Mark sat in traffic cursing under his breath. He missed Tyger terribly. Worse than he thought he would. It was making him ill, he felt like hurting something. To top things off he hadn't seen Tyger since she was arrested. Visiting day at the county jail was Fridays. He still had another day to go. He was on his way now to see Tygers aunt. He decided to go see her and tell her Tyger was in jail, see what her reaction was. He pulled up into the drive of her house. Tyger said she had collected a large policy for her husband. She had moved to this house after she had collected. It was a large step up from where she and Tyger had lived before. He got out and went up and rang the bell. The door opened and Tygers Aunt was standing there. She was a good looking woman but she looked to sharp and had cold eyes like ice. "Hello Mrs. Causebrook." He said. "Hello Mr. Calloway, but call me Betty I insist." She said smiling. Mark had to control the urge to choke her. "Come in please." She said. He followed her in to the living room and took a seat. "Would you like some coffee?" she asked. "No thank you." he said. "I just wanted to let you know Tyger is in custody, I found her." He said. "Yes I know the police called me. I want to thank you. It's a great relief to me. I just want to put all this behind me." She said. "Well I'm glad I could help put your mind at rest." Mark said. "I'm going to see her on Friday." Betty said. Mark raised his brows at that. "Oh I know you probably think I'm foolish, but no matter what she is my niece. I do love her." Betty said. Mark wondered what she was up to. "Well I understand that. I have to go I just wanted to let you know what was going on." He said. They stood up. "Thank you again Mr. Calloway for everything." Betty said. "Your welcome." He said and left. Mark climbed into his truck. He had to get in touch with Randy. He was going to beat this bitch at her own game.
"Randy!" Mark called out to him. "Yea Mark what is it. Mark had tracked him down in the hotel lobby heading upstairs. "Tyger's Aunt is going to see her tomorrow. Theirs got to be something we can do to trip her up." He said. Randy rubbed his chin and thought. He had already told the police chief his theory about the murder. He wondered if he would help them. "Come on Mark were going to visit Chief Davis." He said. "Why?" asked Mark. "Come on I will tell you on the way." He said.
Mark and Randy sat in the police chief's office explaining the plan. "I don't know Randy this is highly unusual." The chief said. "Come on John, if this works think how much money the city would save on an unnecessary trial." Randy said. Mark watched the chief holding his breath. This had to work. The Chief was an older man with gray hair and pale blue eyes. He looked at both men as he thought it over. "Whats your interest in this MR. Calloway? You're the bounty hunter that brought her in right?" Chief Davis said. "I got to know Tyger, there's no way I believe she murdered anybody. I believe her story." Mark said. Chief Davis nodded. He sighed and looked at the two of them. Okay we will do it. I hope your faith in this girl is not misplaced." He said. "It's not." Said Mark. "Thanks John." Said Randy. "I'll get someone out to set this up in the morning. In the meantime you two get to the jail and let Ms. Matthews know what's going on." Chief Davis said. Both men stood and shook his hand and turned and left.
"Randy I can't believe I get to see her soon. I can't wait." Mark said. Randy grinned and looked at his friend as he maneuvered the truck through traffic. He was acting like a teenager on his first date. "Kinda excited are you buddy?" Randy asked and laughed. Mark gave him a sharp look. "Just what are you implying Randy?" Mark asked. "Well nothing, but it's obvious you are nuts over her." Randy said. "For your information we are just friends. I'm just worried about her being in jail and all." Mark said. "Oh that's what it is; okay I'm glad you cleared that up for me." Randy said with a smirk. Mark just rolled his eyes and ignored him. He cared about Tyger and was worried but that didn't mean he was in love. Randy had a screw lose.
Tyger sat in her cell. Her and her roommate sat playing poker. She had learned Emily was in for knifing her boyfriend. She hadn't killed him but said she wished she had. Tyger felt her self liking the girl. She had got tired of her boyfriends beatings that's why she had stabbed him. "Three of a kind, I beat ya again." Yelled Emily. Tyger smiled. "Yep, My game aint going so good this evening." Tyger said. "Well maybe you got that man of yours on your mind." Emily said smiling. "What do you mean?" Tyger asked. "Mark, you call out his name in your sleep ya know." Emily said. Tyger looked down. "He's just a friend." She said. "Uhh Huh." Emily said with a grin. Tyger looked up and grinned back. "Is it that obvious?" Tyger asked. "Yea, you are a woman in love anybody can see that." Emily said. "Is he a nice guy?" Emily asked. "Yea. He is the best, sweet, gentle, kind, and handsome." Tyger said smiling. Emily rolled her eyes. "You got it bad girl." She said. "I know, but he doesn't love me. He just thinks of me as a friend." Tyger said. "Well you can change that girl; just throw some hot lovin on him." Emily said laughing. Tyger cracked up. The guard came to the door. "Matthews your lawyer is here, come on to the visiting area." He said. She got up and went to the cell door. "I'll be back in a while Emily." Tyger said.
Mark was pacing the visiting room when the door opened. Tyger caught her breath. God he looked so good. She wanted to run and hug him but that was against the rules. Mark looked at her. She looked so good. He went and stood in front of her. "Tyger honey are you okay?" he asked. She looked up at him not able to hide the love in her eyes. "Yea, I'm so glad to see ya Mark." She said. "Me too girl, I miss ya like crazy." He said. "Really?" she asked surprised. Mark smiled down at her. "Really." He said "Guys we need to set down here and discus something." Randy said. Mark led Tyger over to the table. "We got something in mind for tomorrow. Something that could end this before we even have a trial." Randy said. Tyger listened as the two men explained the plan. He eyes widened. This just might work. "So what do you think Tyger?" said Randy. "I say lets go for it." She said. "That's my girl." Mark said smiling at her. Tyger looked up and graced him with that beautiful smile of hers. "Thank you both so much. I don't know what I would do without you two." Tyger said. "Your quite welcome Tyger. After all this is over, I won't be your lawyer anymore. You can have dinner with me that will be thanks enough." Randy said winking at her. Tyger giggled and smiled at him. The look Mark gave Randy was full of daggers. Mark wanted to reach over the table and pound Randy's head in. Randy just grinned he had did it to see how Mark would react. Yep He loves her, just needs to figure it out for himself Randy thought. Tyger looked at the look Mark was giving Randy. He looked Mad as hell. What was he mad about? He shouldn't care what she did. Tyger smiled. Well maybe he did she thought. Maybe Emily was right. Maybe she just needed to throw some more good lovin his way. "We got to get going Tyger. We have a lot to do in the morning. We will be here early." Randy said. She nodded and stood up. The guard came in to get her. She said good bye to Randy and turned to Mark. "I'll see you soon." She said to Mark. "You can bet on it Honey." He said. She turned and followed the guard out. "What the hell was that all about?" Mark yelled when Tyger left. "What are you talking about Mark?" Randy asked Smiling innocently. "You know what, flirting with her." Mark said angrily. "Well you two are just friends what do you care?" Randy asked as he walked out the door. Mark sighed and followed. What did he care? He asked himself. Good question.