Quietly, and with a calm demeanour, careful to give nothing away, Dean read twice through Emily's report, then nodded his head and smiled. "I see. Thank you for sharing." was all he said for a few moments, as his mind ticked over with the weight of her story.<br/><br/>With each coming second, Dean was finding himself drawn in not only by this case, but this woman was rather intriguing him, too. She was undoubtedly sincere and genuine most of the time, but every so often the air around her shifted, through no action of her own. Dean wondered briefly if he was being paranoid, but he was far too arrogant to allow a fault to lay on his own shoulders; adamantly, he decided there was a fray in the fabric of Emily's story, and he would discover it, no matter how small. He was inquisitive like that.<br/><br/>The main detail that kept revolving around in his mind was the gun -<span style="font-style: italic">why</span>did she take the gun? For now, panic would suffice to reason for it, but Dean wondered if there was something more to this. "Do you know who may have actually committed the homicide? Why? Who would want to frame you?" he wrote swiftly on the paper, pushing it back towards her and checking his watch nonchalantly, glancing once more around the room. Still invisible.<br/><br/>"You don't have to answer that now. But keep it in your mind." he decided, aloud, keeping his tone as pleasant as if they were discussing their daily routines. He'd wait, give it time, then ask her some more about all this. If there were any inconsistencies, then he'd feel more certain that something was amiss in this story. Was she protecting someone, perhaps. Slowly, he shuffled his chair further into the table and leant towards her, speaking mutedly, though not quite whispering. "I'd like you to take me to the location. If they haven't already been alerted, then we'll go to the police,<span style="font-style: italic">afterwards</span>. The police have better resources and more men than I alone. If you think you may be framed, we want to be one step ahead of the game."<br/><br/>Though really, there was more to it than that; Dean was admittedly rather enticed by the whole 'framing' dilemma, however he was significantly more interested in the murder itself. He wanted to see what there was to see before the police could. He wanted to be in the know before the press conferences, before anything was released. For now, he would attempt to search for evidence to build up a case for Emily's innocence, of course. He rather liked this woman so far, it would be a shame to allow her to go to prison for someone else's crime. But really, her role to him at present was to provide the façade and funds to perhaps his greatest fantasy.