[ WP ] You are the detective in charge to investigate the murder you commited

“ Looks like a suicide to me, ” Frankie said, kicking the pistol lying by the victims hand underneath the black leather. “ Definitely a suicide. ” 
 
 “ You think so? ” Tony said, kneeling down and appearing to study the body. It was clearly not a suicide, his back almost shredded apart by bullets, but Frankie was hoping Tony would ignore that minor detail. He was also hoping he wouldn ’ t notice the various slice marks, the threatening letter lying by the body, or the fact that there were a second set of footprints discovered by the body that were identical Frankie ’ s. “ You think this was a suicide? ” 
 
 “ Sure do, ” Frankie said, maneuvering himself so that he was blocking Tony ’ s vision. “ I ’ d say he wrote himself an ambiguous suicide note, wandered around a few times, and then killed himself. ” 
 
 “ Seems like a weird way to go out, ” Tony said, pushing himself back up to his feet. “ You know, shooting himself half a dozen times in the chest, before finally taking one to the face. Most suicides tend to be right to the head. ” 
 
 “ Yeah, ” Frankie said, glancing at the black, leather couch. On second thought, he really shouldn ’ t have kicked the pistol underneath. While it was probably a good idea to try to hide the murder weapon, the fact that it was also his service pistol remained true. It would probably come off as a bit strange should Chief, or anyone else, notice that his holster was empty—especially in connection with his matching footprints. “ He probably was just suffering, you know? Like that comedian who stabbed himself multiple times to try to die. That kind of thing. ” 
 
 “ Right, ” Tony said, kneeling back down and picking up the “ suicide ” note. Frankie fell to the floor and fished out his pistol, wrapping his palm around its grip and slipping it back into his holster. He thrust himself back up, confirmed that Tony had not seen, and resumed looking as innocent as possible. “ Have you seen this note? ” 
 
 “ Yeah, ” Frankie said, avoiding eye contact. “ I saw it. Gross stuff. All about how he wanted to die and didn ’ t feel safe. ” 
 
 “ Says here that he ‘ would be killed for not paying for protection fees, ’ ” Frankie said. “ You sure this was a suicide? ” 
 
 “ Absolutely, ” Frankie said, hoping that Tony wouldn ’ t notice that it was written in his easily identifiable cursive handwriting. He knew he shouldn ’ t have left it by the body. He just didn ’ t expect the police to respond so quickly, thought he ’ d be able to clean up after himself and take a quick shower before they arrived. After all, he was the officer assigned to the area, he didn ’ t think Tony would be on call then. Yet there he was, standing by the body as Frankie left the steam-filled bathroom and did his best not to draw attention to his still-moist hair. 
 
 “ Let ’ s get this straight, ” Tony said, lowering the note and eyeing Frankie up and down. “ You think the guy walked in here on his own, wrote an aggressive letter about being killed if he didn ’ t pay for protection, and then shot himself multiple times in the head and back, all as a suicide? Oh, and let ’ s not forget the that he also left a second set of footprints? ” 
 
 “ Right, ” Frankie said, nodding slowly. 
 
 “ Okay, ” Tony said. “ Works for me. Case closed. Let ’ s go get some pizza. ” 

