Chapter 3 I Thought We Had A Deal
I hope you guys are liking the story so far, I love writing it! Well read and review!!!!! I just realized the Standfield is actually Stanfield, but I don't think you guys mind do you?
I slowly got out of the car and gave the briefcase to my father. I looked at the pen-cam placed inside his shirt pocket.
I caught eyes with him, "Dad, you can do this. If you need any alone time just let me know and I'll keep whoever you want busy, got it?" I reassured him.
He nodded and we made our way up the stairs and into the elevator. The next thing I knew it, the door opened and Jack was the first to walk out. I followed closely behind.
There were many 'hey Jacks' around the office. Once in a while someone would say my name and tell me how much I had grown; I just smiled and kept walking.
"You're gonna love me, you know those tickets I couldn't get, I got em' this Sunday at 4 pm." Janet, his assistant began.
"Give me five minutes." Jack stated.
"Oh my God Elizabeth!!" she screamed running up to me. I did the same and gave her a big hug; we started to talk about what was going on in our lives and how she was doing in her 'love life'.
"Hey Janet, can we finish this some other time? My dad is a little stressed, about my job, and I just want to kinda hang with him for a while. But I'll see you soon!" I gave her another hug and opened the door to my dad's office.
I looked at him as he sat down and began to think. He suddenly turned in his chair and looked out the window. Only he wasn't looking out the window, he picked up the phone and slipped his I.D. card into the computer and started writing an email. I saw some parts of it that said 'family kidnapped, no police'
I walked over to his desk and started looking through some of his papers, looking for anything that could help us. I looked back at the monitor only to see all of the email had been erased and someone was typing something else.
'I thought we had a deal Jack.'
I sighed as he hung up the phone. I wrote 'it's no use he knows too much' on a napkin and help it above his head to read. When he read it he looked at me and nodded.
I stood up and stared out the window and noticed something quite unusual. I looked back at Jack and gave him a look, he sort of understood, so he stood up. I twitched my head towards the parking deck on the neighboring building to see Willy's van parked right in clear view.
Jack suddenly spoke, "Willy can you hear me? Tell your boss I wanna speak to him, tell him to quit messing around and tell me what he wants me to do. You hear me?"
"Jack, are you ok?" Janet asks.
"Yea, I'm just talking to Liz. What's up?" He replies.
"Arlin wants to see you." She smiled and turned to me.
Jack nodded and left the office. I stood there not knowing what to do for a few moments. I began to think of what was going on with mom, Sarah and Andy. I just hope they were alright.
I started talking to Janet again and before we knew it 10 minutes went by and there was no sign of him. Not a minute later he walked into view and tried to catch up with him. I was almost there until I heard him call "Gary" and a man turn around to greet him.
I stood next to Jack and looked at the unfamiliar face. "Oh yea Jack, need something?" before he continued walking he gazed over at me. "And you are?" he asked.
I gave him an evil glare, "this is my daughter, she works for the Bureau, and she was just transferred to San Francisco, she just came by for a few days to tell us the news." He said calmly. I looked at him, 'what are you talking about?' I said in my head.
I looked back at the man and nodded. "Nice to meet you" to stuck out my hand.
"Believe me the pleasure is all mine, don't be shy come and visit whenever you like." He winked and looked back to Jack.
"I'll wait in your office" I whispered into Jack's ear. He nodded and I made my way back towards the office.
I got into conversation with Janet when I saw Jack coming towards us. He stood in the doorway and thought for a moment. I got up quietly with out him noticing and walked over to the lounge to get some coffee or something for him.
I was about to bring him a cup when I saw him almost sprinting down the hallway. I went to his office to find Janet sitting in his chair; I did not say a word to her. When I turned I felt an arm go around my waist.
"Hi, have we met?" Bill asked pretending we haven't met before. I just stared at him in disbelief. "I'm Bill Ridmin and I'm here for a meeting with Jack Stanfield. I'm from the federal banking board."
"I'm Janet, Jack's assistant. If you stay there I will go and find him." Janet said moving towards the door.
Bill kept a hold of my waist and guided me to a chair; "sit" was his only order, and he sat in the chair next to me.
Suddenly Jack walked in the office, Janet walked up to him, "oh shit…" he mumbled.
"Jack there's a Bill Ridmin here to see you." She stated.
"Who?" he asked.
"A Bill Ridemin, from the federal banking board" she answered.
Jack looked confused for a moment, "Jack Stanfield," Bill said standing from his seat next to me. "Bill Ridmin, pleased to meet you" shaking Jack's hand.
"Janet, close the door please." Jack insisted. Janet closed the door but not without out waving good bye to me, which I returned.
"Oh come on Jack, Jack, Jack." He said taking his phone out of his pocket. He put the phone to his ear, "Liam, take the boy downstairs and break his knee."
I jumped out of my chair and grabbed Bill's arm, he turned and stared straight into my eyes for a split second I thought I saw a look of regret, but it was quickly replaced with anger when Jack interrupted, "Don't do that, it's my fault not his, its my mistake. Don't take it out on the boy, please."
From the speaker of the phone I could hear my mother and sister screaming. "Please Bill," I pleaded.
"Liam, leave him be for now." He took one last look at me and then turned back to Jack and closed his phone and put it in his pocket.
"I'd like a tour of the bank now Jack." He started walking, when he turned to me. "You coming?"
"Why would you need me?" I asked in return.
"For leverage, and perhaps a little fun." He smiled and I followed Bill out of the office. He walked toward Janet, "Oh, I'm sorry I have a terrible memory, what was your name again?"
"Janet Stone." She replied.
"Can I borrow a pen?" he asked sweetly.
"Sure," she answered.
"Oh that one will do, I need to write it down once and then they'll stick" he said pointing to the pen in her pocket. 'That's why Jack was running so fast, he put the pen-cam on Janet, and tried to get help. Clever dad, clever.' I thought to myself.
"I'm surprised I didn't know about your meeting, who actually set it up?" before she could finish, Jack interrupted, "It was a last minute thing Janet, I forgot to tell you. Liz and I are gonna give Mr. Ridmin a tour of the bank." He finished and he started walking off.
"Thanks," Bill said tearing off a piece of paper and handing it to Janet. He then put his hand on my back guiding me in the direction of Jack, using his hand gesture for me to lead the way.
"I'll find you if I need you." She replied watching us leave.
We entered an elevator, Jack first then me, then Bill. I stood near Jack to try and distance myself from Bill. It didn't work. Bill stood as close as he could to me and leaned back against the railing.
"Are you sure our family is ok?" I asked looking up at him.
He looked down, "I'm sure, now in order for this to work you have to be on you best behavior, both of you" glancing from Jack to me.
The bell rang and the doors opened. Jack went out first and guided us to a desk with protective glass all around it for security reasons.
"Good morning Mr. Stanfield," the woman behind the glass said.
"Good morning Wendy, I have a guest, Mr. Ridmin, and my daughter Elizabeth."
"Hello Elizabeth I haven't see you in a while how have you been?" she asked.
"I've been great; just got a little vacation so I decided spend the weekend here catching up on old times." I answered.
"It's great to see you again" she said handing us passes to enter through the door. Jack handed me mine and I tried to find a place to put it when I felt hands go around mine and clip it on to my jacket pocket.
I looked up to see Bill turning away attaching his own pass to his jacket. I heard the sound of the door opening and I followed Jack and Bill in.
We entered a room that must have been storage of some sort with fences all around it. We continued down the hall to stop at metal bars, like a jail cell. If I had looked closer, I would have noticed that this was not storage for equipment or something like that, this was storage for the money of the bank.
"How long do they keep the images of those cameras?" Bill suddenly asked Jack.
"15 days" he replied.
We turned around and went out the way we came. We walked out the door and came to Wendy again. We gave her our passes, "Thank you" Jack said.
"Hope to see you soon Wendy." I waved good bye.
I arrived at the elevator to over hear their conversation, "How do you expect to get in and out of here?" Jack asked Bill. "I don't" was his answer. The door opened and the got back into the elevator.
I hope you guys like this chapter. Please review!! That would help me a lot. If I get 3 reviews, then I will post the next chapter!!!!
