7 So it begins...(pt. 3)

Finally, I entered the conference room but to my disappointment Mae wasn't there. I stroll my way to the nearest seat and made myself comfortable while waiting for her.

"Cohen, took you long enough to be here." Mae's voice was muffled but good enough to be heard.

"Yes, " I replied. "There was a traffic jam along the way. Now would you be dear and honor me with your apparition ."

I heard her laugh and knocked underneath the table, indicating that she's there.

"Apparently, I need to be fix-it-Felix right now to get this wiring to work. Otherwise I'll have to purchase another one of these babies and I just can't afford to give another dollar to that capitalist company. "

I grinned. Mae Nadorez, the notorious IT specialist brunette one could ask for a best partner. Mae can be a tinker, a forensic specialist, an economist, a hacker, whatever you name it. She's literally the epitome of the word versatile. Although Chief wanted her to assist (the then Head) Mark on forensics ballistic because it was obviously her line of work, we lack people at the information technology department . And since her skills surpassed all of the men who are exceptional on that field, Chief undoubtedly put her as the Head of IT.

"So! " she exclaimed. "I have the information you need for our dead err, dear Jane Doe. "

I nod, urging her to continue. She powered the projector and glued her eyes on her laptop while pushing the folder towards my direction.

I caught it with ease and opened the file.

"Her name was Lany Wayland. A tourist lost in the sea of monsters." said she.

"No doubt. "

"A Brit, 22. She's here to visit her boyfriend that she met online. But according to my cctv, the bastard didn't come so, our girl decided to head to tipple R and SB. Nothing happened there apparently. What's bothering me is, at 2:03 a.m she took a cab going to her hotel near the strip , you can see that she even went to her room by 2:26 a.m and never came out. " she pursed her lips. Clicking another video she proceeded.

"But her body was found three blocks away from her room in another hotel casino at exactly 2:26 a.m. I don't know if its possible or what."

"And she's an only child. " I chimed in, looking down at the folder that I was holding.

"I'm still wondering why the British Embassy wasn't making a fuss over this. " she said.

I smiled and stood. "You wouldn't want to upset the invisible hand now, would you? "

When she didn't answer, I continued.

"Let's go. Chief wants us in his office. After all, the night is still young. "