It was another warm, cloudless night and the stars in the heavens glistened like the millions of lights of the city below them. A huge super moon seemed to fill up the sky. Its brightness illuminated the city, painting it a shade of icy blue.
Cars eased their way down the busy streets, most sharing the same agenda of going home.
John Steel had returned to the alleyway where the body had been discovered that morning. He hadn’t had time to do a thorough search before. But now, he had the time and the silence to do it. John Steel had taken a cab to the end of the street and walked the rest of the way. He didn’t want to draw attention to his approach. People remember vehicles more than people. And a cab late a night, people would remember.
Steel checked he was alone, then slipped unnoticed
