DS Reynolds was sitting at his own desk opposite hers. It was pretty clear their office was occupied by two very different people. On DS Reynolds’ side closest to the door, everything was in meticulous piles or filed away. On Jessica’s side, papers, notes and files were carefully ordered on the floor, around the bin, under her seat or hanging out from her desk. Shortly after she had been moved into the same space as him, DS Reynolds asked why she was so messy. ‘To the untrained eye, this may look like an unordered shambles but to an experienced organiser such as myself, there are levels to this filing system you can’t even begin to imagine. I know exactly where everything is.’ It was more or less true. She knew in the rough area where everything was but “exactly” was probably pushing it. Although he had been ranked above her before Jessica was promoted, there had never been any issues between the two of them after she was elevated and moved into the same office as him. He had laughed as she explained her “filing”, while she had spent most of the day giggling when he had told her about taking three days’ off due to the canteen’s stew.
