Chapter 4.

'We've looked everywhere Charlie, Cate's definitely gone and by the look of the mess left behind she wasn't taken willingly either.' Kelly explained down the phone to her invisible boss. 'All right, we'll keep trying to find the link Kris did and see if that leads us to her. We'll wait to hear from you.' Kelly hung up the phone in her hotel room for a moment before walking into the bathroom where she ran some water and splashed it onto her face. Shutting off the water Kelly rested her hands on the side by the sink and looked up at herself in the mirror her face dripping with water. In a fit of rage she swiped her hands out across the surface knocking all of hers and Cate's toiletries across the surface and onto the floor. Whipping a towel from the shelf she stormed out of the bathroom back into the main room drying her face.

'Kelly?' Julie called her stepping into the room from Kris's adjoining room. Kelly looked round to Julie. 'Everything ok?' Julie knew it was a dumb question to ask, friends and fellow Angels were missing their younger siblings, literally they were missing without a clue as to where they were or if they were alive.

'It will be, where's Jill?' Kelly asked offering Julie a small smile as she tossed the towel onto the foot of her bed.

'She's reading through a file again trying to find something, anything that might help us. What did Charlie say?' Julie asked as the pair walked back into Kris's room where Jill was sat back on the bed again reading through the file as Julie had said.

'He said he would call the SFPD, speak to Kris's old captain, they kept in contact so Charlie is going to ask for his help discreetly of course.'

'And what are we to do?' Jill asked looking up from the file, the mention of Charlie stirring feelings of anger.

'Keep researching, find Kris's lead and wait to hear from him.' Kelly said suddenly feeling exhausted as she sat down at the circular table.

'Of course we are.' Jill said slapping the file shut.

'Jill.' Kelly began to warn, she couldn't take a Munroe tirade right now.

'No Kelly, he shouldn't have sent her out here alone, none of this would have happened if Kris had, had a team with her, back up.' Jill argued so angry and scared even more so now that Cate was missing also.

'I think I have Kris's lead.' Julie announced her eyes fixed to the file in her hands as she walked over to Kelly and Jill.

'What is it?' Jill asked holding one side of the file with Julie.

'The dockyards, West has a building down there, building twelve. A lot of Evelyn's business seems to run in and out of there, the import, export business.'

'And the lead?' Kelly asked stood the other side of Julie.

'Kris has circled and noted next to the name of this man here.' Julie explained pointing to a small black and white photo of a man's face. 'His name is Terence Jackson, Kris knew him when she was here as a cop, he was small time then but seems to have gone up the crime ladder, he was her ticket in.'

'And most likely her reason for being taken.' Kelly noted unhappily as she unclipped the photo. 'All right, do we have an address or something on where to find this Mr. Jackson?' Kelly asked looking at the picture.

'Yeah, he can usually be found at a bar not far from here, it's between the hotel and the dockyards.' Julie explained reading aloud from the file.

'Ok, let's go.' Jill said taking the lead; she wanted her sister back and now.

'Jill wait.' Julie called after her, Jill turned back to her impatiently. 'The bar won't be open Jill, look at the time. I say we go to the dockyards take a look around and see if we can find anything there first.'

'Good idea Julie.' Kelly agreed, tapping the photo on her bottom lip. 'Have we got Kris's rental car information written somewhere?'

'Yeah it's over here, Cate had put it to one side for us.' Julie said quickly moving back to the circular table picking up the scrap piece of paper weighted down by Cate's coffee cup.

'Look's like we had the same idea.' Kelly smiled slightly as Julie handed her the paper.

'What's that?' Julie asked picking up hers and Kelly's jacket's.

'That if we can find her car, we're in the right place to start asking some serious questions.' Kelly said with a dangerous glint in her eyes that Julie recognised only too well, Cate had the exact same look when she was about to do something reckless.

'Can we go all ready!' Jill called from the door hands on hips; Kelly took her jacket from Julie both Angels putting them on as they left the room practically chasing after Jill.

With Jill driving it didn't take long for the Angels to arrive at the Dockyards. Parking they exited the car and started walking around, they each knew Kris' car license plate number and were looking out for it as well as anything else that might be of interest.

'I really don't like these places.' Julie said to Kelly as they walked together, Jill just ahead of them.

'I know you don't.' Kelly placed a supportive hand onto Julie's shoulder. 'Neither do I.'

'Neither do I.' Jill joined in looking back to her friends with a small smile. 'Guys..' Jill stopped short nodding her head towards a small black sporty car parked out of sight to their side. Looking around as they walked to the car Jill looked to the plates but all ready knew it was Kris's. 'This is the one.' Jill said as she opened the car door sitting in the drivers seat, the first thing that she noticed was the faint smell of Kris's perfume sending pangs of worry across Jill's heart. Kelly and Julie opened other doors starting to search the car for anything.

'It's clean.' Julie said after they had looked over the entire car.

'Nothing!' Jill angrily said as she slammed the car door shut a metallic jingle was heard hitting the ground. Jill knelt down to the front driver's wheel; a small set of keys had fallen from their hiding place. 'Found the keys, at least now we have another car.' Jill said miserably turning and leaning back against the wing of the car.

'We're not done yet Jill.' Kelly said stood the other side of the car as Julie walked up to Jill taking a hold of her hand. 'Why don't we take a little look around the area here, see what's going on.' Kelly suggested taking the lead, Julie nodded following after her gently releasing Jill's hand who after a deep breath followed after them.


Kris woke with a start to find herself laying on the bed back in her room at West's home, she looked around before sitting up on her elbows. Everything slowly came back to her, it wasn't a nightmare at all, it had really happened she was really gone and Kris couldn't save her.

'But I could have.' Kris whispered angrily to herself before falling to her back and rolling onto her side on the bed crying again, she never knew she had this many tears in her body. How would she be able to tell Kelly that she held on to her baby sister, her one true blood relation and let her go, let her fall to her death, allowed her to be killed. How would she explain that to Kelly, would Kelly ever forgive her, could Kris ever forgive herself? Kris kept hearing Cate's voice in her head. 'It's not your fault Kris, none of this is your fault, it's theirs…' right now Kris didn't believe that not at all.

'So what now Steven? We've killed the girls' sister and still we have no idea who she's working for. We might have just killed a cop, you what happens if we get caught for killing a cop.' Tony stood looking out of the large windows in West's study as he spoke.

'I know what will happen Tony but we won't get caught and she wasn't a cop, no way.'

'How can you be so sure, we don't know for sure!' Tony turned as he raised his voice.

'Look we have her name now, we'll get our people to run some checks, we'll soon find out so relax.' West said turning in his chair his eyes turning dark as he spoke.

'I don't like it Steven, you went too far this time.' Tony said turning to look back out of the window.

'Tony I've only just begun, my wife was wrong to move out of the family business, I'm taking us back into it.' West smiled as he picked up his cut glass crystal tumbler containing a dark brown liquid taking a drink from it.


Dusk had started to roll in as the Angels with both cars drove towards the bar that Kris's contact would be at. Parking the cars in a secluded area they walked the rest of the way.

'What do we say to this guy when we find him?' Julie asked walking in the middle of Jill and Kelly.

'We just ask him when he last saw Kris.' Kelly said head held high as she walked.

'A little risky isn't it, won't he bolt as soon as we ask that kind of question?' Julie asked, she noticed the smirk both Jill and Kelly had on their faces when she asked the question. 'That's the point, of course, if he bolts we're on the right track.'

'More than that we'll cover the exits and grab him as he runs, he'll explain to us what the hell's happened to Kris.' Jill said determined.

'Right' Kelly agreed as they approached the bar's entrance.

Kris sat on her bed her back to the wall as she stared out of the window. Her attention turned to the door as it unlocked and opened. West entered in carrying a tray of food with drink.

'I thought you might be hungry by now.' West explained as he set down the tray on a small table a little way from the bed. Kris continued to stare out of the window not speaking, not paying any attention to him. 'Now come Miss Munroe, starving yourself won't help matters, you should eat, I had my chef prepare you a wonderful meal his speciality, lasagne.' West lifted the plate cover to reveal the hot food, the smell of the cook food made Kris's stomach yearn for it, she was hungry, in fact she was famished she couldn't think when she had last eaten. 'Not eating won't bring her back you know.' West said quietly as he covered the plate again. 'Nothing will.' Kris turned and looked at him; if looks could kill West would be dead ten times over.

'Murderer.' Kris croaked looking West in the eyes.

'Yes, I am but then what does that make you? You had your chance, you could have stopped it from happening, all you had to do was answer my question and you both would have been safe and together.'

'You would have killed us both.' Kris replied. West smiled at Kris, laughter seemed to be in his eyes as he stood and walked to the door.

'Well, we'll never know now will we? You see Miss Munroe, I can live with the choices I've made but can you?' West exited the room on that question the door locking again after him. Kris looked back to the window, wishing herself not to cry again to be strong, like Cate would be, be fierce, Kris covered her face with her hands as she began to cry again.


Julie walked alone up to the bar, ordering herself a drink. She turned to face out in to the now busy bar, men were starting to take notice of the Angel, how couldn't they. Julie scoured the room looking for their target, it didn't take long to find him or to give him the look that told him to come over and try his luck. Terence Jackson sauntered up to the bar taking a seat next to Julie who had now taken a seat herself at the bar, drinking her drink face towards the back of the bar watching the bartender working.

'Hi there.' Terence said as she sat down. Julie turned smiling to him.

'Hi.' She sweetly replied.

'I couldn't help but notice you looking over to me.' Terence continued as he ordered them both another drink.

'I hoped you would.' Julie smiled as she took a sip from her drink.

'I'm Terence.' He turned slightly holding his hand out to Julie, taking it Julie gently shook his hand.

'Julie.' She simply replied as she turned and picked up her drink. They continued to talk for the next fifteen minutes or so before Terence started to talk numbers.

'So do you have a number I can call you on sometime?' He asked, Julie masked her disgust as she turned to her purse.

'Sure I do, here.' Julie slid a small square card along the bar to him, Terence watched Julie as she pushed the card along. Picking it up he looked to it and stopped smiling he looked nervous his eyes darting from the picture he held to Julie to the exits.

'Who…who are you?' Terence stammered.

'Where is she?' Julie countered her facial expression changing from smiles too deadly serious.

'How would I know?' Terence asked pushing the picture of Kris back towards Julie.

'You were her contact, her snitch. You were most likely the last one to have seen her so where is she?' Julie asked again emphasising the last few words of her sentence but keeping her voice low so not to be overheard. Terence quickly bolted up and ran for the back exit of the bar just as the Angels thought he would, Julie didn't follow instead she sat calmly and finished her drink then got up and left through the front door of the bar as she had entered.

Terence ran out of the back door and found himself flying up in the air and then down onto his back as Kelly clothes lined him as he rushed out. Coughing on the floor rolling slowly to his side Jill and Kelly stood either side of him.

'Who are you people?' He managed to say between coughs. Jill knelt down to him grabbing by his jacket.

'Where's my sister!' Jill yelled at him in his face. Terence cowered back from her as much as he could whilst Jill still held on to him.

'I don't know, really I don't know.' Terence said again just as Julie turned the corner of the bars building.

'You all right?' Kelly asked calmly as Julie stood beside her.

'Fine, he's nothing special. Turned a shade of white when I showed him Kris's photo before he bolted.' Julie explained to which Kelly nodded stepping forward towards Jill and the scared Terence.

'We know you were Kris's contact Terence, we know she met with you before she went to the meeting that West was at and then she disappeared, now we know you know something so I'd start talking if I were you or we'll hand you over to the police publically for all your associates to see.

'You can't do that, I'm dead if you do that.' Terence pleaded.

'Then if you truly value your life Terence I suggest you start telling us the truth. Where is Kris Munroe?' Kelly demanded hovering over Terence behind Jill. Terence looked at all three Angels swallowing hard no matter how he looked at it he was in danger of losing his life.

An hour later the Angels returned to their hotel rooms tired and irritated.

'Well that didn't get us a whole lot.' Jill said angrily as she threw her purse onto her bed then putting her hands on her hips.

'At least we got a location Jill, that's something.' Kelly pointed out taking a seat on the small comfortable chair in the room, placing her purse down on the floor beside it.

'Yeah, a large house in the hills; do you know how many large houses there are in the hills Kelly, a lot!' Jill snapped.

'But we'll find the right one Jill, you know we will.' Julie countered trying to calm the room before an argument started. The two older sisters were on the very brink of breaking and taking it out on each other. Jill looked to Julie for a moment sighed with a slight laugh before heading off to the bathroom, slamming the door behind her Kelly and Julie next heard the shower running.

'Let her cool off.' Kelly said knowing Julie was looking to her, wondering what to do next. 'I'm going to follow her lead and grab a shower myself, get the dirt and grime of that bar off of me. Let's look at ordering up some food and talking things through after that ok?' Kelly suggested looking to Julie who stood just in front of her, Julie shrugged in answer.

'Sure, I might as well do the same as we have another bathroom to use. Re-group in a few.' Julie smiled leaving Kelly alone as she headed in to the room that was meant to be hers and Jill's as Jill was using Kris's room. Kelly sat still for a moment just breathing and calming down before she stood and headed in to hers and Cate's room. Kelly looked around the room seeing Cate's luggage laying on her bed her leather jacket thrown across it. Kelly walked over to Cate's bed picking up her jacket Kelly stepped back sitting on her bed in the room. Kelly draped her sister's jacket in her arms looking down at it and every crease the leather held. Each crease a story and adventure, Kelly wondered how many of the adventures, if you could call them that, Cate had told her about.

'Where are you?' Kelly asked the jacket expecting some kind of an answer. Lifting the jacket to her face Kelly inhaled deeply smelling the mixture of leather and Cate's perfume. Sighing Kelly stood walking the jacket over to a chair shaking out the jacket slightly as she hung it on the back of the chair she heard the sound of something falling to the floor, looking around the floor under the jacket she spotted what had fallen a long white envelope, Kelly recognised the stationary straight away as she picked it up, turning the envelope she recognised Bette's handwriting addressing the letter to Cate, turning the envelope again, Kelly found the envelope still sealed, not that she intended to read it but she was surprised to find it still sealed. 'But Cate said she had read it.' Kelly said aloud to herself confused by the sealed envelope. Shaking her head Kelly walked to her purse opening it she put the letter safely inside it before she shut it again and headed in to the bathroom turning on the shower no one could hear her tears now.