when he supposedly had become "distracted." Peterson later explained his situation in detail. As it turns out, he was "distracted" when a young, female officer bent over to pick up a quarter, causing him to spill hot coffee on his lap and accelerate towards Jerry. As Detective Mac (Jerry) put it while he was recovering from the accident, "Peterson is just the kinda guy you want by your side." They later agreed that the anesthesia from Jerry's surgery had not worn off yet.
             Michaels began pacing around his desk in a rage swearing and kicking his leather armchair then he turned, pounding both of his fists down on the desk. Michaels wiped the sweat from his face and opened his desk drawer withdrawing a bottle of pills. "Look Jerry," Michaels growled, while popping pills in his mouth. "I am sick of this crap! I don't care how good of a detective everyone says he is. The last three cases I've had with him were completely ruined because of his stupid antics and irresponsibility. He's already two hours late for work! We're gonna have to start without him."
             "Yeah we better get started, especially because I've been out for a week and need to go over the information," Jerry said in a serious manner.
             "All right, 'Terminator,' here are the reports on the last killing that occurred," Michaels explained to Jerry. "The first murder occurred exactly a week ago on Monday. The victim was a 22 year-old female living in Southend at 18 Kinderland Avenue. She's a teacher at Kinderland Kindergarten and lives by herself. She was strangled with some sort of cord or string. Its exact use is still unknown and we do not know of what type of material it is made of either. It was sent to the lab yesterday for examination. The second murder took place on Tuesday. The victim this time was a sixty year-old retired man who has no family at al...