Stay Calm

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Kieran stayed outside in the smoking area and vaped for a good 15-minutes, trying to calm himself down. He was seething at himself, pacing around the small area and he checked his phone constantly until Ciara came outside to go and check on him. "Are you okay?", Ciara asked, looking at the distressed detective. "I don't even know anymore", he said, rubbing his face, "I'm sorry for my outburst. This is all just getting to me". Ciara took out her own vape pen and began taking her apple-flavoured nicotine into her lungs, "It's okay. My sister can't cope with stress either so I'm used to it". "Our break will come soon", Kieran said, "It better come soon". Ciara sighed and exhaled her smoke as Kieran put his away and went to head back inside. "Are you coming?", he asked, looking at Ciara who nodded. "I am more determined than ever now", he said, "We will catch this motherfucker and that's a promise". Ciara sighed; she liked that Kieran wanted justice but wasn't sure he was mentally stable enough to take any more failures.

Kieran returned to the office, cracked his knuckles and looked at the corkboard. Ciara stayed in the doorway and watched her colleague get focused again. "This all began in 2002", he said, "And it's still going on. There must be some connection to summer. But what? Heartbreak? Or does the killer return every year to Kilkenny to kill more teens?". This got the cogs in Ciara's brian turning as well and she stood beside Kieran and began thinking. "What is always booming in the summertime apart from the longer evenings?", she asked, looking at Kieran. Kieran put his index finger on his chin and sighed, thinking. Just as he was out of ideas again, a huge zoom sounded past the window. Kieran looked outside and saw a huge, blue New Holland tractor go past. It was then it clicked with Kieran and he felt like his world just opened up. "Oh my God, why didn't I see this before?", he asked himself, looking at Ciara, "Our killer is a farmer or a contractor. The farming! Summer is for hay and silage". Ciara looked outside and saw another New Holland go past. This was i; the missing piece. 



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