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David Mills walked out of the police department, frustrated that things were going nowhere with this case, he tried using every clue with Somerset and nothing was working.
"god what are we doing wrong?, how are things not clicking!" he thought as he walked down the street heading to his apartment, taking a right and pressing on the "PLEASE HOLD" button on the sidewalk, the wait seemed to take forever as he waited there patiently, a few moments later the light to walk finally came on and he kept walking, he was mentally going through the clues this killer dropped for him and somerset in his head trying to remember every single detail, every inch of the photo frames, every possible mishap that could have occurred, he could have sworn there was something missing like a jigsaw puzzle that you cant just piece together at the second but his thoughts of that went away when he got to the apartment elevator, it looked like those elevators you'd see in a Sean Connery bond flick, the ones that take years to go up and down. "god this is taking forever, how much longer do i have to fucking wait for this thing??".
eventually the elevator arrived down at the first floor, while he walked in it, the doors closed behind him and slowly started moving up to the apartment floor he lived at. "oh thank fucking god this thing is as old as a phonograph" he thought as the elevator finally reached his floor, the doors slammed open as he eventually opened his key to his apartment but before he could even open the door he heard a loud shrieking sound like someone writing on a chalkboard but 20x more louder and worse, "oh my god, not the fucking trains again" he said as he finally walked into the apartment and looked around, no one was there except him and his dogs. he put his case file on his desk and sat in his chair relaxing for the night, just waiting for his wife Tracy to come home, later Tracy finally came through the door "hey babe why are you home so early"? she said to him, as he explained why to her "oh i just got frustrated about this case with somerset and decided to cool off for the night". Tracy looked at him a little confused at that confession, "huh you feeling alright baby?" she said to him, as he said, "yea I'm fine babe, my behavioral issues just got the best of me today".
Tracy hugged him knowing how much his behavioral problems were like, she looked at him before saying, "baby its ok, that case you got going seems like really frustrating work for you." she was right, he was getting upset about the case, the way nothing seemed to fit, nothing wanting to work with his head, just felt a little weird to him knowing how usually easy his earlier cases were. "Baby its fine i am getting a little upset but i can manage my anger, don't feel bad for me" he said looking at her, smiling "really baby ill get through this" Tracy looked at him, "ok if you say so.. anyways I'm gonna go take a nap" he nodded at her, "feel free to do what you like my love" he said before relaxing in his chair and closing his eyes for a few minutes.
later in the night, Mills and Tracy are eating dinner having steak, mashed potato's and some green beans with each other (and their dogs), mills looks at her, "so.. how was work today?" Tracy gave him a weary smile, "its the same old same old babe, nothing really new in teaching elementary its just.. i wish we could leave this city, its so damn disturbing and just creepy here, you never know what kind of people you can meet." mills slowly nodded but also understood what she meant by that "yeah i aint gonna lie, this place is very crime ridden but my job pays me well and keeps us under this roof.. and i dont know.. it just clicks for me here." Tracy sighed a little, knowing he was right, his job did pay really damn well for them. "well you are right but still.. one day id like to leave this place and just never come back again." he looked at her, "baby i promise with all my heart we will leave this shitty town one day i promise with my heart." Tracy smiled at him, knowing he was being truthful and honest to her, "yea well you better not fuck up that promise for us." she said back to him, he also agrees, "oh babe you know i would never ever lie to you, that would be a sin to do." he grins at her, she chuckles at his comment "yes it would be very bad if you did that." he mocked saying the word sin "ahhh sins ooh oh so scary and dangerous!!" Tracy started laughing at that, "babe shut up..." he started to mock her religion again but not in a rude way "oh im god! look at me here watching the world right under my fingertips in this make-believe heaven!" Tracy couldn't stop laughing even though he was mocking her religion, "babe please stop your about to make me lose it.." he stopped but told her a warning, "that wont be the last time you hear me do that babe..." she rolled her eyes at him, just annoyed knowing he would do that again in the future. "you damn sap cant believe you sometimes.." he chuckles at her "mi amor, you know I'm just fooling around honey I'm not really making fun of it.." she looked at him "whatever but don't do that again dear.." he sighed and gave her a nod, as he turned to their dogs, Lucky and Mojo drooling for his food. "oh you guys! don't be drooling on the floor.. you silly pups..." they instantly stopped drooling as soon as he said that like they had some understanding of what he said, "woof! woof!" they barked out, he tilted his head down at Lucky the one who drooled the most. "ok Lucky fine here have this." he gave the plate to Lucky and as soon as he did, she started chewing it up like a goddamn lawn mower, he looked in almost disbelief at this. "oh my god.. you WERE hungry pup.." he said to her while she still is chewing her food, Lucky finally finishes the plate but only half of it, and then looks up at him smiling like a kid who got candy on the 4th of July.
as soon as Lucky was done eating, Mojo swooped in to finish the half of the food, he still couldn't believe how hungry Mojo also was. "you guys must think your at some rich family mansion in those silly heads of yours dontcha?" he smiles at them, as Mojo now is grinning just like Lucky is, he gets up from his chair and takes the plate away from them, "ok that's enough for you two for tonight" he said to them, the dogs look a little disappointed but happy that he fed them something that wasn't their kibble for just this once.
a few mins later he started washing dishes after dinner, and Tracy held him around his waist, "my gorgeous fiancé, are you gonna come with me to bed?" he turned his head to her, "babe you know i gotta keep working at this case at my desk, if i don't win this case i could possibly get fired.." she tilted her head down knowing his work was important to him and his job, she said to him "ok baby.. but ill be in my bed either asleep or just ready with some lets just say.. special time with you.." he perked his ears knowing he wanted that so so badly but couldn't do it at the moment, he looked at her, "babe if i could right now i totally would, you know when I'm done with this tonight ill do it with you ok?" she seemed very pleased with that idea in her head, "ok babe just let me know.." she said as she stopped putting her arms around her waist and started to go to their bedroom so she can rest.
as he's now sitting on his desk with the case file on his desk, he starts relooking at the clues the killer gave him and somerset, the word lust and a girls mutilated body in a bed in a photo, (he had to physically look away at that picture for a good 5 seconds) "god, for fucks sake.." he couldn't even keep looking as he somehow felt tired and decided to close his eyes for a while.. unbeknownst to him and Tracy someone walked into their apartment and is just hiding in plain sight.
he slowly wakes up and sees someone in the shadows and instantly draws his pistol, "WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU AND WHY ARE YOU HERE AND IF YOU DONT SAY THAT IM GONNA PUT A BULLET RIGHT IN YOUR HEAD." the man slowly started to calm down "alright David chill out man just chill out.." mills looked at the man who was still in the shadows, "now slowly but surely, come closer." the man started slowly doing so as he said and as he did, mills could see a glimpse of a red jacket, some very retro glasses and some spiked-ish looking hair.. then the man fully revealed himself.. "my name is.. Tyler Durden."
END OF CHAPTER ONE