why are you still stunned?” Marcel Hopkins summoned her to continue working with his eyes.

Rae clutched on to her cleaning cloth like a zombie, okay, the Police Officer was terrific at his job, she had stopped fighting her doubts.

Suddenly, the house was very quiet, Marcel had turned around to look at the scenery outside while Rae cleaned, it felt like everything was standing still.

The whole office was so quiet Rae felt her own heart beat, she blinked unconsciously, he didn’t want to hear the report, he wanted his office to be cleaned first, was this handsome man germophobic?

She didn’t know him before either, and, where was his girlfriend?

Why was he suddenly in City B?

Rae was very confused.

“Pay attention to your work!” a voice snapped, and shocked Rae.

She frantically looked at Marcel, just realized that he was still looking at the scenery outside, did he have eyes on the back of his head?

“Oh!” She dared not look at him again, she looked down and continued to work at whatever she was doing, and then she asked, “Shall I give everything a wipe?”

“Yes!” was his short answer to her. He thought about it again and said, “I am germophobic.”

Germophobic?

Rae guessed that, but she was still a bit shocked, therefore she quickly looked up at him.

Marcel was not wearing his uniform, and he had only arrived for a short period of time, his uniform had not been tailor made yet, it must take some time for the uniforms to be tailor made.

However, by just looking at him, one could feel his elegance and extravagance.

He was wearing an exquisite iron grey shirt, it made his complexion and skin tone look very good, it didn’t make him stand out in a bad way at all, not every man can wear iron grey shirts and exude this kind of intricate sense of style.

He had rolled up his sleeves to his arm and a black watch stood out, it looked not cheap. His cufflinks look delicate, his fingernails are well trimmed, his pant suit was ironed properly, with no creases.

He didn’t look like any police officer, he looked like a refined businessman, rare and blue blooded with his attention to detailed clothes!

The truth was, he was displaying cleanliness and germaphobia in every part of him!

Rae was surprised about his honesty about his germaphobia towards himself.

“Then, you will be disgusted at the things I’ve touched too!” Rae felt this way.

However, Marcel said, “No, you’re an exception!”

She felt her heart thump wildly repeatedly.

“Why?” Rae asked subconsciously.

“You, you’re more pleasurable to look at!”

Marcel’s answer surprised her and left her speechless.

Luckily, someone knocked on the door at this time, saving Rae from this embarrassing and awkward moment.

“It’s open!” Marcel said calmly.

Easton Holder walked in and reported, “Captain Hopkins, the police on the phone says that a female corpse has been found in the remote mountains in XC District!”

Rae looked at Marcel Hopkins subconsciously for a moment.

He looked directly at Easton at the door. Standing in front of the empty space of his office desk, from Rae’s point of view his side profile looked overconfident, so handsome it made one breathless.

“Send out the police force, and you too Rae, Easton you choose two more people, get in touch with the forensics team!” Marcel commanded.

There was nothing else Rae could do except throw down her cleaning rag and follow the patrol police.

New to the department and already sending out troops, Marcel was so dedicated!

He took big and fast paced strides, his vigorous muscles were wrapped in his pantsuit, he wore black leather shoes, definitely around size 44 to 45, oh such big feet, as soon as he received the report he had turned into a completely different person, unlike just now when he was speaking slowly and elegantly, he was now very serious, swift and strict.

The police car arrived 25 minutes later at the most remote part of the remote mountains in XC District, which was inconvenient to get to.

After arriving, Marcel walked in front of everyone towards the corpse. Therefore, everyone else had no choice but to follow on foot too.

Rae followed right behind him, reminding herself silently not to act like an idiot again. She was right behind Marcel and couldn’t help looking at his buttocks. Oh, these buttocks belonged to a man with elegant demeanor, so sexy and muscular. She swooned.

He felt the female officer behind him being distracted, Marcel turned around abruptly.

Therefore, he looked at Rae starring at his buttocks.

Rae’s face suddenly blushed, she felt embarrassed and then she turned away.

“No distractions!” Marcel ordered, though his voice was mild and gentle, Rae felt a cold exterior about him, was this because the distance between her and Marcel Hopkins was too short?

She only felt Marcel’s change of attitude to an icy one, his thin lips closed lightly, he looked at her condescendingly.

Rae raised her head up to look at him.

His face features looked quite clear, but she can tell whether his eyes were misty.

Rae was silent, she didn’t say a word.

She didn’t know what to say, she was distracted and will be distracted again.

She was speechless, but at the same time she was defiant towards his tone of voice so she refused to answer him.

“You have an opinion!” Marce said firmly, it wasn’t a question.

It looked like he can see through her, and that startled her. She couldn’t believe his ability to see through her.

It seemed like he was really inside her head, because he asked, “Do you know anything about Criminal Psychology?”

Uh!

Was he evaluating her as a criminal?

“Anyone’s thoughts can be evaluated.” He said. Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

Easton, Itzel Wilkerson and the crime scene investigator were more than around 10 miles behind him, they walked towards him when they saw him.

Marcel turned around because of them, he walked very fast. Rae followed in silence.

“I hope my subordinates fully devote their efforts while working their respective jobs, or else leave my team!” Marcel said coldly and harshly.

“Noted!”

Rae was secretly frustrated, it looked like she really can’t get distracted again.

Additionally, Marcel was far from being kind, but she felt that she can improve herself in the workplace, so she quickly focused.

She should focus all her efforts and thoughts on the crime scene, that was how she deserved to wear her uniform.

After a quick search all over the mountains, they found the corpse.

The victim was a young woman, she was pretty, her bottom half was naked, the only thing that wasn’t damaged was her head. However, it was a shame that she was naked at her time of death, poor girl.

Rae could not bear this.

Marcel glanced at Rae, he didn’t ignore the moment where Rae could not bear this, he made a soft “chick” sound with his lips, it felt like he was conveying sarcasm.

Rae’s hearing was very sharp, she heard him immediately, she tilted her head up to look at Marcel, instead Marcel turned around to walk towards the corpse, he circled around the corpse in a patronizing way, and finally looked at the corpse.

Rae followed him, she understood his previous display of his sarcastic behaviour and heard it clearly.

He stood still, didn’t make any commands, Rae dared not take any unauthorized actions.

Marcel squatted down.

“Gloves!” he suddenly said.

Rae rushed towards him, fortunately she was prepared.

“You, come here and examine this for a while.” Marcel said again.

The only thing Rae could do was to put on her gloves and start examining the corpse. The forensic crime scene investigation officer arrived soon and went along with her.

Marcel wore gloves but did not move the corpse.

Rae examined the corpse and reported, “Captain Hopkins, the initial inspection indicates that the deceased is around 20 years old, similar situation with the corpse found the day before yesterday at the mountains in XC District, the victim was raped before her death, the corpse found previously also had head injuries, this current victim’s cause of death is from damage to her vaginal area.”

Rae suddenly remembered that report, she immediately reported again, “Also, the previous report indicates that the deceased is not human, we need to re-test the prints to define what breed of animal it is!”

Rae felt shy when talking about this and blushed, she was a lady and felt awkward talking about cases like these. On the contrary, Marcel did not feel awkward, he picked on his brows, and suddenly said something.

“The report you wanted to give me just now was about this? An intercourse between a beast?!”

“Yes!” Rae blushed while nodding her head.

He did not mind whether his bluntness affected his image as a gentleman.

“I will look at the report when I get back!” Marcel nodded and then asked Gustavo Wagner, “Gustavo, what is your conclusion?” Gustavo frowned and reported, “Captain Hopkins, the victim’s vaginal area was attacked physically, causing serious injuries, after severe bleeding, it has been cleaned up, therefore there are no prints or blood samples, this isn’t the initial crime scene. It is a nuisance to place the corpse here, not only is this the middle of nowhere, dumping the corpse here is troublesome, and strenuous, I feel that the suspect murderer should be very familiar with this area, or has a soft spot for this area. Obviously, the murderer is twisted and sick.”