Rebirth Into My Second Chance

But now, what he's doing is beyond my comprehension. I can't see through him anymore.

This afternoon, Max didn't even let me catch a break. He called me up and ordered me to get down to the basement and ride with him to the police station's forensic department.

I obediently climbed into the passenger seat of his car. He was silent the whole ride, only handing me a set of tools and saying, "Make sure you protect yourself well. Don't get hurt."

I knew that participating in an autopsy, especially one for the police, required extra caution. Any mistake could be fatal.

But hearing it from Max made it feel different.

"Thanks."

I noticed he had doubled the usual amount of latex gloves in the toolkit for me.

Soon, we reached the police station. As we entered the morgue, a chill crept up from my feet. The sight of bodies covered in white sheets made me look around, wondering if there were souls watching us, souls as defiant as mine. What could her story be?

"Don't space out."

Max's cold reminder snapped me out of it, and I continued to pass him tools.

He did most of the work himself, having me just take notes and hand him what he needed.

"Give these notes to Ronald."

done, he washed his hands repeatedly. It seemed he was even more of a clean freak than the

him a cold look. "Don't call me for this again. Your team has its own medical

we only call you because you're the best, man.

"Out."

the ones from our previous cases. Female victims, usually assaulted before being killed and then burned to a crisp. It's a

to extract some samples. They

God! Everyone said it was impossible, that there'd be no evidence left after

to hug Max, he was met

but Max's cough stopped him

didn't want Ronald

everything's in

nodded. "I knew we

not have a next

looking back at the charred body one last time. That time, Max was

en

methods were too similar to those used on the people who

Kate

shiver ran down my spine, spreading fear throughout my

up, it's getting

look back, but

heard