At first, Russell's pretty sure he won't be able to do it.
The story travels pretty fast within the cops who are on duty at the time and Russell's no exception. He's called to the scene first, mostly just to work crowd control as usual, while the detectives do their thing. Not that there's much to detect, the way he hears it. Pretty clear cut case of self defense and he knows not a single one of the women in the apartment are going to be brought up on any kind of charges. The first indication something might be really wrong is when he hears a name mentioned. Patrick.
In a distant way, the name is familiar.
It isn't until another cop pulls him aside and asks if he'll go to the hospital to take statements that he realizes why it sounds so familiar.
"One of the victims is asking for you," someone says and Russell knows in a second that Molly wants him to be the one to take her statement and he doesn't think he can do it. What he wants is to head straight over to that body bag and rip what's left apart completely. Russell doesn't know all the details, but he knows there was a lot of blood and he knows there was a lot of violence and the idea that someone's hurt Molly like that, someone she trusts, hits a little too close to home and he can feel his fury rising. He has to go, though. He can't leave her there just because he wants revenge against a man who's already dead.
"She's okay?" he asks the other officer when he arrives.
"She'll be okay physically," the man answers and when he doesn't say anything else, Russell takes a couple deep breaths, then knocks lightly on Molly's door before he pushes it open and heads into the room.
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The story travels pretty fast within the cops who are on duty at the time and Russell's no exception. He's called to the scene first, mostly just to work crowd control as usual, while the detectives do their thing. Not that there's much to detect, the way he hears it. Pretty clear cut case of self defense and he knows not a single one of the women in the apartment are going to be brought up on any kind of charges. The first indication something might be really wrong is when he hears a name mentioned. Patrick.
In a distant way, the name is familiar.
It isn't until another cop pulls him aside and asks if he'll go to the hospital to take statements that he realizes why it sounds so familiar.
"One of the victims is asking for you," someone says and Russell knows in a second that Molly wants him to be the one to take her statement and he doesn't think he can do it. What he wants is to head straight over to that body bag and rip what's left apart completely. Russell doesn't know all the details, but he knows there was a lot of blood and he knows there was a lot of violence and the idea that someone's hurt Molly like that, someone she trusts, hits a little too close to home and he can feel his fury rising. He has to go, though. He can't leave her there just because he wants revenge against a man who's already dead.
"She's okay?" he asks the other officer when he arrives.
"She'll be okay physically," the man answers and when he doesn't say anything else, Russell takes a couple deep breaths, then knocks lightly on Molly's door before he pushes it open and heads into the room.