Gabe’s body was lying on a table in the basement of the Salvatore Boarding House. Stefan was leaning forward to get a closer look, when he heard a door open and close.
“I’m down here!” he yelled, before the visitor could call him. Rushing down the stairs and an instant later Tyler appeared. “Glad you could come so fast”
“You said it was important” Tyler replied scrupulously.
“It is” Stefan confirmed. He nodded at the body. “I need you to…sniff this one. I want to know who killed him”
“You want me to sniff him?” Tyler asked with raised eyebrows.
“Pretty much” Stefan answered. “You’re the only one who can do this, so please, as a friend?”
Tyler rolled his eyes and sighed. “You owe me for this” He leaned forward and sniffed. Then he looked at Stefan.
“Do you recognize the scent?” Stefan asked.
“I’ve only smelled it once before” Tyler started. “When Veronica introduced me to a woman named Rachel. Said she was basically a mother to her”
“So Rachel killed her husband?” Stefan said in a way as if he already knew that.
“Looks like it” Tyler replied.