The door to the apartment flew open and Leigh ran in startling Emily awake.
"You mi…" before Emily can even get out her thought Leigh jumped on top of her hugging her tight. "Uh…what's gotten into you this isn't like you?"
"I…I saw a dead body…on my way back from the club…" Leigh struggles to get the words out. She's white as a ghost. Emily hugs her back.
"Are you okay Leigh?"
"Yeah it was just…I've never been so scared. It was just laying there in the alley near our apartment. The cops were there. I talked to one of them. I think he said his name was Jacob."
"By our house?" Emily repeated quietly.
"Yeah…"
Emily grabbed the TV remote and quickly cycled to the news channel
On screen a reporter was seen by himself. "Everything is quiet in the city tonight, not much to report. I've seen nothing happen out here." Liam said as the studio hosts smiled.
"Thanks Liam," the hosts said and it cut back to the wide angle in studio.
"I'm not sure the media knows yet I don't think they want the media to know, " Leigh said. "The scene was pretty buttoned down."
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Elsewhere in the city a police detective is walking down a back alley with a fedora covering their face. He walks past a club and then a bar with a bartender standing outside of it.
"Hello officer," he says nodding as the Detective walks by. The Detective turns to one side as he passes and walks just a little faster. Not saying a word.
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In another place outside of London a pop star sits in a boardroom with a bunch of record producers and label executives.
"I just don't understand why I needed to cancel my London shows. Nobody is going to hurt me," she says in Korean.
"Neon the crime rates are really high. And there's a murderer on the loose that the police can't seem to catch. I can't risk the face of our label."
"Please, I'm too big of a target, they won't hurt me. What would they get from hurting a kpop singer? I want to tour London and dedicate the profits to the victims' families." The label head sighed but he knew that fighting Neon when he mind was already made up was a losing battle. He smiled at her and nodded his head.
"That's a fine idea and I know you won't let me hear the end of it if I tell you no. I'll set up media and we will get you into London tomorrow to do press for a restart of the tour."
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In the office of Detective Jacob Lane a report is placed on his desk by an aide. He flips through the pages. The coroner report has been heavily redacted. Every day it feels more and more like someone in the city is trying to make sure this murder is never solved.
It's impossible to figure out anything from this report.
GloriousBob was killed last night he was REDACTED a member of REDACTED and his role was REDACTED
Day 2 begins now and will continue until 3:30 central on April 3rd or until a majority is reached.
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