“I’ll see when we get there. If this is a collection, it likely dates back for a while. We’re going to need DNA, COD, and TOD of the eyes. It takes time to collect fifteen to twenty pairs of eyeballs.”
Hearing that, Chris started laughing—outrageously, as a matter-of-fact.
Someone was out of their mind.
“Elizabeth!” he said, knowing where this was heading. “If he pickled them in a brine, I can’t give you TOD. That’s not happening. You know that. This is not our first eyeball case.”
She was aware, but it flustered him, and she lived for that. Old habits died hard in her world.
She liked reverse shrinky-dinking Ethan, asking Chris TOD when she knew he couldn’t possibly know, and stirring up Natives that Callen had to calm back down.
And Gene…well, he was her partner in crime in it all.
Yeah, she was crazy like that.
Sue her.
“I know, Christopher. I just can’t help myself.”
When his phone chimed, he pulled it from his pocket, and there was good news on the Christina front.
DAMN.
GOOD.
NEWS.
It looked like he had his own partner in crime.
‘I’ll be there as soon as I can. I want to hit the ground running. Send me the address, and I’ll make sure your tech team there is my bitch. Let me surprise the boss. I like getting her giddy. We’re both in.’
Oh, he couldn’t wait for his wife to see his little present for her. This was going to be fun.
Chrissy was about to be back in charge.
Hell.
Yeah.
Now, he was in a good mood.
“Everything good?” she asked, assuming it was part of the tech team.
So, he lied so they could surprise her later.
“Yep, the vehicles following would like Speed Racer, here, to slow down. The tech vans can’t go from zero to cuckoo in three seconds. They are made to carry bodies and scientists, not impatient investigators and their lead-foot Marines.”
Ivan grinned.
“Then, tell the harpy. She told me to step on it. We all have a boss, Doc. She’s ours too.”
Elizabeth rolled her eyes.
“Just slow it down a bit,” she said. “The eyeballs aren’t going anywhere. Apparently.”
When he did, she continued.
“Anyway, as I was saying, most collectors have a collection for a long-ass time. If they just bought the building, they might have inherited a crazy squatter.”
