Two more chapters and it's done! ^^ Thanks for all your reviews; once I end this one, I'm gonna focus on MIKEMO! I hope you've checked Love Odyssey and Captive Freedom... those are incredible stories... and I'm not saying that just because I'm the Co-Writer or anything ^^!
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Things in Long Island had been pretty good so far; April and the others had located Mr. Ruiz and knew a little about his life and Mrs. Ruiz's son; plus, Ann Sadler (Mr. Ruiz's secretary) had accepted to help them. Now, with all this information it was time to call the others. Don had just left the bed when his shell-cell rang.
"Don?"
"Hey April, Leo told me you found the guy" Don said.
"Yeah, but there's more. We met a girl, Ann Sadler. She's Mr. Ruiz's secretary and a family friend. She knows very little about Mrs. Ruiz's death but she offered to help us" April said.
"That's great. April, do you have your laptop there?" Don asked.
"Yeah"
"I'm gonna send you some documents. I need Mikey to read them all and ask his ghost friend about them, ok?"
"What kind of documents?" April asked.
"Leo and Casey found a box with some threatening letters. Maybe Ann or Mrs. Ruiz know something more about them" Don explained while sent the files to April.
"Threatening, huh? You think that could have a connection with the incident in the hotel?"
"Could be. Oh! Another thing, I've been checking the company's schedule; Mr. Ruiz is coming to New York in three days for a conference. Try to stay close to him; whoever killed Mrs. Ruiz could be waiting for him now"
"Ok" April said and hung up. Some minutes later, Mikey woke up.
"Is breakfast ready?" Mikey yawned.
"Mikey, glad you're up. Don needs Mrs. Ruiz to read this letters. I gotta go to the company" April said handing Mikey the laptop with the letters in the screen.
"Ok… no prob. Can you buy some donuts for breakfast before you leave?" Mikey asked.
"Got it" April said and left.
"Thanks, you're an angel" Mikey yelled.
"Sure she is" Mrs. Ruiz said joining Mikey.
"Hey, Mrs. Ruiz! Just the ghost I wanted to see" Mikey said happily.
"O…k… what can I do for you?" Mrs. Ruiz asked.
"Donnie sent me these letters but… they're all in Spanish" Mikey said pointing at the laptop's screen.
"Let me see"
"Cometiste un grave error,
nunca debiste
cruzarte en su
camino"
"Te lo advierto,
aléjate
si quieres
seguir viviendo"
"Oh, no… no those letters again!" Mrs. Ruiz exclaimed in shock recognizing the letters.
"What do they mean?" Mikey asked in curiosity.
"The two first ones appeared when I started dating Teodoro" Mrs. Ruiz explained.
"What about this one?" Mikey asked showing another letter.
"Esta es tu última oportunidad,
si sabes lo
que te conviene
te alejarás de su vida"
"That one was sent when Teodoro asked me to marry him" Mrs. Ruiz said.
"And this one?" Mikey showed another letter.
"Lamentarás el día en que
mezclaste tu sangre
con la suya"
"That appeared in the flowers Teodoro sent me after Danny was born and the last one… the last one is the worse" Mrs. Ruiz said reading the last letter.
"Te quitaré lo que más amas"
"I thought his mother was trying to scare me but… I don't think she could have done something like that. She hated me but… she cared about her grandson"
"So… Danny's grandma could be discarded for now… but what if… what if she told someone else?" Mikey asked to himself.
"How can you say that?" Mrs. Ruiz exclaimed.
"We have to investigate each one of Teodoro's family members and friends just in case" Mikey said.
"Donuts for breakfast!" April said happily appearing with a box full of donuts.
"Yay! I was starving" Mikey said cheerfully grabbing a chocolate donut.
"So, she read the letters already?" April asked.
"Yep, seems like we gotta start talking with Teodoro's mom" Mikey said before giving a big bite to his donut.
"Mrs. Dávila? Hmm… I'll see what I can do but I'm gonna need a fast transport now" April said.
"That won't a problem, April" a new voice joined the conversation. Raph had woken up some minutes ago.
The red masked ninja disguised himself with the suit and prepared his bike for a new trip.
"Dude, does that thing enough fuel?" Mikey asked.
"More than enough. Now, you stay here and call us if sumthin' happens. I'll go with ya, April" Raph said taking his place in the bike.
"Ok, we'll call you if something happens. If Don or the others call, let us know"
"Count with it" Mikey said. April and Raph left the place and made their way to SkyTech.
The building was still closed but a red Mercedes Benz was parked in front which meant someone was already in SkyTech.
"You think that's Mr. Ruiz's car?" April asked.
"Could be. I wish Mikey would be here, he's da one who walks with a ghost by his side" Raph said.
"Él no es el único con habilidades extra, Rafael" Mrs. Ruiz had followed the red masked ninja.
She knew that Raph could perceive her perfume and she was gonna take advantage of that. The ghost started to walk in front of him so he could feel the sweet essence. A cold breeze made Raph snap of his thoughts.
"Did ya feel that?" Raph asked.
"What?" April asked back.
"Sé que puedes sentirme, concéntrate y sigue mi esencia" Mrs. Ruiz said and walked away making Raph to follow her.
"That perfume…" Raph mumbled following the ghost.
"Perfume? Raph, are you ok?" April asked again more confused.
Raph followed Mrs. Ruiz thanks to her perfume. The ghost stopped near the place where the car was parked.
"It's stronger in that place… where da car is parked. This is Ruiz's car" Raph said.
"How do you…" April asked but Raph cut her off.
"No time to explain. We gotta go to Ruiz's office" Raph said.
"April? Raphael?" a voice stopped their steps.
"Ann!" April exclaimed recognizing the girl's face.
"What ya doin' here?" Raph asked.
"I… work here, duh! Mr. Ruiz and I are always the first ones to arrive to the company" Ann explained.
"Is that his child?" April asked noticing the little boy asleep in the car.
"Yeah, Mr. Ruiz is gonna take him to the airport in a few hours. He has a conference in three days but he cancelled it" Ann explained.
"How so?" April asked.
"His wedding is in three days, too. The family is going to New York today; they'll be probably arriving this afternoon" Ann added.
"We can't let him go there again!" April said in an alarmed tone.
"Why not?" Ann asked in curiosity.
"My friends found some threatening letters directed to Mrs. Ruiz. Someone planned…"
A new voice joined the scene interrupting April.
"There you are! Mr. Ruiz needs you to go to his office in this moment!" Deborah ordered.
"I'm coming, Miss Sandoval" Ann did was she was told, leaving April and Raph alone with an angry and moody Deborah.
"And you two, if you work here then go inside! If you don't, get the hell outta here!" Deborah yelled making her way to the car. April couldn't stand Deborah's behavior any longer.
"Grrr! She's so…!" April hissed angrily.
"Easy April!" Raph stopped her "I have a plan… Miss Sandoval?" Raph approached Sandoval.
"What do you want? Don't you see I'm busy here?" The woman said angrily.
"We're…eh… Mr. Ruiz's cousins! We knew about his wedding and we wanted to say congrats; it seems that mah cousin choose well this time!" Raph said.
"Well, er… excuse me then… and you're right! His last wife was a terrible mistake but… heh… that's solved now" Deborah said with a smug smile.
"Well… I hope you'll be happy. We gotta go now" Raph said pretending he was gonna leave. Sandoval stopped him.
"Wait! Oh my… where are my manners! Here, I'm sorry for sending you these ones earlier but… Teo didn't mention you before. I hope you can come to the wedding" Deborah said handing him two invitations.
"We'll be there… oh, and one more thing: don't tell him we're gonna be there. We want this to be a… surprise" Raph said with a wink.
"No problem! See ya there!" Sandoval said cheerfully and entered into the car.
The red masked ninja walked to April's direction showing her the invitations with a smug smirk on his face. The latter was open mouthed and speechless.
"Guess what! We're going to a wedding" Raph said.
"Raph… you're such a great liar!" April said chuckling.
"That's part of the ninjas' life" Raph said smugly.
"Well, seems like everything is fine for now. We're leaving to New York in this moment so I suggest you to do the same" Ann appeared.
"That won't be a problem, Ann. Thanks to Raph; we're going to Ruiz's wedding" April said.
"No way! How did you do that?" Ann asked happily.
"Ninja lying skills" Raph answered.
"Eh? Whatever… April, you were gonna tell me something about… some letters?" Ann asked but then her cell-phone rang "Just a sec, please"
"Ann! I'm going to the car now. You have the tickets, right?" Mr. Ruiz asked.
"I gave them to your fiancée, sir" Ann said.
"Good, get into the car and wait there" Mr. Ruiz said and hung up.
"We're leaving now, but I need to know more about those letters!" Ann said.
"We could take you to New York and tell in our way there" April suggested.
"Hmm… ok" Ann dialed her boss' cell-phone's number "Mr. Ruiz? I have something to do first. I'll be in the hotel a little later, ok?... … Thanks sir!" Ann hung up.
"Ok. I guess we're leaving, too" Ann said smirking.
"Ya know I can't ride with two girls in a bike, right?" Raph reminded them.
"I'll call Mikey to pick us in the copter" April said.
"That could be risky; I think I'll take a cab. I still remember where your copter is so… I'll see you there" Ann said and left the place. April and Raph did the same.
Minutes later everyone was now in the copter making their way to New York. Ann read all the letters and was horrified. Her friend had been threatened since the day she met Teodoro; but how he never knew about those letters? After all, she was his wife! He should have known about them!
"I can't believe it! But… who could have done such a thing like this? There's so much hate in these letters… poor Teresa!" Ann said sadly.
"I compared Deborah's handwriting… no match" April sighed heavily.
"Aww shell!" Mikey sighed in defeat.
"Wait a sec, Mikey. When I talked to her about Mr. Ruiz choosing her as his wife she mentioned Mrs. Ruiz as… a solved problem" Raph said remembering his chit chat with Deborah.
"Do you think…?" Mikey started at him.
"Sumthin's tellin' me we're gonna make the bride confess" Raph said.