Sneaking In

"After all that? It's natural causes?" Mason listened while Yu Yan filled her in on the latest news. It had been two weeks since the corpse had been found a few blocks away from their flat. The woman was estimated to be in her late 20s and had died shortly after midnight.

Yu Yan tried unsuccessfully to wave away the thick steam in their flats only bathroom. "One of those people who like to run at night, I guess, some sort of undiagnosed heart valve problem. Paper says she was dead before she hit the ground." The squeaking sound of Yu wiping the fog from the mirror filled in the conversational pause. "Use some cold water when you shower, holy crap..."

"Some like it hot," Mason replied, her tone unapologetic. "Steamy showers are my only vice."