1 Revelations
Jake watched unobtrusively as Kilmann signed for Mercer's effects at the nurse's station: a watch, bracelet and what looked like a marker. Donovan had set him on her tail after the team had brought Mercer in. Mercer was very lucky Alex had been at the meeting. Kilmann had finished signing the paper on the clipboard; handed it back to the plum duty nurse, then turned on her heel and stalked out of the hospital, with Jake not far behind.
Valinda pushed open the cage to her loft she immediately made her way to the computer desk just off the kitchen. The desk was an old oak roll top. She took the key to the cover out of her pocket and opened the desk. She sat down in the high backed leather padded chair and pulled out the camera's docking station and software programs. The Marker was actually a camera. Mercer had bought several off an infomercial and had given her one for Christmas. Now she put his camera in the port and started the program.
Three minutes and a reboot later she was watching a slide show starring Kincaid and her two Favorite detectives, she thought sarcastically. They were all gathered around an older man in a tailored three-piece suit and silver hair. It was the last slide that had her full attention though. It showed Kincaid grinning like a maniac coming toward the camera and Mercer.
Valinda tapped the LCD screen with the penknife she had been twirling in her fingers as the program loaded. She slashed across Kincaid's throat with it, and then she rose out of her chair and headed toward the bedroom. She walked through the boundary Japanese rice paper screens and went to her knees beside the raised futon bed. Sunken into the floor beneath the bed was a three by five foot safe. She unlocked it pulled out her night camouflage and other gear. Kincaid was going to learn a lesson in fear tonight. She thought as she tested the gleaming blade with her thumb.
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Jake watched unobtrusively as Kilmann signed for Mercer's effects at the nurse's station: a watch, bracelet and what looked like a marker. Donovan had set him on her tail after the team had brought Mercer in. Mercer was very lucky Alex had been at the meeting. Kilmann had finished signing the paper on the clipboard; handed it back to the plum duty nurse, then turned on her heel and stalked out of the hospital, with Jake not far behind.
Valinda pushed open the cage to her loft she immediately made her way to the computer desk just off the kitchen. The desk was an old oak roll top. She took the key to the cover out of her pocket and opened the desk. She sat down in the high backed leather padded chair and pulled out the camera's docking station and software programs. The Marker was actually a camera. Mercer had bought several off an infomercial and had given her one for Christmas. Now she put his camera in the port and started the program.
Three minutes and a reboot later she was watching a slide show starring Kincaid and her two Favorite detectives, she thought sarcastically. They were all gathered around an older man in a tailored three-piece suit and silver hair. It was the last slide that had her full attention though. It showed Kincaid grinning like a maniac coming toward the camera and Mercer.
Valinda tapped the LCD screen with the penknife she had been twirling in her fingers as the program loaded. She slashed across Kincaid's throat with it, and then she rose out of her chair and headed toward the bedroom. She walked through the boundary Japanese rice paper screens and went to her knees beside the raised futon bed. Sunken into the floor beneath the bed was a three by five foot safe. She unlocked it pulled out her night camouflage and other gear. Kincaid was going to learn a lesson in fear tonight. She thought as she tested the gleaming blade with her thumb.
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