[b][color=9e0039][h1][center]Calvin Lovegrove[/center][/h1][/color][/b]
[color=9e0039][h2][center]Outside Club Carousel[/center][/h2][/color]

Ashley quickly straightened and collected himself, brushing off the lapels of his jacket. He shot what he hoped was a smirk at Cal, though it probably looked more unsettled than anything. “The bees this time of year, trying to crawl up my nose I tell ya.” He grimaced and went back to work, trying to shake off the sense of uneasiness that had sank its claws into the back of his neck.

Cal folded his arms and took a drag from his cigarette. "I should have taken him into custody." He sighed and cursed under his breath. "Stupid." It was a rare moment of self-criticism on Lovegrove's part, who tended to slyly project his failures onto those around him. He knelt down next to the body and peered at the man's face. A leaf was protruding from the man's mouth. Cal pulled on it, which gruesomely brought forth the long stem of a rose, one that had been inserted backwards down the man's throat. He tossed the flower on the ground and scoffed.

"It's unlikely that this sorry sack of shit was going to be of any use to us, but we have learned something."

Calvin noticed Ashley shooting a puzzled look toward him. He nodded, acknowledging the confusion. "This was reckless, killing a man out in the open like this. It means that we're getting closer. But we have to be extremely careful of who we talk to, and how discreetly we do it." He pointed at the body. "This is willy-nilly murdering anyone who talks to us."

Tossing his cigarette onto the asphalt and suffocating it with his heel, Cal sighed. "We need to regroup. Go get our only living witness into police custody and find a new place to stay. I'm going to find a new apartment and move Evelyn to a different hospital." It was becoming clear in the tone of Detective Lovegrove's voice that this case was starting to gnaw at him, and that he feared for not only his own life, but for the consequence of failing to get to the center of the case.

Calvin witnessed another inquisitive look from his partner, but waved his finger to dismiss it. "I know there's probably more procedural work we can do here, but it will have to wait. We cannot move any further if wee are priming ourselves to be this psychopath's next target. I'd rather his attention move to another lowlife like this."