“What do you mean, they all tested positive for blood spatter? Every single one…even the children? Why are the patterns inconsistent with the murder…and where the HELL is whatever weapon was used to cut him in two?”
With the phone held tight between his ear and shoulder, Detective Chief Inspector Lucas closed his eyes and massaged his temples with the fingertips of his spare hand as he made barely-legible notes on an already-full notepad. The voice wittered on the other end for a few more moments, transcribed at speed into further layers of complexity in a case so nightmarishly complex his grey hairs were getting the collywobbles and thinking of quitting for an easier life.
“Look, unless there’s been a change in the law which allows me to prosecute an entire village, we need EVIDENCE, so keep looking until you find something I can use.”
This has been part of Ivy’s Six Sentence Stories, and the prompt was CHANGE.
To catch up on preceding episodes, here they are, in order:
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Great mystery! Lots of questions. I’d love to hear the whole story! 🙂
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ME TOO! I’m only finding out what happens as each new prompt makes me think up the next bit. 🙂 (previous chapters are linked at the base of the post)
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ohh exciting! i need to read up on the others. thank you for sharing ❤
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Heheh glad you liked it! Hope you find the preceding chapters to your taste as well.
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OOH they all have blood? Poor detective. Yikes! And fun!!!
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Juuuuust to mix things up a bit and obfuscate matters 😉 Why not, eh?
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EVERYBODY has blood spatter? EEP!
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I know. Talk about muddying the waters, right?
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I love the way this twisting tale continues to tease and surprise us! You can bet I’ll be back next week to see if any substantial clues have yet come to light! I hope you are having as much fun writing each chapter of this story as we are reading it and waiting… waiting… to see how it all comes out in the wash! 🙂
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I AM! And now I have *some* idea maybe of how it was done! It all hinges on…well, no, it hinges on the prompts really, but I have more of an idea of what to work towards. 😀
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Detectives clearly like obvious leads not total confusion and obfuscation.
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Ohhh they most definitely do!
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“The voice wittered on the other end” just plain loved the phrase… made up word or naturally occurring? like it in either case.
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Naturally occurring and common parlance over here 🙂
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I want evidence! Love the piques and prods of the story. Well?
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I ran outta sentences… 😉 Tune in next week to see what the prompt reveals!
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Is there more coming? I love it!
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Ohhh there will be! I’m certain of it!
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You made my day!
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Awesome 🙂
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Gotta read the others (where have I been??) but this one is hysterical!
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Hehehe awesome. I kept forgetting to link them all in one place!
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Well, it was worth the little hunt.
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Hmmm – so, the puzzle pieces don’t fit? And, where is Tom? What’s happened to Tom? Love it!
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Well…that’s the rub…he’s in a different part of the story right now, isn’t he. And is he one of the ones with blood splatter? We can assume so…but whether or not that means he’s involved…
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We just have to wait till next week so you can twist us some more. HeHe So, I just have to take that very good advice:
DON’T PANIC! (notice the large friendly letters)
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Hee hee! Maybe maybe not! I haven’t decided yet WHOdunnit, but I think I *might* know how…
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Anywho…WHAAAAA??? How could they all have done it? Call CSI
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EXACKHERLYYYYY! Or DID they all dunnit?
Dun, dun, duuuuuuuhhhhhhnnnnn! ( <— poorly rendered dramatic music)
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Am I FRIST?
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Damnit!
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(but no cigar)
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SO close…
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Collywobbles ,i feel like spittin kittens,dagnaburt…im downright schnookered! Am i frist!?
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Sigh. You are.
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Hehehe BOOOOOOM BABY!
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