Chapter 140: The Girls Night Out
A month ago, Lab, Guys Hospital.
Levi walked into Sam’s lab unannounced; an evident scowl was on his chiseled face. He was wearing his signature three-piece suit under his coat, and hair styled perfectly, giving him that catalog look.
"Well, that was a waste of precious time," he complained as he shrugged his coat off and hung it on the coat rack. He then took a seat opposite the redhead at her file covered table. Sam raised her head from the magnifying glass in her hand for a moment to acknowledge him; the slicked blond continued to verbalize his frustration regarding the latest case involving a break in a bank he was at half an hour ago. He deemed it a waste of his time, considering they didn’t really need him to figure out that it was an inside job.
He honestly wished there were more challenging criminals out there. Someone that would keep him on his toes, ’just give him one that will give him a rush,’ he prayed to the leprechaun gods. Someone that could give him the same thrill gets when he’s gambling.
"Hmmm." Sam hummed in response, but her focus remained on the photos she was studying. She had a copy of a file on a recent discovery on paleontology and was fascinated by the results.
Levi noticed the redhead’s noncommittal response; his eyes narrowed in curiosity in what she was looking at on her table. A pile of photos of what he could see as fossils.
"What’s that?" he asked. Sam looked up at him with a smile; "it’s a photo of Homo Naledi. A colleague of mine from the University of the Witwatersrand sent me a copy yesterday. They have theorized that this may be the Missing Link in Darwin’s Theory of Evolution." she answered as the blond came closer to her. He grabbed a photo and looked at it in intrigue.
"Scientists found this massive trove of fossils believed to be from a previously unknown early human ancestor — one that could have used tools and may have even figured out how to bury its dead. Stands about 5 feet tall and 100 or so pounds, this new species has a stellar combination of ape- and human-like features that, until now, was entirely unknown to science." Sam explained, and by the looks of her, Levi could tell she was enthralled by it.
With an arched brow, he looked at her, "I didn’t peg you to be concerned with Paleontology." he commented, placing the photo back in its original place.
"Not exclusively. This just had been the most interesting thing I found for the past month. And they have brains the size of an orange!" the redhead shared excitedly.
Levi sighed; she was right; the past month had been slow. There had been several cases, but none of them was like the previous cases he faced.
"I know what you mean." he agreed, reading the chart on her desk.
"What have you been up to?" Sam asked as she took the chart from his hand. Levi stared at her, "Bored." he deadpanned.