A Best Friend's Greed
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A/N: They are 16 now
Chapter 26 (Jake's Suspicions Revealed)
The greatest moment of Freddie's life, the girl of his dreams actually said yes to him. Sam actually said she'd have to have a talk with Carly, since it was because of Carly that made Freddie wait so long before ever asking her out. Freddie entered into his home and met up with Jessica, she ran up to him and grinned, seeing that he was overly ecstatic about something. Henry walked into the room and looked at Freddie, he crossed his arms and smirked when he saw Freddie's big grin. "So, what are you so happy for?" Henry asked.
"Well Dad, I finally asked Sam out," Freddie said while grinning. He heard his mom shout for joy in the other room and rolled his eyes in response. "She said yes. I think she's going to be my new girlfriend." Jessica jumped and squealed for joy as Henry smiled and rested his hand on Freddie's shoulder.
"I'm happy for you. I trust you know the basics, right?" Freddie blinked and narrowed his eyes, knowing full well what was coming. Jessica slipped into the kitchen and Freddie followed Henry into his office. "Have a seat, son." Freddie sighed and sat down in a chair while Henry sat down at his desk.
"Let's skip the whole Father Son talk, right?" Henry chuckled and shook his head, telling Freddie that wasn't going to happen. "Trust me, I know the basics. I'm not going to do anything inappropriate with Sam, and I know her father would have my head if I did." Henry nodded in response, Dale wouldn't be happy if Sam ended up pregnant with Freddie's child. In fact, Dale would probably bring out the big guns if Freddie did anything with Sam. "Not only that, Sam knows the limits too. Even if I wanted to, she wouldn't let me."
"Right, and you don't want to do anything, right?" Freddie nodded and Henry smirked. "Okay. Also, what do you think of Jonah? Do you find him to be a good friend?" Freddie rubbed his chin and shrugged, he couldn't think of anything really bad that Jonah had done. Plus, he had always been a good friend to the guy, so he always trusted him with stuff.
"I've not known him to do anything wrong. Oddly, I don't know why Jessica doesn't like him at all." A knock was heard on the office door and Henry looked up from his desk.
"Who is it?"
"It's me, Jake. I'm with Stephanie, and Mrs. Benson said Freddie was in here."
"Come in." Freddie looked toward the door as it opened, Jake chuckled nervously as he and Stephanie walked into the office. Jake wanted Stephanie to be there for him when he told Freddie, just in case anything went wrong. Freddie saw the nervous look in Jake's eyes and raised is eyebrow, concerned about what was bothering his friend.
"So, what's going on?" Freddie asked while crossing his arms. Stephanie placed her hand on Jake's shoulder and smiled at him as Jake took a deep breath.
"It's Jonah," Jake responded. Freddie raised his eyebrow and Jake sat down in a chair while Stephanie sat in the chair next to him. "This has been bothering me for years, but I think Jonah's a bit…obsessed with you, or maybe even your life." Freddie blinked, trying to take all this in. "Now, I'm not saying this out of jealousy or anything, I'm saying this because I care about you and I care about Sam as well."
"Freddie, it was Jonah's fault for when I kissed Jake," Stephanie stated. Freddie swiftly turned his head to look at Stephanie; she took a breath and closed her eyes. "Jake didn't want any part of it. Jonah came to me and said that it was Jake that had a crush on me, and I sort of had a crush on him back then. I was pretty naïve for an eight year old, and didn't get it when Jake told me to stop. I think Jonah knew you'd be back and he wanted Jake's friendship all too himself, that's why he made you and Jake separate."
"Our theory is, Jonah wants what you have. He wants your life." Freddie rubbed his chin and stared at the two, unsure of what to think. Jonah had always been a good friend to him, and never did anything bad to him. At least, that was what he thought.
"All those things that Jonah told you Jake did, Jake never did. Jake would never tell people anything that you told him, if you didn't want it to be known. All along, Jonah's been doing harmful things. He tried to break up your friendship with Jake, and he's always been glaring at Sam."
"Not just Sam, but he did it with Valerie too." This thought made Henry raise his eyebrow, he crossed his arms and thought about whether Jonah might be a stalker. "I remember seeing him looking with lustful eyes at both Valerie and Sam. Now that you're with Sam, I think he's going to get worse!"
"I don't know," Freddie responded. "I mean, these are just your thoughts? Also, what do you seem afraid of?" Stephanie looked over at Jake and he shrugged, she sighed and realized Jake wasn't going to speak that part of his concerns.
"He's afraid of you thinking that he's the one that's all jealous," Stephanie stated. Jake looked at Stephanie and his jaw fell slightly, he chuckled and crossed his arms. That was why he loved her, because she was always so perfectly blunt. "We also have proof. Inside his house, there are photos of everyone in your life. If you're in the photo, your head is either cut out or has a big X covering it. His home is like a shrine to your life!" Freddie raised his eyebrow and Stephanie took out her camera, she handed it to him and Jake blinked.
"What is this?"
"I took photos of what I saw."
"When did you do that?" Jake asked with wide eyes. Stephanie smirked and looked at him, he chuckled and smiled at her, truly amazed by her. "I'm so lucky to have you, aren't I?"
"Yes, yes you are." Stephanie kissed Jake on the cheek and Freddie started to look through the pictures. His eyes grew large with each picture taken, he just couldn't believe it, and he was looking at all the evidence. "Of course, Freddie, you know those pictures could have been taken at any house. The best thing to do would have Mr. Benson and a Judge to issue a warrant and take a look at the home."
"Yeah, most likely…" Jessica peered into the doorway and smirked, knowing they were discussing Jonah. She walked into the room and everyone looked at her, she stared into Freddie's eyes with a look of determination.
"I don't like Jonah," Jessica stated. "He's a threat to Sam! He's a threat to you. Look at the wedgie bounce episode closely, something flew out of his sleeve!" Henry and Freddie raised his eyebrow and Jake lifted his head. "What if it was a needle? Just like the needle that Dad's investigation team found!"
"Yeah, we know that there was a mysterious poison that killed Mrs. Williams," Henry said while rubbing his chin. They had a feeling the needle found in the grass was what transmitted the poison into her system, but they could find no prints on the needle. Henry turned to his computer and started typing, everyone got out of their seats and moved behind him, each of them stared at the computer with interest. "Let's see what we can find."
"This is Jonah, I trusted this guy," Freddie said while the wedgie bounce episode started. "I can't believe he would do anything. I just can't. I mean, this guy was someone that I helped out, you remember, right Jake?"
"Yeah, but I can't say I ever liked that look that was in his eyes whenever he looked at you or anyone else you knew," Jake responded while looking at Freddie. "He had a look of jealousy and a look of greed on his face. It would turn to malice."
"Okay guys, concentrate," Henry stated. "Jake, watch this video closely. You want to be in the law enforcement when you grow, so you need to closely watch for anything." Jake nodded and grinned, he was learning from the best after all. He saw Jonah starting to fly on the wedgie bounce, and then something caught his eye. Something sparkled away from Jonah's sleeve.
"There it is!" Jake and Jessica both shouted. Henry nodded and typed on the computer, rewinding the scene and cutting the bit out from the rest of the video. He replayed the scene very slowly and this time, everyone saw a needle flying from Jonah's sleeve. Freddie's eyes widened and he took a step back, fearing that Jonah may have tried to kill someone that day.
"The ceiling light also fell on that day," Freddie said while letting out a silent gulp. "A second earlier and it would have hit me." Jake looked at Freddie with concern and Jessica let out a small growl.
"Jonah's a bad, bad person," Jessica said. She remembered Mr. Brown, Jonah's father. The memory played fluently in her mind, that was the man responsible for her real father's death. That was the person that would have killed Henry as well, but Henry was too swift for him. "He's just like his father."
"I thought his father died," Stephanie said while blinking in wonder.
"No, his father was the person that took Jessica's birth father from her," Henry said while rubbing his chin. "Not only that, Mr. Brown said he was going to try and take my family as his own when I died. I wasn't about to let something like that happen."
"Like father, like son, I suppose," Jake stated. He smirked and looked over at Freddie, that phrase could actually be said for even the Bensons. Jessica looked over at the office window, the blinds were open and someone was watching the group. The man was in a black outfit and wearing a ski mask, her eyes widened and she quickly pointed at the window. Henry and the others turned to see the man run off.
"Who was that?" Stephanie asked while clutching Jake's arm. Now she was starting to fear, someone was watching them, someone knew what they were investigating. "Oh god, I hope that wasn't Jonah."
"Chances are, it was," Freddie said while locking his jaw and clenching his fists. He hated feeling like he'd been lied to, and betrayed by what he thought was his closest friend. "Damn it, I don't even know what to think now."
"I'll just have to get a few warrants and search for that needle," Henry stated as he turned around. "Then, if there's any poison, we may have something. However, we would have to somehow connect Jonah to Valerie and the Williams. Currently we have nothing, what we do have is a video of Jonah with a needle soaring out of his sleeve. Any prosecutor could make whatever they wanted out of that. However, if we could look at that ceiling light…chances are the Shay's have either removed that or repaired it."
"Right, and what about a warrant to search Jonah's home?" Jake asked while crossing his arms.
"If that peeping tom over there was Jonah, then if he has any photos in his house, he's probably going to trash them all. You're right, however, we do still need to search his home. Maybe we will get something out of it." Freddie stared at the computer screen, still trying to process everything. Jessica looked up at him and frowned, she knew he was probably also thinking about how Sam might be in danger.
"Don't worry, Brother," Jessica said while placing her hand on Freddie's arm and smiling. Freddie looked at her and gave a small smile. "Dad's going to find out whatever he can, and if Jonah really is a danger, then he's going to stop him from hurting Sam."
"We haven't proven anything yet," Henry said while rubbing his chin. Freddie nodded in response, he knew there was still a chance that Jonah wasn't as bad as everyone was thinking. Of course, now, he wasn't completely sure anymore. "So Freddie, when is your first Date with Sam?" Freddie smiled and looked over.
"Friday at three," Freddie responded.
"Good, I trust you'll have fun, but not too much fun."
"Yeah Dad, don't worry." Freddie rolled his eyes and chuckled, he was probably going to hear the same thing from Sam's father.
There you go, it looks like they're figuring Jonah out. Though he seems to be getting more and more of a danger. Stick around!