Forgive the little "Let's hear it for the boy" innuendo towards the end, I
couldn't help myself!! OK some of you will get that..lol On to the story,
thanks for the reviews!!!!!
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"You know I must say junior mints on popcorn is wonderful, even better when they slightly melt!" Dean said as they walked out of the theater two movies later.
"It is one of the most heavenly things in this world." She smiled.
"I can fully agree with that now." He smiled.
'What time is it?" She asked.
"Almost ten, why?" He wondered.
"Just thinking." She said absently.
"Uh oh." He muttered getting a look, "What I mean uh oh that wonderful amazing mind of yours is thinking up yet another great ploy." He said innocently.
"You are so transparent." She smirked.
"Apparently not." He yawned.
"Meaning?" She said stopping in front of the car.
"Can I be honest?" He pondered.
"Brutally if you must." She smiled.
"I won't be that honest!" He smirked and she laughed. "Well you see its hum." He paused trying to find just the right words. "Ok well," Just as he began again he heard a phone start to ring, she gave him a should I answer this look and he nodded and sighed.
"Hello?" He heard her say, "Maybe this just wasn't the right time." He thought to himself as she talked.
"We've got to get back to the house and fast." She said her eyes dancing with excitement.
"Must be something big." He said getting excited himself.
"Yep let's go." She yelled racing around to the door.
They got home and together ran the stairs to her room.
"Ok what's going on?" She said bursting into the room.
"Take a seat, you'll need it." Daniel said.
She did as told and waited as Daniel walked around and sat in one of the chairs next to the sofa and placed some papers in front of him.
"Ok now I need you to think a moment, do you remember a company called CodeCax Inc?" Daniel started.
"CodeCax Inc? Humm should I?" She said after a minute.
"A couple of years ago you went with your father to Australia. He met with a man named Adam Duncan, with me so far?" He asked and she nodded, "Ok, well the man's brother Charles Duncan he owned a company called CodeCax Inc which dealt with moving priceless antiques around the world for various art shows. Long story short some of the pieces began to turn up missing, and the company went out of business. Last summer his bank accounts began to swell a bit, not long after so did Mitchell's at first I thought I was just wishing for something but it was all too similar. Then I stared to notice a company's name showing up around Mitchell's account, Codec Inc."
"Which just happens to be owned by Charles Duncan, from CodeCax Inc to Codec Inc." Julie said kicking one shoe off and fighting with another.
"So how exactly are they connected?" Dean asked grabbing her foot and taking the shoe off for her to save the poor defenseless coffee table.
"Seems the lot of Mitchell's money is coming from moving crates of various building materials." Daniel stated.
"Which cost far more then normal building materials cost to move." Fulton smirked.
"Ok whoa your saying that maybe he is moving the antiques that turned up missing?" Dean asked.
"Selling them on the black market here in the states?" Julie added.
"And in Europe, South America. Lots of money in this kind of thing obviously." Daniel nodded, "He used his brother's company for a few months as a cover then went out on his own."
"So Mitchell's wealth as well as his family's is nothing more then dirty money?" She asked.
"Mitchell's for sure, his family's how ever it seems came from him using some of that money to invest in stocks. So not directly dirty money, but came from it." Daniel answered.
"But Mitchell thinks nothing of family honor and love, so why help out the family?" Julie wondered confused.
"To hide the kid he's got?" Dean asked.
"One reason I bet, the one thing Mitchell does like is reputations and that would knock him down a bit. Even though it's nothing new in the world." Daniel agreed.
"But it's still something more, it can't be just to bully me around could it? I mean how could he know I'd be getting the family money, right?" She asked.
"Jules he is sick and twisted and the only two things he really hates besides loosing his money is being made a fool of, and not getting what he wants. You've made a fool of him many times, plus you've told him no again and again. You are no doubt number one on his to do list, but you're right there's something more. Could be just simple greed." Daniel said with worry showing threw in his voice.
"Four more days, almost three now. Something is going to break soon." She sighed tiredly.
"I don't have any worry about your physical safety, but emotionally I'm very concerned Jules." Daniel said softly. "You're not sleeping much."
"Is it that obvious?" She asked getting nods. "I kept trying to distract myself from it, but my mind always comes back to it no matter what. I mean I know some things about Mitchell that not even you know Daniel. And it disturbs me to no end; it's like I live in a nightmare with only small moments of daylight. It's really starting to ware me down some."
"You need a vacation." Fulton smiled and she nodded.
"Load the jet up and take me anywhere!" She sighed.
"Light bulb!" Daniel said sitting up.
"What?" The other three said together.
"The flight logs, anyone who uses planes private or not has one. Just need to get Mitchell's and yours." He smiled at Julie. "You can pick those up tomorrow, I'm sure you have a lot of explaining to do to Jason anyway."
"Oh man, Jason." She said rubbing her hands on her face. "He's not going to be amused with me, I've not even talked to him since I've gotten home."
"Good as time as any. So you handle that sometime tomorrow." Daniel then turned to Fulton then; "You keep hacking away." And then looked at Dean, "And you with the hardest job try to control her, and for god's sake get her to sleep more!"
"I'm not that powerful." Dean smirked.
"No one is." Daniel said patting Julie on the head, "I know it's easy to say this but try to sleep ok? You're safe here you know that, and I'm doing everything I can to get all this taken care of. So get it off your mind, ok?"
"Yeah ok. You go rest too will you? The little puffy eyes are not attractive on you I'm sad to say." She smiled.
"Always with the sarcasm." He smiled and called goodnight.
"I'm sleeping on the sofa in here, I want to hack some more tonight ok?" Fulton asked.
"No problem." Julie yawned.
"I'm going to shower." Dean said.
"Thank you." Julie and Fulton said then laughed. Dean started to say something then shook his head and walked out the door. Julie smirked at Fulton then leaned over and picked up her shoes heading for her room to change.
"Hey Jules?" Fulton asked.
"Yes?" She said turning back around.
"Could I ask you about something?"
"Sure." She said with a shrug.
"Don't get mad or embarrassed or anything but level with me here." He said and paused a moment, "What do you honestly think about Portman?"
She was obviously knocked off guard by the comment and stammered a minute. "How do you mean?" She asked.
"I mean what I said, what do you think of him?" He asked again.
"Well, he's not what you would expect him to be by just looking at him I suppose. He has a big heart and yet still tuff." She smiled then added, "He'd have to be to put up with all this wouldn't he?"
"That's for sure." He laughed then questioned. "Think he's got a little thing for you?"
"A little thing for me?" Julie laughed, "Be serious."
"I am! I mean I really wonder sometimes." He said holding the smirk in.
"Why?" She asked sitting on the arm of a chair.
"You have to have noticed by now Jules." He said waiting for her to say something, when she didn't he continued. "It's the little things he does."
"Like what?" She asked.
"Like with you and your shoe tonight."
"I'm sure he was thinking I was about to kick him with it." She dismissed the act.
"Or what about him sleeping in there just to keep an eye on you?"
"He's just being a great friend." She replied.
"Ok then what about the mock engagement, I know that's a classic television and movie gag that just happens sometimes right? But honestly would you have expected him to be the one to step up and say he'd do it? Out of all of us him first?" He asked.
"Well, no I guess not." She nodded. "But I just don't see how that proves anything."
"It's the details Jules, think about it. He doesn't have to do all he's doing, and for anyone else I doubt he would." He waited then added quickly knowing what she was going to say next. "Team mate or not."
She sighed and shook her head, "I guess I see your point." She said quietly. "But I doubt he does." She added.
"Well maybe you're right Jules, maybe he's just being a pal." He smirked and got up walking over to the computer very pleased with himself.
Julie sat there a moment more thinking then got up and walked slowly to her room.
"God I'm good." Fulton whispered to himself and got online.
Julie was changed and laying in bed still mulling over Fulton's words when Dean returned and walked in shutting the door softly behind him. He smiled and walked over flopping down on the pull out bed. He glanced over seeing her intently thinking expression.
"I thought Daniel said no more of that." He smiled.
"Hmm." She said not looking his way.
"Humm hello?" He asked and she just nodded. "The house is on fire."
"Yeah ok." She muttered.
"I'm going to sing and dance at any moment." He said and she again just muttered something. "Is that a spider? He said looking above her.
"What huh? Spider?" She said looking around quickly.
"I knew that would get you." He laughed.
"That was not amusing." She grumbled getting back in bed, but looked up carefully anyway.
"Yeah it was." He laughed and she muttered something ugly and turned the light off.
"Night cat lady." He laughed.
"Night bash boy." She sighed and rolled over. They were silent for at least fifteen minutes when she suddenly spoke again, "For heaven's sake did you say you were going to sing and dance?" He busted out laughing.
"Just got threw did it?"
"Yes it did. That could be funny." She laughed.
"Not happening." He confirmed.
"Awe you mean no dancing at all? I could just see you in a penguin suit with a top hat dancing around." She giggled.
"Hush Jules." He said seriously, but smiled in the dark. "Go to sleep."
"Ok I'll try to sleep." She yawned.
"Good." He yawned as well. He lay awake for awhile, thinking of all the things Fulton had said to him before he'd come to bed. "All the little things all the details Portman. Maybe she dose have a little thing for you." He shook Fulton's words out of his head, and tried to get some sleep.
"You know I must say junior mints on popcorn is wonderful, even better when they slightly melt!" Dean said as they walked out of the theater two movies later.
"It is one of the most heavenly things in this world." She smiled.
"I can fully agree with that now." He smiled.
'What time is it?" She asked.
"Almost ten, why?" He wondered.
"Just thinking." She said absently.
"Uh oh." He muttered getting a look, "What I mean uh oh that wonderful amazing mind of yours is thinking up yet another great ploy." He said innocently.
"You are so transparent." She smirked.
"Apparently not." He yawned.
"Meaning?" She said stopping in front of the car.
"Can I be honest?" He pondered.
"Brutally if you must." She smiled.
"I won't be that honest!" He smirked and she laughed. "Well you see its hum." He paused trying to find just the right words. "Ok well," Just as he began again he heard a phone start to ring, she gave him a should I answer this look and he nodded and sighed.
"Hello?" He heard her say, "Maybe this just wasn't the right time." He thought to himself as she talked.
"We've got to get back to the house and fast." She said her eyes dancing with excitement.
"Must be something big." He said getting excited himself.
"Yep let's go." She yelled racing around to the door.
They got home and together ran the stairs to her room.
"Ok what's going on?" She said bursting into the room.
"Take a seat, you'll need it." Daniel said.
She did as told and waited as Daniel walked around and sat in one of the chairs next to the sofa and placed some papers in front of him.
"Ok now I need you to think a moment, do you remember a company called CodeCax Inc?" Daniel started.
"CodeCax Inc? Humm should I?" She said after a minute.
"A couple of years ago you went with your father to Australia. He met with a man named Adam Duncan, with me so far?" He asked and she nodded, "Ok, well the man's brother Charles Duncan he owned a company called CodeCax Inc which dealt with moving priceless antiques around the world for various art shows. Long story short some of the pieces began to turn up missing, and the company went out of business. Last summer his bank accounts began to swell a bit, not long after so did Mitchell's at first I thought I was just wishing for something but it was all too similar. Then I stared to notice a company's name showing up around Mitchell's account, Codec Inc."
"Which just happens to be owned by Charles Duncan, from CodeCax Inc to Codec Inc." Julie said kicking one shoe off and fighting with another.
"So how exactly are they connected?" Dean asked grabbing her foot and taking the shoe off for her to save the poor defenseless coffee table.
"Seems the lot of Mitchell's money is coming from moving crates of various building materials." Daniel stated.
"Which cost far more then normal building materials cost to move." Fulton smirked.
"Ok whoa your saying that maybe he is moving the antiques that turned up missing?" Dean asked.
"Selling them on the black market here in the states?" Julie added.
"And in Europe, South America. Lots of money in this kind of thing obviously." Daniel nodded, "He used his brother's company for a few months as a cover then went out on his own."
"So Mitchell's wealth as well as his family's is nothing more then dirty money?" She asked.
"Mitchell's for sure, his family's how ever it seems came from him using some of that money to invest in stocks. So not directly dirty money, but came from it." Daniel answered.
"But Mitchell thinks nothing of family honor and love, so why help out the family?" Julie wondered confused.
"To hide the kid he's got?" Dean asked.
"One reason I bet, the one thing Mitchell does like is reputations and that would knock him down a bit. Even though it's nothing new in the world." Daniel agreed.
"But it's still something more, it can't be just to bully me around could it? I mean how could he know I'd be getting the family money, right?" She asked.
"Jules he is sick and twisted and the only two things he really hates besides loosing his money is being made a fool of, and not getting what he wants. You've made a fool of him many times, plus you've told him no again and again. You are no doubt number one on his to do list, but you're right there's something more. Could be just simple greed." Daniel said with worry showing threw in his voice.
"Four more days, almost three now. Something is going to break soon." She sighed tiredly.
"I don't have any worry about your physical safety, but emotionally I'm very concerned Jules." Daniel said softly. "You're not sleeping much."
"Is it that obvious?" She asked getting nods. "I kept trying to distract myself from it, but my mind always comes back to it no matter what. I mean I know some things about Mitchell that not even you know Daniel. And it disturbs me to no end; it's like I live in a nightmare with only small moments of daylight. It's really starting to ware me down some."
"You need a vacation." Fulton smiled and she nodded.
"Load the jet up and take me anywhere!" She sighed.
"Light bulb!" Daniel said sitting up.
"What?" The other three said together.
"The flight logs, anyone who uses planes private or not has one. Just need to get Mitchell's and yours." He smiled at Julie. "You can pick those up tomorrow, I'm sure you have a lot of explaining to do to Jason anyway."
"Oh man, Jason." She said rubbing her hands on her face. "He's not going to be amused with me, I've not even talked to him since I've gotten home."
"Good as time as any. So you handle that sometime tomorrow." Daniel then turned to Fulton then; "You keep hacking away." And then looked at Dean, "And you with the hardest job try to control her, and for god's sake get her to sleep more!"
"I'm not that powerful." Dean smirked.
"No one is." Daniel said patting Julie on the head, "I know it's easy to say this but try to sleep ok? You're safe here you know that, and I'm doing everything I can to get all this taken care of. So get it off your mind, ok?"
"Yeah ok. You go rest too will you? The little puffy eyes are not attractive on you I'm sad to say." She smiled.
"Always with the sarcasm." He smiled and called goodnight.
"I'm sleeping on the sofa in here, I want to hack some more tonight ok?" Fulton asked.
"No problem." Julie yawned.
"I'm going to shower." Dean said.
"Thank you." Julie and Fulton said then laughed. Dean started to say something then shook his head and walked out the door. Julie smirked at Fulton then leaned over and picked up her shoes heading for her room to change.
"Hey Jules?" Fulton asked.
"Yes?" She said turning back around.
"Could I ask you about something?"
"Sure." She said with a shrug.
"Don't get mad or embarrassed or anything but level with me here." He said and paused a moment, "What do you honestly think about Portman?"
She was obviously knocked off guard by the comment and stammered a minute. "How do you mean?" She asked.
"I mean what I said, what do you think of him?" He asked again.
"Well, he's not what you would expect him to be by just looking at him I suppose. He has a big heart and yet still tuff." She smiled then added, "He'd have to be to put up with all this wouldn't he?"
"That's for sure." He laughed then questioned. "Think he's got a little thing for you?"
"A little thing for me?" Julie laughed, "Be serious."
"I am! I mean I really wonder sometimes." He said holding the smirk in.
"Why?" She asked sitting on the arm of a chair.
"You have to have noticed by now Jules." He said waiting for her to say something, when she didn't he continued. "It's the little things he does."
"Like what?" She asked.
"Like with you and your shoe tonight."
"I'm sure he was thinking I was about to kick him with it." She dismissed the act.
"Or what about him sleeping in there just to keep an eye on you?"
"He's just being a great friend." She replied.
"Ok then what about the mock engagement, I know that's a classic television and movie gag that just happens sometimes right? But honestly would you have expected him to be the one to step up and say he'd do it? Out of all of us him first?" He asked.
"Well, no I guess not." She nodded. "But I just don't see how that proves anything."
"It's the details Jules, think about it. He doesn't have to do all he's doing, and for anyone else I doubt he would." He waited then added quickly knowing what she was going to say next. "Team mate or not."
She sighed and shook her head, "I guess I see your point." She said quietly. "But I doubt he does." She added.
"Well maybe you're right Jules, maybe he's just being a pal." He smirked and got up walking over to the computer very pleased with himself.
Julie sat there a moment more thinking then got up and walked slowly to her room.
"God I'm good." Fulton whispered to himself and got online.
Julie was changed and laying in bed still mulling over Fulton's words when Dean returned and walked in shutting the door softly behind him. He smiled and walked over flopping down on the pull out bed. He glanced over seeing her intently thinking expression.
"I thought Daniel said no more of that." He smiled.
"Hmm." She said not looking his way.
"Humm hello?" He asked and she just nodded. "The house is on fire."
"Yeah ok." She muttered.
"I'm going to sing and dance at any moment." He said and she again just muttered something. "Is that a spider? He said looking above her.
"What huh? Spider?" She said looking around quickly.
"I knew that would get you." He laughed.
"That was not amusing." She grumbled getting back in bed, but looked up carefully anyway.
"Yeah it was." He laughed and she muttered something ugly and turned the light off.
"Night cat lady." He laughed.
"Night bash boy." She sighed and rolled over. They were silent for at least fifteen minutes when she suddenly spoke again, "For heaven's sake did you say you were going to sing and dance?" He busted out laughing.
"Just got threw did it?"
"Yes it did. That could be funny." She laughed.
"Not happening." He confirmed.
"Awe you mean no dancing at all? I could just see you in a penguin suit with a top hat dancing around." She giggled.
"Hush Jules." He said seriously, but smiled in the dark. "Go to sleep."
"Ok I'll try to sleep." She yawned.
"Good." He yawned as well. He lay awake for awhile, thinking of all the things Fulton had said to him before he'd come to bed. "All the little things all the details Portman. Maybe she dose have a little thing for you." He shook Fulton's words out of his head, and tried to get some sleep.
