Chapter 2

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5 years earlier:

It wasn't everyday that Jim Rockford got invited to celebrate his best friend's 20th wedding anniversary. Truth was, he didn't have many friends that made it 20 years into a marriage. Jim wasn't going to miss this for the world. With that said, Rocky was standing in the kitchen yelling for Jim to hurry up. "Hey, sonny, come on. This is gonna be a real nice party for Dennis and Peg and I don't wanna be late. Remember that time we was late the last time they had a party? Dennis was sore about it for a week." Jim walked into the kitchen wearing a red button up shirt and black pants. He had his black jacket half on, "Okay, dad. I'm ready. I just need to find my keys." Jim said while patting his pockets. He looked up when he heard the rattle of keys to see Rocky holding them with a smug grin on his face. "Alright, Rocky. Let's go. We're only going to be a half hour early. In fact, we'll probably be the first ones there."

They were in fact, practically, the first guests to arrive. There was only one other person there. Dennis was the first person to greet them when they walked through the door, "Hey, Jimbo, rocky! How's it going? Listen, I want you to meet my niece, Janessa. She's my brother Al's daughter. She just moved to LA from San Diego. She just graduated from beauty school and is looking for a job." Jim didn't hear a word Dennis said, "Hey, Jim. Jimbo," Jim shook his head, "Oh, sorry Dennis. I kinda zoned out there for a second" Jim said with an embarrassed smile. "You better wake up, Jimbo" Dennis said. Dennis shrugged and said, "Anyway Jim, Janessa, Janessa, Jim" pointing from the older private eye and the young woman standing in front of him.

Janessa Becker was the most beautiful woman Jim Rockford had ever seen. She was fairly short, only about 5'2 and her body had curves in all the right places. She had beautiful green eyes and the softest looking olive colored skin. Her face was framed by the softest looking wavy black hair. Jim held out his hand so he could introduce himself to her."Hi, I'm Jim. I had no clue Dennis had a niece." Janessa gave Jim a smile that would light up the darkest room, "Yeah, I didn't get to see him much because he's so busy with his police work. I moved here because I'm looking for a job in a good salon. I want to save up to have my own salon one day." Jim knew then that he could listen to her talk all day.

"So, Uncle Dennis says that your a private detective." Janessa said while openly checking out the older man in front of her. She loved that red shirt on him, and she hoped she would get a chance to tell him that later. If she had to guess, she would say he was around 40. Jim took a sip of his beer and answered, "Yeah, I have all types of people hire me to find someone, or find out information for them." Janessa looked at Jim with amazement. She had never met a real private detective before. "Wow, that line of work must be interesting." Janessa said. "Yeah, it sure can be. I've been shot at, beat up, my trailer torn apart. You name it, they've done it. I guess it's just part of the job."Jim said. He could feel her eyes on him. If she was trying to hide the fact that she was checking him out, she wasn't doing a very good job.. Enough about him, he wanted to learn more about the beautiful woman standing in front of him. "So, what made you want to go to beauty school?" Jim asked. "Oh, well, I've always liked doing hair and make up and stuff. I just figured I might as well get paid to do something I love. I don't like blood, so I know I wouldn't make a very good nurse. It didn't hurt that my parents were totally against the idea of me going to beauty school. I guess they don't consider doing hair and make up to be a real job" She said with a smile.