The sound of my phone when someone messaged me filled the air inside Takuma’s car and brought me back to my senses. It was only at that time when I realized that I had been blankly staring at the houses around us from the front window of the car for who knew how long.
There were still a few minutes before noon when Takuma and I finished checking the crime scene where Minami's body was found. But he told me to get inside the car first as he was going to take a look at something inside. He said he won’t be long, so I agreed and headed straight in the car without asking him about it anymore.
Ever since Takuma and I had that conversation a while ago about the case of those missing women, my mind had been quiet and still. It was not because I was calm. But it was because of the shock an
