So that's the way it was. Matt was out, and I was in. Not that he gave me much details. In fact, at the time I hadn't realized what I had gotten myself into. Chief never told me why he had dropped out; just that he wanted me to "get on with it Freddy". Lucy thought something wasn't right there but then again, she disliked the Chief, ever since after Howard's case. It all happened so fast, and I wasn't prepared, and not with as much confidence as I would have liked. It was a strange case, and a rare one at that. Rare, because I didn't want to know. For once, I didn't get that thrill that I always got.

"Hello," i had said when I closed the grey door.

She didn't look at me.

"You are Melanie Can, yes?" I had asked lightly, but her eyes were heavy and dark. I didn't like it.

"Why ask me something you already know the answer to?"

Her voice sounded raw, as if she hadn't spoken in weeks.

Melanie Can was actually a pretty attractive lady/girl, but she looked haggard, disturbed and rightly so.

"You have spoken to Matt Rise previously, however he has had to leave this case and so I will be taking over."

"In other words, he dropped out," she said sarcastically, still staring at the dull, plastic edge of the table. There was a moment, where I simply observed her. She seemed calm and relaxed, but her eyes and complexion betrayed her.

"When did you first meet him?| I had asked gently and she finally looked at me, into my eyes before she began to tremble uncontrollably and murmur something inaudible, which soon turned into screaming and shouting. She was terrified, and was shortly taken out of the room, and I was told to stay in the interview room. Apparently the trigger had been my eyes. My green eyes.