Shifts

He was finally out of her life.

It would need to look like a housebreaking and armed robbery that went wrong. It had taken a good degree of careful planning to cover her tracks. No suspicion would fall on her. She wasn’t even there when the robber broke into their apartment. She came home and discovered the body. She was told that the police would need to question her again, when she wasn’t so upset. As a result, she was expecting to hear from a detective with the CID. The detective in question was well known in the force. His work was truly exemplary. His clear-up rate of cases and the number of arrests he made was nothing short of remarkable!

There was a knock on her door. Opening it, the detective walked in, and without hesitation, he identified himself by showing her his wallet badge. He began by saying, “You now see me as a senior detective from the crime squad.”

She looked confused.

“The fact is,” he said, “I am a shapeshifter.”

She stood for a moment, trying to take in what he had said.

“A shapeshifter?” she blurted.

“Yes. Let me explain.”

She stood, still confused, but said nothing.

“You needed a gun, right?”

Her eyes went wide and she found herself nodding.

“I was the shifty, young man in the pub who gave you the address, and told you to knock twice, then three times.”

She gasped.

With a smile, he nodded and went on. “I was the woman in the apartment who sold you the revolver, and I was also the man in the clothing alterations shop. The person she had told you would dispose of the weapon for you, without any fuss.”

She could only stand there with her mouth open.

He grinned, saying, “You see how this works, right? Please feel free to tell people what I am. They won’t believe you; that’s for sure.”

He turned back to the door and gave it a knock.

A police constable entered, and after a nod from the detective he handcuffed the woman.

The detective said, “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you do say…”

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