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First
Date or Second Thoughts
Sequel to 'Cold Vengeance'. A Loan Shark is found murdered in an
unusual way. And it's the morning after the ‘night’ before for Sara and Grissom
.
Disclaimer:
CSI does not
belong to me. No infringement intended.
Chapter
One – Pre-Credits Teaser
The stench of death hung heavily in the air as Grissom and Brass
surveyed the scene. Vincent McMann, loan shark and all around bad guy was tied
to a chair, covered in lacerations. Blood pooled beneath him, sticky and black
like tar.
‘Cleaning Lady found him,’ Brass informed Grissom. ‘She comes in
once a week.’
‘How long has he been dead, David?’ Grissom enquired of the
Coroner, who was in the process of taking a liver temperature.
‘Rigor’s come and gone,’ David replied. ‘Lividity is fixed. Been
more than 24 hours.’
He removed the thermometer as he spoke and looked at it. ‘Room
temperature.’
‘No one missed him?’ Grissom asked as he bent to take a closer
look at the body.
Brass snorted, ‘Vinny the Shark? No way. Even his own mother
couldn’t stand the sight of him.’
Grissom peered at the deep cut on McMann’s right wrist. It seemed
different from the other cuts.
‘This one’s a lot deeper than the others. What do you think,
David,’ Grissom wanted to know.
David took a closer look. ‘He definitely bled out the most from
that wound. The rest are superficial.’
Grissom examined some of the other cuts. ‘The shallow cuts nearest
the deep one bled out,’ his gaze moved further down the victim’s body, ‘but the
one’s lower down didn’t bleed much at all. They were probably inflicted when
the victim was already dead or dying.’
Brass bent to take a closer look. ‘What are you thinking?’ he
asked Grissom.
Grissom looked up at him. ‘The first cut is the deepest.’
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