Rick awoke from his nap then he decided to find out what was happening. He felt quite refreshed. A few questions were still nagging him from the past few days. It did not matter at the time but now with a bit of perspective he wondered about several occurrences. One was the appearance of the enigmatic Mr. Smith. What his role? Then there was the turn about decision of Kate's. Why was accepted without any complaints? Why did Gates just place her on leave and not terminate her contract with NYPD? He was grateful Kate got her job back. But these question still bothered him. Another question was what role was Merri's in all of this?
Rick's writer's mind was starting to construct an intricate web of a titanic struggle between two factions. One they are getting to know. It visible head was the Dragon or Senator William H. Bracken. But this other group was more nebulous and less defined. It was obvious to him that Kate was of vital importance to both sides. The Dragon still wanted her dead. This form of this danger has changed from paid assassins to more benign like a simple job offer that Kate was obvious to that danger.
I wonder how did this other faction know what was in store for her? Rick wondered how did it know about the Terrorist for Hire plot? Why did they come to the aid by sending Merri? Why was Merri spotted by his now Father in Law at the first attack? Was he there to confirm the attack was successful? Or was his role much more and deeper than that? Was he the one to enable them in the first place? There was only one person who could aid him in this questioning that was Hiram Yung.
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Hiram Yung had confessed in luring the men with a false job offer. The men came to the house listed by him. What they came to was their own death by Harriet injecting them with the drugs he had stolen. He was not privy to Harriet's other activities even though he shared her bed. He did help move the bodies into a SUV but he was not part of anything else. Hiram did know one fact. A tall blond haired man appeared at the house a few days before Harriet told him to steal the vials, describe the perfect subject then tell that perfect subject of a possible job offer. He was also to keep track of 4 men maybe more. He kept his notes in a binder which when the police searched her house he did not have it on him. This binder was an account of the day to day activities at the house who came and who went along with photos. When things were acquired and when they were used. Yung only knew he was paid 100,000 grand every time he acquired a body. That money was also not found. His court appointed lawyer visited him in Jail.
"So Hiram can I call you that?" the lawyer asked.
He was a young man, brown hair and dark eyes. He carried a beaten briefcase and wore a pair of glasses. He was barely taller than his client.
"Yeah you can." Yung said eyeing him carefully.
"Ok Hiram you want to do what?" the lawyer said in a tired voice.
"I have evidence proving all I did was lured the victims to an address. I did nothing afterward." Hiram said.
"It does not matter you confessed to being part of the conspiracy. Thus you share in their guilt under the law." The lawyer said.
There has to be a way Hiram thought.
"What if there were more to this conspiracy?" Hiram asked.
"Well in that case I would need to see proof of involvement. Once shown to the court other indictments could be made. You could testify against them. Perhaps we could modify your agreement but only if proof is provided." The lawyer said.
"I want to talk to that Detective…Beckett I will only talk with her." Hiram said.
"Ok I can not compel the Detective to come but I will see what I can do." The lawyer said. "It might take time."
Hiram laughed.
"Time is all I have in here! Just see if you can do it?" Hiram said.
"Ok I will make the attempt. I will see you on the 3rd anyway." The lawyer said.
The lawyer got up and exited the holding facility.
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Kate was busy studying for the Lt. Exam. She had connected over 150 forms she had to know. It was maddening. She thought most of these forms were held by HR. Why was she being tasked to know HR's job too?
"Hello beautiful." Rick said kissing her.
He entered the office to notice the reams of hand printed notes.
"I see you have been busy." Rick said.
"Yeah Rick this is impossible. There are 150 forms so far and most have to deal with HR. There are forms to request leave with pay, forms for sick days, form for Leave for reason of pregnancy, and forms to request more forms." Kate said harried.
"Now Kate calm down there has to be some sort of order to these forms some organizational way of determining the right form?" Rick said.
"Not that I have determined." Kate said as her cell phone rang.
"Beckett" Kate said.
"Hmmm tomorrow…?" Kate asked.
Kate covered the phone with her hand and asked Rick.
"Rick... Is anything happening for tomorrow?" She asked.
"Tomorrow, No I don't think so. Why…?" Rick asked.
"Yes I am here tomorrow would be great at 11 fine I will be there bye." Kate said finishing the conversation.
Rick looked at Kate with anticipation.
"Rick, that was the lawyer for Hiram Yung." Kate said.
"Yung…What does he want?" Rick asked.
"Well I guess there is more to this conspiracy. He has proof of more who are involved." Kate said.
"Hmmm sounds like he is grasping at straws. I guess him being the only one in the conspiracy now is weighing on him." Rick said.
"Yeah but I'm on admin leave I have the time to go to hear him out. Rick" Kate said.
"Ok Kate. What about dinner? Chinese…?" Rick asked.
"Chinese is fine." Kate said kissing him.
"Ok I will endeavor to find the others and ask them." Rick said shuddering to think on what he might walk in on.
Rick knocked on the door to the bedroom.
He opened it nothing seemed out of the ordinary. He was about to leave when he heard splashing in the bathroom. Rick yelled out.
"Mother…? Dad I'm ordering Chinese for dinner are you wanting something different or the same order." Rick asked.
Martha stuck her head out the door her hair was covered by a shower cap to prevent her hair from getting wet.
"Oh Richard Chinese dinner same as usual for both of us would be wonderful. I was just…" Martha said but was abruptly cutoff by Rick.
"Mother I do not want to know what you two are doing in there! It is none of my business. I got the answer I needed bye Mother." Rick being beet red exited the room as his Mother closed the door.
Kate noticed his complexion and a peculiar expression on her husband.
"Rick what is wrong?" Kate wondered.
"My Mother and Your Dad in the bathroom…" Rick gasped out.
"Rick you're not being sensible. She is probably bathing him or changing bandages. I swear your writer's imagination has been going on overdrive over those two." Kate said.
"What did you say?" Rick said
Rick ordered in Chinese for the food and got off the phone.
"What did you say? I was…" Rick said.
"Yes I saw you never mind help me up Rick." Kate said.
After being helped up she moved to the couch in the living room.
"Why not a movie Kate I hear Gangster Squad is pretty good!" Rick said.
"Yeah I always wanted to see a movie about police corruption in old LA." Kate said sarcastically.
"But it has Gangster!" Rick implored. "See right here in the title. Gangsters Kate…!"
Kate rolled her eyes at her husband but when he put those cute puppy dog eyes on her she knew he had won.
"Oh alright Gangsters it is!" Kate relented.
Rick jumped up as giddy as a school girl to set up the giant screen. It was something Kate really didn't want was red splashed across an 80 in screen with 4D resolution.
The door bell rang Kate went to acquire the food. Paying the delivery guy she came back with the food and set it on the table.
She took the container and got settled on the couch. Martha noticed it was movie night.
"Oh this is good I heard great things about this director." Martha said looking at the title.
Jim appeared and noticed the screen up.
"Movie night…?" Jim asked to Kate.
"Yeah Rick wanted to see Gangster Squad." Kate said.
"I heard that was pretty good. Count me in." Jim said.
The movie was started. Soon the food was passed out and consumed. The movie was getting good when it was stopped to acquire other things. One was popcorn and more drinks. Finally getting settled again the movie was started up.
It was late everyone was tired Kate kissed her Father and hugged him then she hugged Martha.
"Good night" Rick and Kate said as they climbed the stairs discussing the finer parts of the movie. Kate was pleasantly surprised it did not totally suck.