‘Call declined’

Lyra groaned, hearing the receiver say “please leave your message after the beep”.

She called again, for the 4th time.

“Hey, Sam, it’s me. I don’t know if you know, but someone got murdered on the apartment complex you just moved into. Be careful okay. Call me back.”

Lyra sighed, rubbing her temples.

“Still no answer?” Officer Gray asked, leaning against her desk.

“Nope,” she said, closing her eyes. Officer Gray pat her back sympathetically.

“Duty calls, let’s go shall we,” he said, giving her a hand to help her stand up.

Lyra, with a small worried frown, thanked him and stood up. She grabbed her things and they left.

There was a murder in Liberty Street. A 28 year old man, Charles Sylvester. He had been missing for 4 days, and was found dead outside his apartment this morning.

Lyra Hemingway, a new cop to NYPD was working on this case with her partner, Mason Gray.

Lyra’s best friend, Samara Reyes, lived in Liberty Street.

Naturally, Lyra was worried sick, a murderer on the loose and her best friend since freshman year of high school living in that same place.

Samara knew all too well of the crime that had occurred. Even without her darling best friend telling her what happened.

She listened to all of the voice mails Lyra left her. She smiled.

“Hey, Sam, it’s me…” she left her phone on the sink, while she scrubbed her hands, listening to her best friend’s voice.

The white sink was now painted red.

She decided to call Lyra back, hitting the call button. Immediately, the call was answered.

“SAM! I’m so glad you called back, I was worried sick!” Lyra’s voice shout through the speakers of the phone.

Sam smiled and said, “what’s up,” she placed the phone next to her ear, supporting it with her shoulder.

While talking with her best friend, she watched the blood of Charles Sylvester go down the drain.