The medical examiner had shown up as had the CSI techs. The crowd around the house was thick with everyone staring at the house in wonder. Gillford ha... officers canvassing the streets but no one admitted to knowing anything about the house nor who had been living there.Detective Feinstein could smell the scent on the air as she entered the building; it smelled like death. Well, death and some kind of antiseptic. She grabbed a handkerchief from her pocket and covered her nose and mouth. Julia. Minami blushed again, reflexively pulling Yutaka towards her to cover her exposed skin. The smaller girl backpedaled a tiny bit, surprised at the sudden pull; her hands shooting up to steady herself, clasping the tall girl's own. Yutaka turned an inquisitive face to her partner, meeting the troubled look of the teal-haired girl."PERFECT!" exclaimed Tamura, "Don't move a muscle!" Her pencil scratched furiously across the paper, and even Patty stopped reading her manga, whistling appreciatively. " My dad took a bite of the casserole I'd made for dinner. " ... This is really good, Stace." No, uh-uh..." I shook my head some more. "Not with me, dad, come on!" Why not?" He narrowed his eyes. "You have a big bed, a huge bed. Three girls could sleep in it easy."That was sorta true, I had a king size bed which was monstrously huge, and so did my dad, they'd been on sale for ridiculously cheap when they closed the Hesse's department store downtown. But I loved my big huge bed; I didn't want to. For Suzy the one fixed point on this journey was Dika. If she loved Dika hard enough she believed she could at last be safe. "We wait here English girl. Auntie not here yet." Suzy kept hold of Dika's hand. Her hand was soft but her grip was strong. "It's OK English girl." And Dika squeezed Suzy's hand. Then all of a sudden Dika leaned in and kissed Suzy on the lips. Suzy felt something deep inside, something she felt was vital to her existence simply melt away. Dika looked into Suzy's eyes and.