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Death And A Cup Of Coffee Please? Part 2 by Nobody: 10:49am On Jan 31, 2017
Coming out of the manager's office, Inspector Kowoje couldn't help scratching his head. But then, anyone who heard what he heard, would be forced to do some head scratching too.

The "company" or better still, the manager and his friends, wanted the case solved with a minimum of fuss. No media attention.

This of course, made his job even more tedious. Like any man with ambition, Inspector Kowoje loved to see his face on television. Imagine if he went to a bar to drink and then the 8 o'clock news came on, and first thing they showed, was the face of yours truly. Gbam! Instant stardom. A free drink or two, as people tried to get the gist of the case. Then he would of course look all serious and forbidding, giving vague but juicy hints and riding on the wave of popularity.

Alas! It wasn't going to happen. All this thinking ate up the time that it took to get to the office of Mrs. Andrews, the lowly office worker that decided to commit suicide and complicate Kowoje's day.
Getting to the tiny office, he adjusted the damnable belt, hiked up his trousers, took a deep breath, and stepped in.

The moment he opened the door, it hit him. The slightly metallic smell of blood. At that point, it hit him. This was not a suicide, this was a murder. But then why did the manager refer to it as a suicide?
He probably didn't want the staff panicking.
That in itself was understandable.

He took slow, heavy steps, dreading what he would find behind the office table, yet drawn to it with a certain morbid curiosity. Eventually he got there, and saw Mrs. Andrews. Or what was left of her...

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