AN: Okay I have been really sick and having computer problems lately and so I haven't been able to update. I apologize for that.
Chapter 7
Maxine took a deep breath as she looked at the piece of tongue sitting in the box and tried not to throw up. Slowly she got up out of the chair and walked over to the door and opened it to look at all the Deputies that were in the office. She had seen a note inside the box but she couldn't touch it, that would possible destroy evidence.
" Uh Kenny could you come here a minute." She said trying to keep her voice light.
" Yeah." Kenny mumbled as he walked over to her. " What?" He asked as they stepped inside Jimmy's office.
" I got a package from the killer." Max said as she pointed to the box on the desk. " It's got what looks to be a piece of tongue or something in there."
" Your kidding? What would make him send you something like that?" Kenny asked as he walked over to the desk and peered inside the box. He drew back with a frown on his face.
" I don't know but he did." Max said as she picked up the phone to call someone to perserve the tongue.
Jill looked at Jimmy and shook her head softly. He was looking worse with every passing day and the only thing that she could think about was what would happen if he passed away. She mentally chided herself for thinking that way and closed her eyes to try and block out the image of a very pale Jimmy, lying against the white hospital sheets. She opened her eyes when she heard the door open and looked up to see Zack walk inside.
" What are you doing here?" Jill asked her son softly.
" I just wanted to see him. I wanted to make sure he wasn't dead." Zack said softly as he walked over to the bed and glanced down at his severely injured father.
" Zack, honey, this is no place for you to be right now." Jill said not wanting her son to see his father like this.
" He needs to know that I'm here." Zack said as he sat down next to his father on the bed. " I'm not going home mom."
Jill smiled softly at her son and realized that as much as she wanted to protect him from this image it would be impossible. She lifted her hand and gently stroked the side of Jimmy's face, thinking about how grown up their children seemed to be.
Kenny sat behind his desk, analyzing the letter that was stuffed into the box with the human piece. It wasn't a tongue like they thought, it turned out to be a piece of tissue from inside the shoulder. A young woman was found in the park with the same piece missing and she swears she doesn't know what happened. Sighing Kenny re-read the game plan that the killer had specifically drawn out and felt like hitting someone. He glanced over at Max who was talking to a new deputy and he felt his frustrations build. He leaned back in his chair and thought about their conversation from earlier and decided he wasn't going to accept the terms that Max laid out. Just because she was acting Sheriff right now didn't mean she was going to control every aspect of his life. So she was the boss at work, well that meant that at home she was fair game. He grinned and turned back to the task at hand.
He looked over Lana with a smirk as he noticed that she shrunk away from him immediately. She was terrified f him, he really liked this feeling. He closed and locked her cell door and walked down his little hallway, up the stairs and outside into the beautiful weather. Maybe he should just collect them for a while, build up his stash so that when it was time to kill again he would have plenty of victims to choose from. He wouldn't have to worry about snatching them later, or trapping them, they would already be his. He glanced behind him at the now closed door and tried to estimate how many girls he would need to keep him happy. He locked the door behind him and hid it from view. He turned and walked away from the spot, thrilled that now he was even more up on the police than before.
Max walked into the candelit apartment with surprise and shock written on her face. She set her stuff aside and looked around for some sign of Kenny.
" Kenny I thought we had an agreement." She called out as she closed the door behind her.
" No you talked and I listened. Doesn't mean I agreed with everything you said." Kenny said walking out of the back bedroom.
" This is why you couldn't stay over tonight?" Max asked with an arched brow.
" Max obviously you have never been romanced before, so let me be the one to romance you." Kenny said ignoring her comment about work. " Remember when you walk through that door work is not allowed anymore. When we are in this apartment it's only personal and not professional."
" That's kinda hard to remember Kenny." Max said taking a deep breath, frustration building at the thought that he didn't listen to her this morning. " Kenny I am your..." She started only to be cut off by Kenny's lips crashing down on hers. She forgot what she was about to say and glanced at Kenny with a confused look, as if expecting him to tell her what she was thinking of saying a few minutes before.
Kenny just shook his head and guided her to the table set for two, a nice dinner set out. Max was blown away and speechless as she sat, a little unsure on what was happening now.
He saw her walking out of the store and knew who she was. She had a connection to this case and eventually she would make the perfect victim but not yet. He pulled up his camera and snapped some photo's of the young girl. She was very pretty but she wasn't his type at the moment. He turned his attention to the woman that came out after her. The blonde woman glanced down at the ground as she dropped her keys. He thought it was sexy the way she looked so frustrated. Smirking he snapped her photo as well and decided she was next. She was going to be the next one he grabbed and if she knew what was good for her she wouldn't fight back.
