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His Worst nightmare

Ch. 29.

Red Hook. NY.

Nicole was getting tired of sitting and waiting. She had spent a very uneasy night, tossing and turning. She couldn't even annoy Nelda as she still hadn't woken up and to top things off this morning sickness was really starting to get on her nerves. She looked up as she heard a key turn in the door.

"Well it's about bloody time Gavin!"

She was about to rush over towards him when she noticed another man enter behind him, a complete stranger to her.

" Nicole let me introduce my bodyguard to you, now don't try and get within touching distance of me, as he has clear instructions of what he has to do if you try."

Gavin warned her and then placed a back pack on the table and two sets of keys next to it. He then noticed Nelda lying in a heap on the floor.

"What was the point of getting her a new I.D and paperwork if you intended to kill her Nicole?"

"If she is dead then it was an accident, I merely wanted some peace and quiet and slipped her something in her tea. I have never used Midazolam before, and I may have overdone the dosage a bit. Have you finally got the rest of the stuff that I need?"

Gavin Haynes stood and shook his head. He would be glad when he finally was finished with dealing with her. It was a shock for him to realize that Detective Goren had been telling him the truth about her all along. Now he was an accomplice in three Correction Officers deaths. If he believed that he could trust Wallace and that she had indeed returned all the proof of his felony, then he would have disposed of her.

He felt safe though he had hired an ex-cop as his bodyguard.

"Downstairs there is a blue Range Rover for you. I have gotten you false documents and for Ms. Carlson. The navigation system in the car will take you to the house I have rented for your use, as you have wished there is no telephone. In future I ask that you deal with my bodyguard if you need anything else. I want nothing more to do with you!"

Gavin turned and walked towards the door as his bodyguard handed Wallace a cellphone, with which she could contact him in future. She smiled at him as he raked his eyes over her body and watched him follow Gavin out of the building. 'Oh Gavin you are such a fool, your bodyguard will be easy to influence' She thought to herself.

Nelda was woken by a door closing, at first she just laid still and listened to all that was going on around her. Her head felt like an axe had split it in two; she couldn't really remember much of what happened last night. She badly needed some water. It was a struggle but she managed to get to her feet and walked toward the refrigerator.

"Well, Sleeping Beauty awakes at last! Good morning sunshine I must say you slept like a corpse last night my dear. Would you like me to make you a nice cup of tea?"

Nelda tensed at Nicole's offer of a cup of tea as her memory of the last evening returned. Her last memory was of drinking some of the tea that Nicole had made her, and she knew enough about drugs to know that she was suffering from the after effects of something powerful.

"I'll make my own thank you very much!"

Nelda walked over to the kitchen area and opened the drawer that she saw Nicole rummaging in. She noticed several packages of vitamins and painkillers, and then she saw the sachets, and pulled one out and read it. Midazolam! No wonder I feel like I have been run over by a bus. She closed the drawer and got a bottle of water from the fridge, then took a seat on the couch.

"So Nicole, what is the plan?

I tried to make it sound as carefree as possible as I then emptied half of the bottle of water in one big gulp.

"Why dear, first off we are going to sit tight and I really mean it. If you try and sneak off to contact your ex, believe me you will regret it. As soon as things have calmed down, we can go our separate ways. Oh! One other thing, whenever I need to sleep I will be cuffing you to your bed, as I do not trust you. I advise you not to put up any kind of a struggle, because believe me I won't hesitate to kill you."

The way Nicole smiled at her sent a chill down her back. It was clear that her intention was that she never woke up again. She would follow her rules for now. After all she had a score to settle and she was looking forward to her reunion with Barry.

Erial New Jersey.

Captain Joseph Hannah sat in the kitchen; he had gone through all the possible acquaintances of Nicole Wallace with Bobby and Alex.

"We checked at Bedford Corrections, the only visitor she had there was her lawyer. I have sent Jeffries and Richards with a search warrant to his office; they will also run his luds and see if he has been in contact with any known associate of Wallace. We won't leave any stone unturned detectives we have every available cop in the five boroughs searching for them."

Bobby pinched the bridge of his nose, he had every faith in his ex- partner and now Captain. Hannah had been his first partner when he became a Detective in Narcotics and had also become his friend; he knew he could trust him totally.

"Captain, with all due respect, sitting here in this safe house isn't going to bring them out of their hiding place!"

Alex reached over and placed her hand over his to calm him down.

"Captain, there is only one way to get them. We both need to work on this. Nobody knows her better than Bobby and I. We accept any safety measures you want to enforce, but please let us work this case."

Alex stared at Hannah until she saw that her words had finally convinced him.

"OK, I call the shots on this. You will both be vested at all times and will have a detail assigned for your protection. Mr. Morgan will remain here. We can return to 1PP and work out a plan together. I will see you there."

Hannah drank the rest of his coffee then said his goodbyes and left. Dexter Morgan followed him to the door, he was not happy that he was had to remain under protective custody and he had a heated discussion with Hannah at the door.

Meanwhile from across the road unbeknown to Hannah and Morgan two men in a car were watching their exchange and taking pictures. Within seconds those pictures were sent to their boss.

T.B.C….