Gene went there.
“Any issue with that?” he asked, trying not to be bossy, but…he was bossy.
Ethan shook his head.
“As long as we keep it on the DL from our boss, we should be good.”
That was a good point.
“Thanks, EJ.”
Oh, he knew what he was thanking him for, and really, it was fine. Ethan wanted to dig in, and it wasn’t easy to do both jobs at once.
“No need. I’ll also work on the profile. Because this tells us one thing,” he admitted.
Gene waited.
“For someone hyper-focused on a crime like this, then to come after the investigators, that means this personISN’Tin control. While collectors get mean, this was excessive. This was not controlled or planned out. My gut is telling me that we have someone with a split personality, or a disorder. This is lashing out. That takes a fracture. To do it during the day…expect more.”
Oh, he didn’t like that.
DID was a rough mental disorder to tangle with, and he knew that because they’d dealt with dissociative identity disorder before.
And it got messy.
“So, we have a collector with DID?” he asked.
Ethan nodded.
“I’d bet on it. This is a mess. I need to get my thoughts straight. Then, we’ll hit it up later. We still have a lot of places to visit today.”
He was aware.
Gene needed to make sure they stayed on track. There was no doubt that Gabe would be all over this.
Like boss on employees.
“Let’s keep this lowkey,” Gene suggested. “We don’t need Gabe up in our business.”
Speaking of that particular Devil…
“He called me, I sent it to voicemail, so expect him to reach out to you at some point.”
Well, shit.
“Did he leave a message?”
Ethan shook his head.
“Nope.”
In this case, then, no news was good news, or so he hoped. If Gabe wanted to speak to them, he’d make it happen—one way or the other.
“Let’s hope it stays that way. I’ll get back to you fast,” Gene said, as the detective was heading their way.
“All clear,” Dannie stated. “They will hold it until you guys get your techs here. Any camera footage, if there is any, will be sent to my office, and I’ll get it to you. I just wouldn’t hold your breath on that. Again, nice part of town—until you two showed up.”
That wouldn’t be the first time that happened.
