Super Detective in the Fictional World

ackyard like that for half an hour.
He could only drag her back into the living room.

Then, Luke made her a pot of hot cocoa.
She wouldn’t put on weight anyway.

Selina was so comfortable that she could barely keep her eyes open.

Luke asked, “How have you been? Very busy?”

Selina snorted lazily.
“A little bit.
Donald gave me a lot of things to do.”

Luke asked, “Such as?”

Selina said, “Reading files and analyzing intelligence.
I have to write reports, too.
So, I have to work late a lot.”

Luke wasn’t surprised.
That was how newcomers were usually treated.

He could be willful because he had forfeited credit for his contributions so far.
Selina certainly didn’t have that option.

He thought for a moment before he asked, “Did you learn anything?”

Selina said, “Rub my belly and help me digest my dinner, and I’ll tell you.”

Luke was lost for words.
“If you’re so full, why did you fight me for food just now?”

However, he did as he was told.

He had been away for more than ten days, and she had been all alone here with no friends or family, just work.

Her superior was a middle-aged black man who didn’t have much in common with her.
It was only reasonable that she was bummed out.

Rubbing her slightly bulging belly slowly and gently, Luke continued, “You can speak now.”

Selina took a deep breath of relief.
“Well, I think I’ve learned a lot of things.
However…”

Luke asked, “However what?”

Selina thought for a moment, then shook her head.
“Donald’s only a so-so detective.
I’ve picked up his methods.
He barely makes mistakes, but he also wastes a lot of time.”

Luke nodded his head.
“That actually isn’t a bad thing.
If you were working with Elsa, you might make progress more quickly, but you would’ve overlooked many details.
Donald is slower, but it’s not bad for you since you’ll be able to keep up with him all the time.”

Selina nodded her head, then shook it.
“We’ve been working on a case for a week, but I think we’ll probably drop it in a day or two if we still don’t get any results.”

Luke asked curiously, “What case?”

“The death of a college girl.” Selina said, “There’s no evidence of a homicide, and it looks like an accidental drug overdose.
But somehow I feel that it’s more complicated than that.”

Luke asked, “Where did it happen?”

Selina said, “She died in an apartment in our jurisdiction, but she’s from USC.
Also, she wasn’t living in that apartment; the tenant is another woman who’s gone missing.”

Luke immediately knew that there wouldn’t be any outcome for this case.

The two people involved were dead and missing respectively.
Without more clues, the case would soon be deemed an accidental drug overdose, and thrown into the archive room.

If it were Elsa and Luke who were responsible for the case, they would’ve given up after three to five days without any leads.

There were too many such cases to investigate.

Luke could only shake his head.
“I don’t think there’s anything else you can do.
Just drop it if you can’t find any leads.”