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At my faculty there is one criminology student, who was once sent to CBI for practice. This lucky person was actually me. So could you imagine my excitement when I’d realized I could see the field work for real? From the first day I tried to do my best. I even never complained about being left alone with huge piles of paperwork when everybody else got all the fun. However, seeing the work of CBI from reports was not enough, so I decided to ask around and try to get into one of the teams.
Once again Fate was on my side because I appeared in the right place at the right time.
It was on Sunday. I went to my new boss’ office to report that I’ve finally finished sorting this week’s files. And when I was about to ask if I might went back to the campus earlier, Mr. Jefferson – my boss –looked up from his cell phone and said:
“ Tessa, are you familiar with the rules of the CBI?”
“Of course I am, sir.”
“Then you probably know about the consequences that’ll happen if you act without thinking.”
“I know , sir. But I don’t quite understand what you want to say…”
“I just got a call from an old friend of mine.” said Mr. Jefferson. “Recently they had a lot of murders in the area and all his people are busy with cases. He sends his best team at the crime scene but they’ll probably need some help – ”
“And you want me to go there?” I asked anxiously. I couldn’t believe what I heard. I could finally get out of my little cupboard and see how real pros do their work.
“I’ve seen your file, Tessa. Your grades are excellent; you are very hardworking and devoted. And I think I can trust you on this one.” He got up and came up to me. Mr. Jefferson put his hand on my shoulder and said a bit quieter than before.”Tessa, I’m sending you to the agent Lisbon’s team. They have a consultant – Patrick Jane. He is kind of reckless…”
“Oh Lord… Teressa Lisbon. She is a legend!”
“Tessa!” Now he was a bit angry at me but still kind of worried, I wondered why. ”Listen to me. This man is probably a genius. He sees things at a whole new angle. However, he always breaks the rules. All the time! We still keep him as a consultant because he closes almost all the cases that he starts to investigate… The thing is… I know that you are true to your principles. And that is why I’m sending you to help them. ”
“I don’t –“ To say that I was confused… well it’s to say nothing.
“Tessa, can I trust you on this? Do you promise me not to break the rules of our organization and not to let Mr. Jane do it? This time our victim is an ex judge. His whole family is somehow connected with the elite of our society and if something goes wrong with this investigation, then we are all doomed.”
“I got it, sir. You can count on me. I won’t let you down.” I was so damn wrong…
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When I got to the crime scene it was already around midnight. I didn’t know where to go and what to do. I ended up on the side of the road near the cornfield. It was dark and I was truly glad that I got myself a new flashlight. The field looked creepy but it was quite like me to go in a place that every normal person will gladly pass by. There was no sign of the team or sirens or… anything at all. I started to think that I’m the biggest fail–
“Right. The biggest. Failure. Ever. What else could I expect from such a loser as I am?” By that time I was exhausted as if I was carrying the car and not vice versa.”Firstly, I ran out of fuel! Then my tire blew up! And finally my GPS brought me in the middle of nowhere!” I stopped and looked around once again.”And there is probably a bunch of pervs wanders around somewhere near… It’ll be better to get back to the car…”
I turned around and went back following my own footsteps when suddenly I caught some kind of rustle from behind. The blood froze up in my veins.
Was I wrong praying to all possible Gods to be sent to the field work?
Is my place at the desk in a small safe basement room with no windows?
Am I going to die?
It was probably just a couple of seconds but for me it was as if I stood there for an eternity. I couldn’t move a muscle but then I brought myself together and ran as fast as a wind. Our tutors always told us to remember about cases when agents faced some madmen during their work and it did not always end well… I remembered. And I ran for my life.
TBC