Seajae sat at her desk and mulled over the files in front of her. The
Killians who lived at the same address never existed accourding to all the
data banks she had been checking for the last four hours. Her eye's hurt
from the computer moniter and he back acned from sitting so long. She
checked the time. It was nearly seven. Seajae had promised no matter what
she'd meet him and Faith for dinner. Shutting off her computer she stood
up and headed out.
Sully and Ty pulled up to the restuaunt just as Seajae was walking in. She waited for them. "Hey Sunshine how's it going?"
"Good." She hugged Sully. "It's been to long." Ty held open the door. "How's married life Ty? We hardly see you guys anymore."
"It's good." He said with a smile on his face. "Real good." Boscoe, Faith, Kim and Alex were already sitting down. They all said their hello's and started their own conversations. Seajae was qiuet as she sat staring at a menu she knew by heart.
"Seajae? You okay baby?" Bosco put his hand over hers.
"Fine. Really. How did your appointment go?"
"Alright. I even kinda like this guy." Caleb came in and pulled up a seat next to Faith and wispered something in her ear. She hugged him.
"So you two whats the big secret over there." Alex asked.
"I got a job with the State Department. Security. It a safe stable job, good money too."
"I never thought of you as safe and stable McKenzie." Seajae laughed.
"Never wanted to be. And I could say the same for you missy." Caleb looked at their friends. "Did you tell them?" He asked her.
"NO. I was waiting for you."
"Tell us what?" Doc and Carlos came in and sat in the last two chairs at the table.
"Caleb asked me to marry him." The women sreamed, the men laughed. God the whole damn bunch of them was getting soft.
******
Nearly everyone was gone back to work. Ty was talking to Alex outside. Kim, Sully and Seajae sat at the table drinking the last of their coffee.
"How's the case going?" Sully asked Seajae.
"I'm stumped. These people have no dental records. No prints on file. No physical ID is possible." She lit a cigarette. "The Killians were ghost even before these people died in that apartment. I'm so lost on this."
"Give it time. You'll figure it out." Seajae fished the picture she'd found in the bedroom out of her pocket.
"You've been around awhile. Does he look familier?" He took the picture and studied it.
"No. Did you run it though the data banks?"
"Every last one of them. If this guy was NYPD I should of got some kind of hit." She looked at Kim. "Sorry. I didn't mean to start talking shop." Her friend smiled.
"That's okay." Sully got up.
"See you ladies later."
"Bye Sully." Seajae looked at Kim. "How's thing s with you?"
"Okay. Kinda calm at the moment. No major blow ups or confreintations."
"That's a good thing. How's Joey?"
"Growing like a weed."
"We should all get together soon. At least sometime over the holiday's"
"Yeah we need to. Start planing Faith's wedding." Kim got up. Seajae followed suit and they headed out the door. "Talk to you soon Seajae."
"Yeah Kim. Call me." Seajae's cell phone rang. "Boscorelli."
"We found the name of the guy in the picture." It was Bosco.
"How?"
"Prision records. Want to meet us at the station?"
"Where are you?"
"Lincoln and 32 nd."
"Yeah that works. Meet you in five." Seajae walked the two blocks to the station and headed to her office. Her desk was piled high with files. "Guess I asked for the job." She sat behind her desk. "I know I have a coffee cup around here some where."
"Seajae, you under there somewhere?" She looked up. Bosco and Faith stood in the door way.
"Yeah. Last time I checked." Bosco handed her the paper in his hand. "Great. How did you find it?"
"Dumb luck. Frank Johnson was down in records. He saw the picture sitting on the counter. He told me that this guy's name is Lester Killian. He was a cop like for five minutes and then quit. Ended up murdering his wife when she had an affair with his brother, George." Faith had gone and gotten Seajae a cup of coffee. She handed it to her.
"Thanks. So George Killian exsisted what twenty years ago. There is no record of a George Killian anywhere in any computer. All the ones are too old too young or too dead." SHe closed her eyes and savored the strong coffee. "I guess I'm headed out to Rikers first thing in the mornig."
"We'll find this guy somewhere. He's not a ghost."
"Yeah well if he is how do we write the report is what I want to know. Now all I have to do is find out who those people in the apartment were. If I start now I may wade though this by Christmas."
"We better get back on the road. Have fun." Bosco kissed his wife and headed back to work.
"It's like finding a needle in haystack. God I hate paperwork." Seacjae dug out another file and tried to figure which way was up.
Sully and Ty pulled up to the restuaunt just as Seajae was walking in. She waited for them. "Hey Sunshine how's it going?"
"Good." She hugged Sully. "It's been to long." Ty held open the door. "How's married life Ty? We hardly see you guys anymore."
"It's good." He said with a smile on his face. "Real good." Boscoe, Faith, Kim and Alex were already sitting down. They all said their hello's and started their own conversations. Seajae was qiuet as she sat staring at a menu she knew by heart.
"Seajae? You okay baby?" Bosco put his hand over hers.
"Fine. Really. How did your appointment go?"
"Alright. I even kinda like this guy." Caleb came in and pulled up a seat next to Faith and wispered something in her ear. She hugged him.
"So you two whats the big secret over there." Alex asked.
"I got a job with the State Department. Security. It a safe stable job, good money too."
"I never thought of you as safe and stable McKenzie." Seajae laughed.
"Never wanted to be. And I could say the same for you missy." Caleb looked at their friends. "Did you tell them?" He asked her.
"NO. I was waiting for you."
"Tell us what?" Doc and Carlos came in and sat in the last two chairs at the table.
"Caleb asked me to marry him." The women sreamed, the men laughed. God the whole damn bunch of them was getting soft.
******
Nearly everyone was gone back to work. Ty was talking to Alex outside. Kim, Sully and Seajae sat at the table drinking the last of their coffee.
"How's the case going?" Sully asked Seajae.
"I'm stumped. These people have no dental records. No prints on file. No physical ID is possible." She lit a cigarette. "The Killians were ghost even before these people died in that apartment. I'm so lost on this."
"Give it time. You'll figure it out." Seajae fished the picture she'd found in the bedroom out of her pocket.
"You've been around awhile. Does he look familier?" He took the picture and studied it.
"No. Did you run it though the data banks?"
"Every last one of them. If this guy was NYPD I should of got some kind of hit." She looked at Kim. "Sorry. I didn't mean to start talking shop." Her friend smiled.
"That's okay." Sully got up.
"See you ladies later."
"Bye Sully." Seajae looked at Kim. "How's thing s with you?"
"Okay. Kinda calm at the moment. No major blow ups or confreintations."
"That's a good thing. How's Joey?"
"Growing like a weed."
"We should all get together soon. At least sometime over the holiday's"
"Yeah we need to. Start planing Faith's wedding." Kim got up. Seajae followed suit and they headed out the door. "Talk to you soon Seajae."
"Yeah Kim. Call me." Seajae's cell phone rang. "Boscorelli."
"We found the name of the guy in the picture." It was Bosco.
"How?"
"Prision records. Want to meet us at the station?"
"Where are you?"
"Lincoln and 32 nd."
"Yeah that works. Meet you in five." Seajae walked the two blocks to the station and headed to her office. Her desk was piled high with files. "Guess I asked for the job." She sat behind her desk. "I know I have a coffee cup around here some where."
"Seajae, you under there somewhere?" She looked up. Bosco and Faith stood in the door way.
"Yeah. Last time I checked." Bosco handed her the paper in his hand. "Great. How did you find it?"
"Dumb luck. Frank Johnson was down in records. He saw the picture sitting on the counter. He told me that this guy's name is Lester Killian. He was a cop like for five minutes and then quit. Ended up murdering his wife when she had an affair with his brother, George." Faith had gone and gotten Seajae a cup of coffee. She handed it to her.
"Thanks. So George Killian exsisted what twenty years ago. There is no record of a George Killian anywhere in any computer. All the ones are too old too young or too dead." SHe closed her eyes and savored the strong coffee. "I guess I'm headed out to Rikers first thing in the mornig."
"We'll find this guy somewhere. He's not a ghost."
"Yeah well if he is how do we write the report is what I want to know. Now all I have to do is find out who those people in the apartment were. If I start now I may wade though this by Christmas."
"We better get back on the road. Have fun." Bosco kissed his wife and headed back to work.
"It's like finding a needle in haystack. God I hate paperwork." Seacjae dug out another file and tried to figure which way was up.