Dead!

"Will you ever stop blubbering?" Inspector Daniels was really fed up and I saw a flash of anger cross his features and then disappeared before I could even blink like it never came.

"You know even Kylie always says I blubber but I don't mind"

"You are going to identify a dead body" this time his demeanour was stone like.

"A d-dead b-body?" I couldn't help it, I mean I was already 200% scared.

"Yes, a corpse" he affirmed in a tone which made goose bumps climb my skin

A nurse led us to the morgue and showed us the corpse covered in white sheet and then handed Daniels Wayne some files and left.

"So she was rapped and then two gun shots in the abdomen,…"he was still saying when Maya interjected with an almost shaky voice whisper

"who was rapped?"

"That girl" he gestured towards the corpse."I meant what is left of that girl" he added eyes still focused on the files in his hands.

"Check, aren't you gonna check" inspector Daniels asked flipping the pages like it was something usual.

He held me by my arm and put me aside then stepped forward and unveiled the corpse.

"Do you recognize her?" Inspector Daniels asked

My eyes were fixed on inspector Daniels' face,I didn't want to look at the corpse. I was scared.

"I'm scared, I don't want to take a look" I confessed.

"For us to help you ,you need to help us,okay?" He touched my shoulders and tried to calm me down "Now take a deep breath and on the count of three you look ,okay?" He said and I could only nod. "One…Two…Three…" he counted. I instead shut my eyes.

"What happened? You need to do this" inspector Daniels insisted. 

"I am scared, what if she is my Kylie?" I felt a warm liquid run down my face.

"Listen to me you must do it am I clear?" he sounded professional now.

"Okay but can I hold onto your arm…you know for support?" I asked my body shaking from head to toe.

"Sure, if that will comfort you a bit" he replied and with that, I clasped my hands around his arm. "I'm ready" I said.

"Ok on the count of one…two…three…"

I tightened my grip on inspector Daniel's arm and opened my eyes to a sight which will haunt me to my last breath if I don't find justice. My sister, my Kylie lay there in white sheets, unmoving. Her face ashened and ruined from the scratches, her hair damp- as if she faught to her last breath, eye bugs,burst lips. Tears were flowing uncontrollably from my bloodshot eyes. Seeing Kylie in that state was the worst moment of my life, I stretched out my hand to her once beautiful face. If only those monsters didn't hurt her. I don't know but somehow, I was now at Kylie's side trying to wake her up.

 "Please, you must wake up. We haven't celebrated my birthday remember? We've not yet visited the old age home, you've not been promoted and I've not yet graduated. Remember you told me that we'll have a girls' night. Now please wake up, we still have a lot to do, a life to live and a world to explore. You haven't found your prince charming yet, so how could you leave? Just wake up. Remember you had to get twin ribbons for the two of us..." I didn't understand the words I spoke after that because I cried almost forever while uttering a lot of incoherent words.

Inspector Daniels Wayne was standing behind me, unmoving and I could feel his intense gaze on me, but anyway who cares? He must have been inwardly laughing at the drama I was showcasing, anyway, he doesn't know what losing the only family you've ever known in the universe feels.

A knock came on the door and the nurse who led us earlier came in with a plastic bag and said, "Uhm… sir, the girl was holding these before we brought her, she might have been from purchasing them at the accessory shop" the nurse said and handed the plastic bag to Inspector Daniels.

"Thanks" he said to the nurse. "Ms Radens, you might need to look at these, don't know what they are."

I turned around and he handed me the plastic bag, I quickly opened it and removed them before he could stop me_ police officers have a habit of doing that.

"Don't…" inspector Daniels uttered but the damage had already been done.

"They're ribbons for Kylie and me" I sobbed with the ribbons tightly pressed against my lips so my sobs came out muffled_I didn't want to make unnecessary noise for the inspector. An idea came to my mind.

I caressed Kylie's hair "Come on, I'll help you wear it" I slowly and carefully put the ribbon on Kylie's hair and also put one on my hair. "Wow! You look so beautiful, I'll take a photo of you wearing it." I looked for my phone but it was missing. "Inspector Daniels Wayne, can I borrow your phone, please? I need to savour this special moment you know, just for memories" I smiled up at him.

"Er…my phone is…" Inspector Daniels Wayne was trying to divert Maya all to no avail.

"Thanks…" I interjected taking his phone from him anyway.

…...

after a long session of taking photos_I couldn't exactly tell how many but I was still taking more but this time with a smile. "Kylie why don't you smile for me just this once, pleaaase…?"

"Ms Radens this Kylie or whatever you call her can't smile. She. Is. DEAD!!! okay" inspector Daniels thundered, my stomach rolled.