Chapter 5
Back on Earth…
“Hey! They found another one!” the rookie cop yelled out while waving a sheet full of scrawled information above his head. He rushed up to Sage, slapped the wrinkled page down, and leaned over his desk. “They say the blood and gore is…”
Sage looked up at him and scowled. “You really enjoy this, don’t you?”
“Well,” the rookie said, a sheepish look on his face, “I don’t really enjoy it, I—”
“Man or woman?”
“Huh?”
“Alonzo,” Sage bellowed, slapping at the paper, “you didn’t even ask if the victim was a man or a woman? If you’re going to answer the damned phone, get all the information, will you?”
“I didn’t think it was necessary. I mean, I just assumed it was a man since they’ve all been men so far.”
“It doesn’t matter. You always ask. Don’t assume anything. W
