Red_Roses_and_Black_Dahlias_-_Macy_T

Looking up into the interrogation room where she presently sat, fiddling
with her fingers and looking down at her hands, the one-way mirror gave me
free reign to stare without worrying about her catching me.
Her eyes were always the window to her soul, you could usually tell
what she was thinking just by staring through them. So it scared the shit out of
me that all I saw when I looked at them since last night was nothingness. Her
eyes were void. The only times they filled with anything remotely close to
emotions, were when she interacted with her sister or when she was angry.
Other than that it was as if the old Sofia was dead.
“Poor girls…” Adam brought my attention back to him. He stood next to
me, shaking his head while looking into the room where only Sofia sat. “So
young and already been through so much.”
Valentina was with the force’s psychologist, Mindy Sheffield, who was
having a hard time getting the youngest Raymond to speak to her, from what I
heard. I found myself nodding absentmindedly.
As soon as we’d come in, they were both ushered to Chief Piersons’
office for paperwork, before Mindy came to take Valentina with her. The
little girl refused to go, she cried and gripped her older sister like her life
depended on it. Sofia wasn’t too keen on letting her go alone either. She’s a
naturally distrustful person, and has always been particularly protective of
her younger sister. It made sense that after an experience as traumatic as the
one they were faced with yesterday, they would be even more on the
defensive.
After half an hour of trying to convince Valentina and Sofia to let the
younger Raymond talk to Dr. Sheffield, they both finally relented. Valentina
went with her while Sofia followed us to the interrogation room where she
was now sitting, tapping her foot on the floor incessantly. I snatched my eyes
from her and looked at Kenny. I nodded and he nodded back. It was time.
As soon as we entered the room, Sofia’s eyes found mine. That was
something I noticed early on, wherever we were, her eyes would always
look for me first. I don’t really know why that knowledge made my heart