✰Caitlin✰
Helplessness wasn’t an emotion I was used to. Frustration? Yes. Anger? Absolutely. But helplessness? That was something I had never allowed myself to feel. Until now. Another body. Another dead end. I stood in the medical examiner’s office, my arms crossed tightly over my chest as I stared down at the lifeless form of Lisa Monroe. She looked just like all the others. Perfectly intact, no visible wounds, no signs of struggle. Dr. Howard, the city’s medical examiner, sighed as he pulled off his gloves.
“I don’t know what else to tell you, Detective. It’s the same as the last nine victims,”
“No cause of death?” Stanley asked, though we both already knew the answer. Dr. Howard shook his head.
“No trauma. No toxins. Nothing,” he gestured toward Lisa’s body. “It’s like someone fl
