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He fingerprinted each finger.
“I can tell you’ve never done this before. The newbies are always awkward finger printers.”
“Thanks?”
“Yeah,” he laughed.
“You’re going to need Jules’ prints too. Should I call her?”
I was excited at the possibility of seeing her.
“No, that’s not necessary,” he said.
“Why? She touched the box too. It’s true there was proof of female fingerprints. It could very well be Taylor’s.”
“Elliott,” he shook his head. “You seriously have to let that theory go. Though, I almost prefer yours. I’m thinking more dangerous thoughts.”
That statement made me shudder inside. He underestimated Jesse entirely.
“Wait,” I realized, “why don’t I need to call Jules down here?”
He hesitated, “Uhhh, because I already have them.”
“Shut up! You’re lying to me!” I said, with a massive grin on my face.
“Anyway, let’s move on.”
“No, no, no. Back the truck up here Danny! You have Jules’ prints? Why?”
“None of your darn business Elliott!”
That’s okay. He didn’t have to tell me but Jules would have to later. I was sort of averse to the idea of finding out but I was also dying to know.
“Okay, okay,” I said quickly abandoning the idea that he was going to tell me.
Danny hadn’t handled the box with his own hands, he had used a handkerchief he always kept with him but never used. I sort of wondered why he even owned it until I saw him take it out to the handle the box.
He went to a locked file cabinet and retrieved a folder, flipped through it and took a sheet of paper out that looked similar to the one he had just used to document my own fingerprints. He put the rest of the folder back in the cabinet and locked it. Jules’ file. He sat back down at the lab table and reached for a shelf above him. He pulled a small cardboard box out and opened it to reveal a stand magnifier. He compared all of the signatures and found only mine and Jules’.
He decided there was nothing on that side of the paper. He unwrapped the paper flipped it, repeated the entire process and found nothing. Again, dusting the cardboard box that held whatever it was that was inside but finding nothing.
“Time to open it,” he said.
I was pretty frightened to be honest with you and I actually felt like telling Danny to let me do it in case it was something that could harm him.
“Danny? I think I should open it, just in case.”
“Nonsense. Wait,” he laid his ear against the package. “Nope, not ticking. I’ll open it.”
“This isn’t funny Danny. I’m pretty nervous.”
“I know son. It’ll be okay.”
He pulled off the tape that bound the lid and dusted it as well, finding absolutely nothing yet again. He peeled the lid back.
My eyes widened in fear. Jesse was more insane than even I gave him credit for.
“My God.”
