Ricci Schwarzler - Bunch

He stared at the dead body. Its head caved in.

‘What do we know?’

‘Well, it looks like he’s had a heart attack.’

‘WHAT? No it doesn’t. It looks like he’s sustained a blow to the head with a blunt object, I’d say.’

‘Well maybe he fell and hit his head and then had a heart attack.’

Shaking his head he stared at her.

She stood calmly staring at the body and he could tell she was processing the entire event. It was her first dead body. He knew from the past, that when she was stressed, she would wring her hands, but this time they were calmly behind her back.

‘How old was he?’

’82.’

‘When was he found?’

‘About three hours ago.’

‘Why is there a bunch of flowers next to him?’

‘I thought it would be a nice touch.’

‘What? You put them there?’

‘Yes.’

‘Mum what’s behind your back?’

‘A blunt object.’