Chapter One
First Day
March 6, 2006
The day started like any other day for Aaliyah Sawyer. Got out of bed at six in the morning and into her outfit; which was a navy, blue T-shirt that said 'Chicago Police' on the front of it and her last name Sawyer on the back. Then she had her black yoga pants. And her hair up in a ponytail, some light makeup on, grabbed a granola bar and was out the door.
She walked out of her condo, and into the already busy Chicago. Aaliyah walked down into the parking lot, which was already only half full. Chicago has some early risers. She thought as she pulled out her keys to unlock her car. The car made a beep and she hopped into the driver's seat shutting the door behind her.
The drive to the 21st District Police Department wasn't long at all, and the traffic wasn't bad either. Aaliyah pulled into the parking lot and got a front row spot. She got out of the car and into the building. There she went downstairs and into the locker room where her uniform is.
Aaliyah hated being a traffic cop, it was so boring. She just wanted to be promoted already. It's already been three years. Maybe she'll get promoted today. Maybe.
The uniform made her feel so low rank but she had to start out here in order to get up on the totem pole. She went back upstairs with her uniform on to see if her partner was here yet. Of course he wasn't, but Sergeant Platt was. "Oh morning Sawyer" she said and smiled.
She hardly ever smiles. Period. At anyone, but Aaliyah realized she only said morning to her and ever really smiled at her. Maybe I'm her favorite. "Good morning" Aaliyah chirped.
"Hey Sawyer" Aaliyah looked up from where she was walking, which was to the break room to brew up a cup of coffee. "Come here" Sergeant Platt said as she gestured with her hand for Aaliyah to come over there. Aaliyah walked over to the front desk kinda worried, because she didn't know if she had done anything wrong. Did I forget to turn off the coffee machine yesterday? Did I do the wrong paperwork? What did I do?
"Yes" she said once she reached the front desk. "Sergeant Voight is working a case and he would like to speak with you."
"Okay" Aaliyah said nodding her head. She was staying calm on the outside but on the inside she was freaking out. Oh my gosh! Am I getting promoted! Is he impressed with me and that's why he would like to speak with me? Okay Leah, take a deep breath, and get your thoughts together. Aaliyah cleared her throat "When?" She asked.
"Umm" Platt mumbled moving around a bunch of papers, trying to to find what she was looking for in all the clutter. "Ah here it is" she said holding up a pink sticky note. "He wants to talk with you when the rest of the team gets here, which should be shortly."
"Okay" Aaliyah said. Maybe I'll finally be promoted. After three whole years! "But first I want you to fill out yesterday's patrol papers" Platt said plopping a stack of papers in front of her on the desk.
Aaliyah stood there slightly confused because her partner Adam Ruzek was supposed to do the patrol papers yesterday. He said he would do it. Well that good for nothing mother-"I want these done before Voight speaks with you"
"I thought Ruzek did them"
"Well he didn't so..." Platt trailed off, while Aaliyah stood there awkwardly. "Well, why are you just standing there; finish the paperwork" Platt snapped.
"Yes ma'am" Aaliyah replied grabbing the stack of papers and scurrying off to the squad room for the uniform officers. The traffic cop squad room is downstairs, and away from the other unit which is the Intelligence unit. She sat down at her desk which is very neat compared to the others. And she immediately began working on the paperwork.
Meanwhile in the Sergeant's office upstairs, Voight was reading through Aaliyah's file and was very impressed with her work. She was at the top of her class, she's very smart and hardworking; which is what he needs for the unit.
The case that they're working on they needed a young, blonde woman, because that was the perp's type. They were running out of time, if they went by the routine of the perp then he'll probably strike tonight; and they couldn't add anymore victims to his list.
A knock on the door made Voight look up from the file only to see Al. "Hey, have you decided on the newbie?" He asked.
"Yeah, I was just about to bring her up." Voight said, setting the file down and standing up.
September 3, 1989
"Sweetheart tomorrow is your first day of school." Aaliyah's mother Alice said while setting a dinner plate in front of her. Which was corn, a slice of ham that was cut into bite sized pieces, and green beans.
"Really" Aaliyah chirped and kicked her legs under the dinner table excitedly.
"Mmmhmm your mother and I bought you a new backpack" Ron her father said, Aaliyah smiled even bigger. "Can I see it now?" She asked. "After dinner love" her mother replied.
Aaliyah nodded and ate extra fast so she could see her new backpack. "When is Lotte going to go to school?" Aaliyah asked, referring to her little, baby sister who was in the high chair eating corn.
"Charlotte is too young to go to school, she's only one so it will be a few years" Ron said.
Aaliyah nodded her head "I'm done" she hiccuped "can I go see my backpack now?" She asked.
"Not yet, you have to wait 'till we're all done" her mother said.
"But moooom" she whined. "Patience sweetie, patience is the key"
Aaliyah frowned and sat there playing with her hands waiting until her parents finished dinner. Which was maybe ten minutes.
Once her father had cleared the table and put the dishes in the sink. Then they showed her, her new backpack. It was a jansport backpack that was light blue, it almost matched the color of her blue eyes. "And here it has all the school supplies you'll need for kindergarten" her mom said opening up the backpack to reveal the school supplies.
"Do you like it?" Her father asked. Aaliyah nodded her head, her blonde hair bopping along. "Yes I love it"
"Okay, go get ready for bed, your father and I will come kiss you goodnight. And then tomorrow you'll start school" her mother sang happily the last part about starting school.
Aaliyah ran upstairs to get ready for bed.
Aaliyah finished up the paperwork just as Ruzek sat down at his desk. "You know you were supposed to the patrol papers for yesterday."
Ruzek looked up from sipping his cup of coffee. "Oh. I thought I did it."
"No you didn't because that's what I've been doing for the past hour and a half." Aaliyah said holding up the stack of papers.
Ruzek grimaced at the amount of paperwork. "Okay well to be fair, I had a date last night. So I had to be on time…"
A scowl formed on Aaliyah face. Ruzek broke away from her intense glare by taking a sip of his coffee. "I always do the paperwork Adam, it's not fair if I'm the only one doing the paperwork. You're my partner so we should be switching off like the rest of the people who work here."
Adam sighed because he knew she was right. "Look Leah, I'm sorry. You're right. That was a dick move of me to say I'll do the paperwork and then not do it. I'm sorry"
Leah looked up at Adam and he did look genuinely sorry, "Okay, apology accepted"
"Great, and I'll do today's patrol paperwork to make it up to you." Adam said
"Okay" Leah said but then got a sly smile on her face "well since I do about 360 days of paperwork and you only do it about five times per year, I'd say you owe me about two years and eleven months worth of paperwork"
"Hey wait that's not fair"
"Yes it is"
"Okay how about we switch off everyday who does it, starting today. I'll do it and then tomorrow you'll do it" Adam said
"Okay fine" Leah agreed. "You better stick to this plan" she said while they shook hands.
Just then Sergeant Voight walked into the squad room and right up to Leah's desk. "Officer Sawyer, I need to talk to you" Voight said, his voice was raspy like he smokes...a lot.
"Yes sir" Leah said standing up from her desk, Ruzek gave her a what's going on look while Aaliyah just shrugged and followed Voight out of the squad room. He punched in the code to the gate upstairs and led her up. She started to get a nervous pit in her stomach as they walked upstairs.
Once they were in the intelligence office, everyone turned their heads their direction. It was like in class when you were late and you walk in through the door and everyone turns their head in your direction; and then the whole class is looking at you.
"Everyone this is Aaliyah Sawyer, and she will be joining us today" Voight said.
"Hi, nice to meet all of you" Aaliyah said
"Alright this is Alvin Olinsky, Antonio Dawson, Jay Halstead, and Erin Lindsay"
Aaliyah shook hands with all of them and said a lot of 'hi, nice to meet you's'
"Alright come with me" Voight said and led Aaliyah to his office. "Close the door and have a seat" he said once they were inside.
Aaliyah did as she was told and closed the door and had a seat. She was a bit nervous because Voight is a very intimidating man.
"Do you know why I called you up here?" He asked
"No sir"
Voight looked her in the eyes. This guy has no problem with eye contact. "I called you up here because we need your help on a case."
This could be it. I could be getting promoted! "The perpetrator rapes and kills his women every two days. He likes young, blondes. That's his type, he picks them up at clubs or bars. That's where you will come in, we need you to go undercover at one of the clubs where he likes to get his victims."
Aaliyah nodded her head, that was a lot to take in; but she was more than ready to take on this challenge. "Do you think you can handle that?" He asked
"Yes sir"
"Alright good, because if you've done good enough, then maybe, maybe I'll let you stay"
"To work in this unit?"
Voight nodded his head. "I won't let you down sir"
Voight nodded his head, "good, then you'll need this" he said handing her a badge. The badge itself was a silver star, that said detective and Chicago Police, and her badge number well, Aaliyah had to not crack up at it because the numbers were 7669. Well what do you know I have the number 69 on my badge. Don't laugh. Don't you dare laugh. You are more mature than this.
"Thank you sir"
Voight smiled "don't thank me, thank yourself for all the hard work you've put in. Now go change, and we'll brief you on the case after."
"Yes sir" Aaliyah said standing up "and thank you sir for this opportunity." She said and walked out the door.
Aaliyah woke up to her mother stroking her hair. "Sweetie, time to get up. It's your first day of school."
Aaliyah stretched out and yawned. "I picked out an outfit for you it's on your chair."
Aaliyah rubbed her eyes sleepily "okay"
"And your father made you breakfast. So don't take too long or your food will get cold."
Aaliyah nodded her head before sitting up from the warm blankets.
Her mother walked out of the room she had no doubt that her daughter will do well in school. She already knows three languages; Dutch and Spanish, plus English.
Her mother grew up in the Netherlands, and Aaliyah was born in Amsterdam. Her mother always thought that she needs to learn other languages; so she's been teaching her daughter Dutch and Spanish. She's been picking it up really fast.
Leah put on her light blue jeans with a red shirt that kinda had poofy sleeves but they weren't that poofy. After getting into her clothes Aaliyah went into her mother's bathroom so she could do her hair.
"Momma" she said in the doorway of the bathroom "I'm ready for my hair"
Her mother smiled "kom hier liefde," Aaliyah gladly walked over to her mother and stood in front of the bathroom mirror with her mother behind her. Her mother brushed out her long, blonde hair that reached to her shoulders.
Aaliyah watched her mother intricately braid her hair into two braids. She saw the four leaf clover tattoo on her mother's wrist. She'd seen it many times before but never knew when she got it, or how long she's had it.
"Momma"
"Yes love"
"When did you get your tattoo?" She asked
Her mother smiled at her through the mirror "I got it in France"
"Cool, can we go to France?" She asked
"Yes, some day you will"
Aaliyah walked down stairs with a big grin on her face. "Hey" Ruzek said when she reached the bottom of the staircase. "What did Voight want to talk to you about?"
Aaliyah started to walk towards the locker room "he said that he needed my help for a case"
"Really. Wow" Ruzek replied "I mean It's about time he promoted you, you work your ass off"
Aaliyah chuckled as she closed her locker getting what she needed. "Alright I'm going to go change" she said
"Alright" Ruzek said as as she started towards the restrooms or shower area "but hey, congrats" he yelled
"Thanks" she called back.
Aaliyah walked out of the locker room wearing a different outfit that she always kept in her locker in case she needed to change. The outfit was a nice white shirt, a black blazer, and black skinny jeans, with her black ankle boots.
She punched in the code to get back upstairs, she remembered it when Voight put it in. Back up stairs Voight was at the head of the room by the bullion board that had the victims and a suspect.
"Alright everyone, you all met Sawyer. Let's get started. The perp likes blondes, preferably young ones. He rapes and murders them every two days. Today is day two so he will be striking tonight. He picks up his victims at bars, takes them to a secluded place where he then rapes and murders them. His dump sight is in the river. So tonight officer Sawyer will be going undercover at one of the bars. Hopefully we'll nail this guy."
Aaliyah nodded her head. Hopefully I won't screw this whole operation up. "And Sawyer we'll be keeping surveillance on you at the bar" Al said
"Okay" she said nodding her head.
"Hey you want to go over the files with me?" Erin asked
"Sure" Aaliyah replied. She pulled up a chair at Erin's desk and sat down grabbing a file.
"You nervous?" Erin asked
"Umm not really" Aaliyah replied but that wasn't exactly the truth. She was very nervous, she just didn't want anyone to know that she was nervous because they might think that she's weak. But she does well when there's a lot of pressure.
"That's good" Erin replied, knowing that the first time she went undercover she was a bit nervous so she wasn't sure if Sawyer was telling the truth or not.
"So you're name is Aaliyah"
"Yeah but most people just call me Leah"
"Oh okay" Erin replied
"How long have you been a detective?" Leah asked
"Umm about five or six months"
"Oh so you're still kinda new"
"Yeah" Erin replied sheepishly "but now you're the new girl. It's about time they brought in another woman, this place is a boys club"
They both chuckled at Erin's comment "yeah if I get to stay"
"He'll let you stay" Erin said reassuringly
The kindergarten classroom was very colorful, when Aaliyah first walked in after being greeted by her teacher, Mrs. Archer in the doorway. Mrs. Archer was a short, old woman with white hair. She had a very bright smile when greeting the children when they walked in.
"Go in and find your name tag" she said in a sweet voice. Aaliyah walked around the room looking at the clusters of desks, looking for her name tag.
Her name tag was in the last cluster of desks she looked. Leah sat down in the desk that said 'Aaliyah Sawyer'. Another girl sat down in front of her. She had red, orange hair, green eyes, and freckles on her cream cheeks. Aaliyah saw that her name tag read 'Kameron Hirst'.
"Hi" Aaliyah said
"Hi" Kameron replied, waving at her.
"My name is Aaliyah but you can call me Leah"
"Oh okay, my name is Kameron but you can call me Kami"
Leah smiled brightly "nice to meet you Kami." Kami smiled "nice to meet you"
A few seconds later another little girl with black hair, and pale skin sat down next to Kami, who was diagonal from Leah.
"Hi, I'm Leah" Leah said introducing herself to the new girl.
"Hey, I'm Laura"
And last but not least a boy came and sat down next to Leah "hi everyone I'm Brooklyn" he said as he sat down.
"Hi" everyone chorused
A bell rang and Ms. Archer walked in. "Good morning class, I'm Ms. Archer; and I am your kindergarten teacher." She chirped.
"First I want everyone to stand up and tell everyone your name, how old you are, and one thing you like to do."
Everyone got up from their desk. "We'll start with this table here." Ms. Archer said gesturing to Aaliyah's table.
"You start first sweetheart" she said pointing to Leah.
"I'm Aaliyah, I'm four years old; and I like to read."
"Eww" some boy said from the other end of the classroom "reading is boring"
"Alright that's enough" Ms. Archer said. "Sit down Aaliyah" she instructed, and Aaliyah sat down in her seat. She didn't like the comment the boy said one bit. She thought it was mean.
While listening to everyone's names, ages, and what they like to do she realized that she was the youngest in the entire class. She didn't know if that was a good thing or a bad thing.
"Alright now we are going to do an all about me paper" Ms. Archer said while getting a stack of papers from her front desk. She handed out four papers to her table, Aaliyah waited until everyone grabbed one before she did.
First question was 'what is your name?' Leah marked in 'Aaliyah Sawyer'. Then it was 'what is your favorite color?' She put 'blue' and then it was 'who is your best friend?' Of course she put Mandy.
When Aaliyah woke up today she was not expecting this to happen at all, she didn't expect to be standing at a bar looking for serial rapist-murderer. She stood with a drink in her hand, she had only taken a few sips out of the small glass. Voight had told her to start at the bar first then go to the dance floor. Aaliyah knew this operation was totally safe since there were cops in here. She saw Erin a few seats down from her looking around in the crowd, and Jay, well he was certainly enjoying himself a little too much on the dance floor.
The cops being here still didn't quite settle the pit that was brewing in her stomach. She had never done this before, and was indeed quite nervous. She wasn't necessarily nervous about the perp; she was more nervous about screwing the entire thing up.
Her outfit was definitely an eye catcher it would catch the attention to anyone. Her red dress that stopped right above her knees, and the cleavage. Well anyone would look, but that was what they were hoping for; since she's just his type.
Leah swallowed the rest of her beer that someone had asked to buy for her and walked towards the dance floor. She joined the group of bodies, dancing and swaying around her. The music was loud, and she wondered how on earth people haven't gone deaf by it yet. She moved to the music, enjoying herself a bit.
Leah wouldn't lie and say she hasn't been to a club before because that's not the truth. She's been to plenty of clubs before. She's been to ones in Chicago and New York with her best friend Amanda Rollins.
Aaliyah slowed a bit in her dancing when she felt someone looking at her. She felt that she could always feel when someone had their eyes on her, especially if they were boring into her. Aaliyah turned around to see a man with light, brown hair and hazel eyes. He had a drink in his hand sitting at the bar. He smiled with a toothy grin when she saw him. His front gold tooth standing out in all the whites.
Aaliyah returned the smile, a fake smile, one that could be easily mistaken for the real one. He gestured with his hand for her to come over, and she did.
She sat in the bar seat right next to him. "And who might you be?" He asked
"I'm Aaliyah"
"Aaliyah what a beautiful name" normally when someone would complement her name it was nice but this time. She wasn't sure, he just seemed off. Maybe it's him. The vibe didn't feel right with him, it was definitely different than other guys.
"Thanks" she replied with a shy smile.
"I'm Wayne" he said as he stuck his hand out for her to shake it. Of course she gladly took it. His hand was cold and clammy, and a had a big silver ring on his right ring finger.
"So what's a pretty girl like you doing here?"
"I'm just here to have fun you know" she shrugged. Don't give out too much information about yourself. But that was an easy rule for herself as she has been doing it for years.
"Ah if you're looking for a good time, I know how to give you a good time" Wayne replied with a smile as he looked down and twisted his ring for a second.
Aaliyah smirked "hmp. I'll think about it" if I could get him to just confess, or alone.
"Yeah, bet I could make your eyes roll to the back of your head"
Is he for real?! "Did anyone ever tell you that you have the most gorgeous, big, blue eyes?" He asked, his eyes full of desire that kinda freaked her out a bit.
"Yeah, people have told me that before" she said looking him right in the eye.
"You know why don't we get out of here, I have a great place where we can go." This could be it. This is it.
"Sure." She said as Wayne grabbed a hold of her hand and kissed it. Aaliyah smiled as he lead her out the back through the crowd of people and to the back door.
The cool breeze made her shiver a bit when he opened the back door. They were now both outside, he was still holding her hand.
"So, where are we going?" She asked
"It's a surprise" he smirked
"Oh really"
"Yes" he smiled. "Just like the others" he whispered which was barely audible but Leah picked it up.
The brick wall of the bar now became blurry as dark and light spots filled her vision, and the dull pain on the side of her head was unbearable but she couldn't close her eyes.
Her knee was in contact with his groin in a matter of seconds. "Shit!" Wayne cursed as he fell to his knees with his hand cupping his crotch.
"Wayne Anderson you are under arrest for the rape and murder of the two women; Alicia Carey and Hallie Jennings" Aaliyah said pulling out handcuffs from her jean jacket "you have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be held against you in the court of law. If you cannot afford a lawyer one will be appointed to you." She finished, pulling him off the ground.
She saw Voight run over to her from the street. "We got him" he said. He looked at Wayne with a dirty and smug look that basically said 'we got you motherfucker'
"Son of a bitch!" Wayne yelled "you're a cop" he yelled as he spit in Aaliyah's face. The spit landed right on her cheek under her eye, disgusted she wiped the spit off with the jean jacket.
Voight however was not having it as he punched square in the face. Wayne fell to the ground in a heap. "Son of a bitch, you broke my nose" he cried. He stood up from the ground and blood was gushing from his nose.
"Get him out of my face" Voight said and an officer loaded him in the back of a police car.
By then the rest of the team was with them outside. "Hey you did good" Olinsky said "for your first undercover assignment of course"
"Thanks" Aaliyah said and smiled. However this was not her first undercover assignment, but she'll take that to the grave as no one should ever know about it period. Not even Amanda knows about it.
At recess Leah sat down on a bench that was shaded by trees. She pulled out a 'Berenstain Bears' book from her book back and instantly started reading.
A gust of wind blew her hair, and turned the book pages the wrong way. Deciding that is was definitely too windy to read she put the book back in her book bag,
Looking around Leah saw some kids playing tag. Deciding that would be fun, she got up and ran over to go join them. "Hey, can I play?" She asked a girl with dark brown hair. The girl turned around, she was at least five inches taller than Leah.
"You can't play" she sneered
"W-what why?"
"Because we already have a lot of people playing"
Leah tilted her head because she didn't know that there was a limit to the game tag. Deciding it wasn't worth fighting with this girl Leah turned around to head towards the bench. But that didn't stop Aaliyah from falling to the ground as the girl had pushed her.
"Hmp, babies can't play tag!"
Aaliyah stood up from the ground, dusting off grass and dirt. "That wasn't very nice" Leah said, her voice slightly wavering.
"Well I don't talk to babies"
Aaliyah turned around deciding it definitely was not worth it. Sitting back down on the bench, she watched the other kids play, wishing she could play with them.
The bell rang signaling the end of school. Leah walked out with her class to the front of the school. When Aaliyah turned her head she saw Amanda. "Manda!" She cheered, running over to her.
Amanda turned around and smiled. "Hey, how was your first day of school?" She asked.
Leah shrugged her shoulders. "It was okay"
"Just okay?" Amanda quizzed
"Mmhmm"
Amanda arched an eyebrow knowing that she was lying "okay if you say so."
To Aaliyah it seemed that Amanda always knew everything, no matter what. Amanda is also five years older than her, and Amanda's little sister Kim, is three years older than Aaliyah.
"Well let's wait for Kim, and we'll walk home together"
Aaliyah nodded her head. It was maybe ten minutes later until Kim came out. Most of the children had already left, leaving just them and a couple of others. "Kim! Where the hell were you?" Amanda demanded "we've been waiting here for ten minutes!"
"Sorry, I was just talkin to my friends, chill out Amanda!" Kim yelled and stormed off in the direction of their houses.
"Ugh such a brat" Amanda muttered under her breath. "Alright let's go" Amanda said looking down at Leah.
Leah grabbed Amanda's hand and they started walking back, with Kim about hundred yards ahead of them.
"Some girl pushed me" Leah said, after a few minutes of them walking "and she called me a baby"
"She did that!?" Amanda practically yelled to the whole neighborhood.
"I'm not a baby. Am I" Aaliyah asked
"No of course not, but you are short and you did start school a year early than you should have"
"I did?"
"Yeah but that's because you're smarter than most people your age so that's why your mom put you in school." Amanda said
"How do you know that?"
"I heard our mothers talking about it" Amanda said as she looked over and saw Leah had her head hang low, looking down at the ground. "Hey, Leah look at me"
Leah looked up at Amanda, her big eyes slightly squinting because of the sun "don't listen to what that girl said, she's an idiot. Don't let her or anyone get you down. In fact don't take shit from anyone. Okay"
"Shit…?" Leah questioned the weird word she had never heard before.
Amanda mentally face palmed herself for cursing in front of a four year old. "Just don't let anyone get you down"
"Okay" Leah said "but what's shit?" She asked
"Umm I'll tell you later but don't go asking around about what it is and don't tell your parents, okay"
"Okay" Aaliyah replied.
When she set her purse down on the counter of her kitchen, her butt buzzed from her phone. Pulling her phone out of her back pocket, Leah saw that it was an unknown number.
Swiping answer she put the phone to her ear. "Hello?"
"Sawyer we need to talk" a familiar voice said on the other end, she hated that voice and more importantly the voice it belonged to.
"Is that really necessary?" She asked, trying to already come off agitated.
"Yes it's about JTF-12"
A lump formed in her throat. Why? Why? Why can't this just go away. She thought because that's really all she wanted, for this to go away forever.
Nodding to herself knowing that she has to meet Clyde. It's what she has to do. "Okay, where?"
"Coffee shop down the street from your condo" he said
"Wait how do you…" shaking her head at the stupid question she was about to ask. Of course he knows where she lives, he's a fucking Interpol agent. "Never mind. I'll be there in five"
Grabbing a jacket, she was out the door. She didn't want to go, but she had to. There was no choice. The walk to the coffee shop was less than five minutes as it was just down the street.
The coffee shop was closed at this hour, but the seats outside were still open to the public. Leah walked over to the only table that had a person sitting in it. Sighing she walked over and took a seat.
"Good to see you Aaliyah" Clyde said and smiled
"Can't say the same" she grumbled "let's get down to business. Why are you here?"
Chuckling Clyde answered "it's always straight to the point with you, isn't it?"
"Yup" Leah replied "so…"
"I'm here because, we got him"
Aaliyah had to make sure she heard that correctly, she didn't know how long she's waited to hear that. Twelve, thirteen years. "He's dead"
"Well no, he's in a political prison in North Korea-"
"So he's not dead"
"Leah you have to understand we can't just kill him-"
"Yes you do, he's going to get out and he's going to hurt those agents that you sent in. Especially the one he fell in love with, she's a dead man walking" Leah spat
"Aaliyah, you don't kn-"
"Yes I do, I know him better than anyone, they're all dead unless he's dead"
"Aaliyah…"
"Don't call or try to talk to me unless he's dead" Leah said in anger as she stood up and walked away. He doesn't understand, he never did, and he never will. Those agents especially the girl are dead men walking. He's going to get out and kill them all and then he'll come looking for me.
By the time Aaliyah got back to her condo, tears were streaming down her face. She can't have this happen again. She knew the answers to her problems weren't at the bottom of a bottle but it was better than nothing, and something is always better than nothing.
