Page 437 of Chaos has a Name
It was the anthropologist team’s turn, so she focused on Tony.
“Now, oh wise bone guy, how about the Bones and the gnaw marks?”
He hesitated.
“Anthony! I swear to God, if you had time for that music diatribe when I walked in here, but not have information on the snack marks on the bones, I’m booting your ass back to DC, and Jaxon will be staying here to do your job.”
He stopped her.
“I have it done. They are human teeth marks. I can’t match them because I haven’t gone through all one hundred and eight skulls. That’s a lot of bones, Elizabeth.”
Okay, her bad.
He had a very valid point.
Now, she was just bitchy.
“You’re absolutely correct, Anthony. I apologize.”
He was to the point.
“If you give me about seventeen days, I can cross compare the bite marks and see how long this snacking has been going on.”
MATE headed his way.
“I can tell you. I’ve compared all of the photographs that the team took last night to log the skulls. The teeth marks appear on the current victim, and the one before that. Then, there’s a possible third one, too, but that skull is older.”
Tony gasped.
“What? You did my job?”
Chris just sat on his stool and smiled.
“Oh, no. The AI might be able to eliminate jobs in the future. Mainly, Mr. Music Man’s.”
Tony stared at him.
“You’d do me dirty like that after all of these years?” he asked.
Elizabeth shut that down.
“Hey! Bones. Now.”
Tony sighed.
“MATE, you traitor, put the three skulls on the screen so I can see what three matched,” he said. “It’s all fun and games until the AI doesn’t know all the tricks,” he muttered under his breath.
Elizabeth headed his way, and he cringed like she was going to lay him out. Instead, she hugged him.
“I love you, nut. You’re not being replaced. Now, help me solve this.”
Rayna watched, and she got quite the show. It was clear that Elizabeth was an enigma. She’d watched her go from funny, to serious, to caring about her team and someone’s feelings.
Tony relaxed.
“I’m not replaceable,” he said, trying to convince himself of that.
In that moment, Chris realized what he’d said that upset him. Getting up, he headed his way and kissed him in the middle of the forehead.
