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sweat as the detective made it clear that he didn’t want to cooperate with him. He ran his finger inside of his collar, as if his bowtie was becoming more restrictive. It was obvious that Freddy was unaccustomed to such anger being directed his way. This did not bode well for his first monster encounter. He took a deep breath before continuing.
    “I assure you that my intention was not to insult you, detective. I was just trying to inform you that for this particular situation…” Freddy was cut off again.
    “Let me tell you about your situation…” Shaw started.
    “Detective Shaw, perhaps I could have a moment of your time,” I interjected.
    He glared at Freddy, holding his gaze long enough to make our fearless leader squirm in his own skin. Then after it was clear that Shaw had established dominance, he waved me over to the side. We wandered a few steps away from Freddy before he started speaking to me.
    “Let me guess, you’re about to tell me this case is above my pay grade and I am on a need to know basis and all that other such nonsense right?” Shaw asked angrily.
    “Absolutely not, I just thought it was important that the two of us had a moment to make fun of his bowtie. Seriously, who wears a bowtie anymore?” I said straight-faced.
    The anger softened just a bit and I almost caught the beginnings of a smile. But he quickly regained his composure as he remembered that we were here to steal his case. I guess I could understand his point of view. If someone was trying to steal my case, I wouldn’t be very happy about it either. Add to that the fact that Freddy was annoying as all hell, and it was easy to see why Shaw was upset.
    “You are a rag tag looking bunch,” he replied.
    “Would it make you feel better or worse to know that this is us dressed up?”
    He gave me a small smirk. His guard was still up, but at least I had calmed the situation down enough to have a normal conversation with him.
    “Look Shaw, I know you don’t need our help and you know you don’t need our help. But just like you, we have to answer to a higher power. And unfortunately for our budding new friendship, my boss is forcing us upon you and pulling the jurisdiction card. We are happy to share as much as we can, but I can’t promise anything. I wish I could offer more.”
    I extended my hand in an attempt to salvage a little bit of a working relationship. He seemed to appreciate my honestly and shook my hand.
    “I appreciate that. Any chance you can tell me why the SIA is interested in this guy?” Shaw asked.
    “All I know is that his name came up in some database. We won’t know more until we examine the body,” I replied.
    “I look forward to hearing what you learn,” Shaw smiled.
    I smiled and gave him a nod. Shaw handed me his card before turning and starting down the hill. I nodded towards my team to follow and headed down after him. Once we were standing over the body, Shaw pulled out a little notepad, and flipped through a few pages before he found the one he wanted. He then started telling us what they had found.
      “He was discovered by a local fisherman at around five forty five this morning. The body is lying exactly as we found it. I figured you all might want to take a look before we carted it off,” Shaw smiled, “He had a wallet on him with a few bucks, a couple of credit cards, and a UK drivers license. Nothing appeared to be missing which makes us think this isn’t a mugging gone wrong.”
    “Thank you detective, please clear your men out…” Freddy started before I cut him short.
    “Detective Shaw, we would appreciate it if your men could give us the area for a few minutes,” I said.
    Shaw shot Freddy a dirty look before waving his men back up the hill.
    “Come on guys, they don’t want us to see them whip out the Ouija board,” he hollered.
    There were a handful of uniformed cops and a few members of the forensics team in the area. They all started laughing at Shaw’s comment as