21: A Visitor

21: A Visitor

Character: Shelby Scott

We wake up at our desk in our office - and judging by our face we have been drinking?  Reach over and turn on the light, and then open the drawer and hit your inhaler.  In the lower drawer is a bottle of the bite - so why not take a little nip of the hair of the dog that bit us, shall we?  Nice that whiskey stuff! 

Open the file on the desk and check it out, and then look to your right, where we find our old - and now tarnished - police badge.  In the next drawer down is our automatic pistol - but it seems it will be staying in the drawer for now.  We can check the file cabinet and look out the window, look at the map and at our commendations on the wall.  There is a chair and a couch we can sit on, and an open door that leads into a room with a fridge conveniently marked FRIDGE.   Just as I was getting into exploring the place having opened and closed the cupboard in the kitchen, someone rings the bell.

When we open the door it is Lauren Winter!   You invite her in, and have her take a seat.  She tells you about a letter that arrived in the mail after her son was kidnapped - explaining that her husband took the contents before he left.  You take a look at the envelope and tell her that it may be a clue.

She says that she wants to help in the investigation - and when you diplomatically try to dissuade her, she takes her envelope and tries to leave.  You stop her, and reluctantly agree to her being your partner...  The scene fades-to-black for a chapter change.