Dealers and Money: Ch. 2
By: The Confused One
Disclaimer: I don't own the show or the cast. Please don't sue. Thanks.
A/N: I would like to extend my thanks to everyone who has reviewed so far. And please continue to review.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Alex was proud of what she had done for her sister. She loved her sister and had told her a long time ago she would do anything for her. So, it gave her immense satisfaction to be able to help her sister and brother-in- law have a child. But Eames also loved her job. Her job had long since become both her and her partner's life. They lived and breathed their cases sometimes. She would never admit it to him, but the single biggest thing she missed was working closely with her best friend, Bobby, everyday. She wouldn't admit this either, but watching Bobby and Bishop work had even given Alex major pangs of jealousy. It had been an excruciating two months, but Alex could now breath easy, she was going back to work. She knew Bobby missed her. She could tell by the fact that every time he saw her he seemed to all but run to her seemingly wishing her pregnancy away and this partnership with Bishop away as well. He was there at the hospital too, the entire time she was in labor. Her sister had called him. It seems everyone knew how close they were. He even allowed himself a little gush about the baby. It was cute. And a side of Bobby she never got to see, the 'I hate change' side. Though she knew it was more than that. Sure, Bobby hated change, but they both knew that they had something special between them. But somehow Alex herself had happily been able to keep her feelings in check the whole time. Now her sisterly duty was over, and she happily stepped off the elevator ready to officially have her desk back.
She was half expecting to see Bobby there already. He was usually early anyway, and she knew he would see this as some sort of happy and special occasion, because she knew she herself did. So, she was slightly disappointed to not see the back of his head at his desk. She sighed, and figured he'd be there soon. She walked to her desk and sat her stuff down.
She sat down and began looking through some of the paperwork that needed filling out. She smiled. The one good thing about Bishop was that she seemed to have kept up on her paperwork. It meant Alex had a minimal amount to do. She giggled to herself knowing that Bobby wasn't even half as lucky. She settled down to fill out some department return forms as she waited for Bobby.
After a little while Alex was bored. She looked up at the clock and noticed she had only been filling out the forms for about twenty minutes, but she was already so bored she could scream. And it didn't escape her that this meant that Bobby was not officially approximately fifteen minutes late. This worried her. She sat staring at the clock when a colleague asked, "You Ok Alex?"
Alex nodded. She looked over at the woman who asked and responded, "I'm fine. Just worried about Bobby. Have you seen him?"
Nancy thought about it for a moment before replying, "No, but I could have sworn I remembered seeing his car down in the lot this morning."
Alex nodded. He would probably show up any time now and Alex was just overreacting. She replied, "Well, I guess he's around somewhere. Thanks."
Nancy nodded and walked on. Alex stared at the clock a bit longer before deciding to satisfy her curiosity. She got up and went to go check on Bobby's car.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It only took about five minutes for Alex to find Bobby's car. She walked over to inspect it. The first thing she did was to attempt to open the doors. Her heart sank when she opened the driver's side door. She noticed the keys and his notebook lying around the side of the car. After thoroughly checking she knew that only his keys and notebook were left. She now officially knew something was seriously wrong. She immediately grabbed her cell phone from her pocket and dialed Bobby's cell phone's speed dial number. After a few rings a man answered, "You get him back when we get our money back. Tell his partner Bishop to drop off the 100gs behind the dumpster on 5th street You've got twenty-four hours."
Before Alex could say respond she heard the familiar click of someone hanging up. Alex immediately clicked off her phone too. She locked Bobby's car, grabbed his stuff, and literally ran to Deakins' office.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Deakins sat at his desk reading over a case report and drinking coffee when Alex barged into his office. He could tell she was out of breath as she closed his office door back. She declared, "Someone has Goren."
Deakins immediately looked up at her confused. Alex wasn't making a lot of sense to him. He immediately calmly said, "Calm down and explain."
Alex nodded. She started pacing and said, "He was late, so I was getting worried. I was about to call his house and cell when I asked Nancy if she had seen him. She said no, but she had seen his car. I figured that he'd show up any minute then. But after another few minutes, I decided to go check on the car. I found it. The driver's side was unlocked, and his keys and notebook were lying on the ground. I called his cell phone. A man whose voice I didn't recognize demanded their one hundred thousand back, and to be delivered to the alley of 5th street in twenty-four hours or they'll kill him. They assumed I was Bishop. They said they were tired of waiting. What happened while I was gone? Who are these people?"
Deakins wasn't sure how to answer those questions. He wasn't entirely sure himself who they were dealing with. He weakly replied, "The case with the murdered cops. The kids stole all of that money from some drug dealers. We recovered their one hundred thousand, but the brass didn't want to give it back. They've been harassing Goren about it. Bishop probably knows more."
Alex sat down. She quickly replied, "Then we need to talk to her, find out what she knows about these guys, and where they might stash Goren."
Deakins nodded. He was trying to stay calm for her sake. But he felt just as helpless and worried. Bobby Goren was his star detective, but he was also a friend. And he wanted him back and safe as badly as Alex. He picked up the phone and replied, "I'll get her over here."
Disclaimer: I don't own the show or the cast. Please don't sue. Thanks.
A/N: I would like to extend my thanks to everyone who has reviewed so far. And please continue to review.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Alex was proud of what she had done for her sister. She loved her sister and had told her a long time ago she would do anything for her. So, it gave her immense satisfaction to be able to help her sister and brother-in- law have a child. But Eames also loved her job. Her job had long since become both her and her partner's life. They lived and breathed their cases sometimes. She would never admit it to him, but the single biggest thing she missed was working closely with her best friend, Bobby, everyday. She wouldn't admit this either, but watching Bobby and Bishop work had even given Alex major pangs of jealousy. It had been an excruciating two months, but Alex could now breath easy, she was going back to work. She knew Bobby missed her. She could tell by the fact that every time he saw her he seemed to all but run to her seemingly wishing her pregnancy away and this partnership with Bishop away as well. He was there at the hospital too, the entire time she was in labor. Her sister had called him. It seems everyone knew how close they were. He even allowed himself a little gush about the baby. It was cute. And a side of Bobby she never got to see, the 'I hate change' side. Though she knew it was more than that. Sure, Bobby hated change, but they both knew that they had something special between them. But somehow Alex herself had happily been able to keep her feelings in check the whole time. Now her sisterly duty was over, and she happily stepped off the elevator ready to officially have her desk back.
She was half expecting to see Bobby there already. He was usually early anyway, and she knew he would see this as some sort of happy and special occasion, because she knew she herself did. So, she was slightly disappointed to not see the back of his head at his desk. She sighed, and figured he'd be there soon. She walked to her desk and sat her stuff down.
She sat down and began looking through some of the paperwork that needed filling out. She smiled. The one good thing about Bishop was that she seemed to have kept up on her paperwork. It meant Alex had a minimal amount to do. She giggled to herself knowing that Bobby wasn't even half as lucky. She settled down to fill out some department return forms as she waited for Bobby.
After a little while Alex was bored. She looked up at the clock and noticed she had only been filling out the forms for about twenty minutes, but she was already so bored she could scream. And it didn't escape her that this meant that Bobby was not officially approximately fifteen minutes late. This worried her. She sat staring at the clock when a colleague asked, "You Ok Alex?"
Alex nodded. She looked over at the woman who asked and responded, "I'm fine. Just worried about Bobby. Have you seen him?"
Nancy thought about it for a moment before replying, "No, but I could have sworn I remembered seeing his car down in the lot this morning."
Alex nodded. He would probably show up any time now and Alex was just overreacting. She replied, "Well, I guess he's around somewhere. Thanks."
Nancy nodded and walked on. Alex stared at the clock a bit longer before deciding to satisfy her curiosity. She got up and went to go check on Bobby's car.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It only took about five minutes for Alex to find Bobby's car. She walked over to inspect it. The first thing she did was to attempt to open the doors. Her heart sank when she opened the driver's side door. She noticed the keys and his notebook lying around the side of the car. After thoroughly checking she knew that only his keys and notebook were left. She now officially knew something was seriously wrong. She immediately grabbed her cell phone from her pocket and dialed Bobby's cell phone's speed dial number. After a few rings a man answered, "You get him back when we get our money back. Tell his partner Bishop to drop off the 100gs behind the dumpster on 5th street You've got twenty-four hours."
Before Alex could say respond she heard the familiar click of someone hanging up. Alex immediately clicked off her phone too. She locked Bobby's car, grabbed his stuff, and literally ran to Deakins' office.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Deakins sat at his desk reading over a case report and drinking coffee when Alex barged into his office. He could tell she was out of breath as she closed his office door back. She declared, "Someone has Goren."
Deakins immediately looked up at her confused. Alex wasn't making a lot of sense to him. He immediately calmly said, "Calm down and explain."
Alex nodded. She started pacing and said, "He was late, so I was getting worried. I was about to call his house and cell when I asked Nancy if she had seen him. She said no, but she had seen his car. I figured that he'd show up any minute then. But after another few minutes, I decided to go check on the car. I found it. The driver's side was unlocked, and his keys and notebook were lying on the ground. I called his cell phone. A man whose voice I didn't recognize demanded their one hundred thousand back, and to be delivered to the alley of 5th street in twenty-four hours or they'll kill him. They assumed I was Bishop. They said they were tired of waiting. What happened while I was gone? Who are these people?"
Deakins wasn't sure how to answer those questions. He wasn't entirely sure himself who they were dealing with. He weakly replied, "The case with the murdered cops. The kids stole all of that money from some drug dealers. We recovered their one hundred thousand, but the brass didn't want to give it back. They've been harassing Goren about it. Bishop probably knows more."
Alex sat down. She quickly replied, "Then we need to talk to her, find out what she knows about these guys, and where they might stash Goren."
Deakins nodded. He was trying to stay calm for her sake. But he felt just as helpless and worried. Bobby Goren was his star detective, but he was also a friend. And he wanted him back and safe as badly as Alex. He picked up the phone and replied, "I'll get her over here."