Assignment: Joey Potter
Chapter 13
Author's Note! Thanks for the feedback. What should happen next in my story? Should anyone else die like Bessie, Joey, Jen, Pacey? Kidding!
Jen loudly knocked on the door Pacey and Joey were staying in. Peters had decided for kicks not to tell them that Jen was staying there. Actually she was staying in the room across the hall. Jen got no response form her knock. She did it even louder. Then she heard a muffled sound. It sounded like crying. Someone was crying in the room. Jen knocked again. She figured that they weren't going to let her in.
"Pacey open up."
No response.
"Joey. I know you're in their."
Before she knew it police officers were all around her.
"Put your hands on your head."
Jen did exactly what he said.
"Please. Stop. You have it all wrong. I'm a undercover cop. I'm here to stay with Mr. Kancon and his wife."
"Let me see your badge."
"It's in my left pocket."
The cop took it out and studied it. He reluctantly removed the handcuffs over of her hands.
Then the officer knocked on Pacey's door. After a moment when nobody answered. He said "It's the police. I need to confirm something with you."
A scared looking and acting Joey opened the door. Her face was as white as a ghostly ash.
Suddenly as a heartbeat would go if scared, Pacey rushed to Joey. He came from the elevators so he hadn't been in the apartment when Joey was probably frightened. And Jen guessed that Joey had called the police thinking it was David Breath on the other side of the door. She had heard Joey crying.
Pacey kept hugging Joey until he saw Jen. They had gone to police training together. He slowing pulled away from Joey but still held her hand. Pacey walked over to Jen.
The police were slowing exiting the hotel.
"Jen? What are you doing here?"
"How about I come in to your room and I'll tell you"
"Okay." Pacey let Jen walk in first and then Joey. Joey kept looking at Jen.
"Okay. I'm assigned to help out with this case. Officer Welling asked me to come. I said yes and here I am. I'm in the room across the hall."
"Are you the only one who's coming to help?"
"I think so. Yes"
"Ohh"
"What's your name?" Joey asked
"Jen Lindley."
"I'm so sorry for calling the police on you. I didn't know it was you. I just did what Pacey told me. You said," turning to Pacey. "That if anyone repeatedly knocks on the door and says our real names to immediately to call police."
"I know. You did the right thing. Jen, don't get mad at me for leaving her alone. I had to call Peters at the phone booth on Bell Street. He said nothing of this visit. Was he informed?"
"Yes. We wanted it to be a surprise. Well, I definitely got one" She started laughing.
"Yes you did."
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Peters had called Pacey again that evening to see if Jen got in and to tell him something important.
The police force still hadn't found Bessie but they were trying. They had another emergency meeting about whether they should tell Pacey. Almost everybody said yes. They were going to tell Pacey.
"Kancon here" Pacey said. Jen had just left from her original visit.
"Pacey. It's Peters."
"Hey. I really did enjoy the surprise."
"How did it go.?"
"Well, first while I was gone calling you, Jen got arrested in front of my room. Joey thought it was David and called the police. It was just chaos. How about you?"
"Very funny. I wish it would of went better."
"Is that all you called about?"
"No. I have something very important to speak to you about. You can not, I repeat can not tell Joey. You got it?"
"Yes. What is it?"
"Bessie, Joey's sister was taken by Breath's gang. We have until I don't know when for Joey to be handed over to their hands or Bessie dies."
"What are you going to do?"
"We are searching very much for her. We decided not to tell Joey or she will be dead."
"Joey loves her sister. She'll be heartbroken."
"If you tell her. She will go back to Texas and die. There is still a chance that we'll find Bessie. We have to keep our hopes up."
"Okay."
"Remember you can't tell her"
"Yes. Goodbye."
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Bessie sat alone in a dark room awaiting her fate
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Pacey walked into Jen's room.
"Jen, Do you know about Bessie? Of course you do. Peters just told me and I want more information."
Pacey sat down next to Jen who was retelling the whole story.
Meanwhile, Joey walked into the phone booth and dialed Bessie's number. She remembered that she promised Bessie that she would call her everyday and she hadn't called her in at least a week.
Joey didn't get an answer. She dialed in again but got the answering machine.
Joey finally went up to her room and took out her lab top.
"You have 14 new messages" the computer recited. She hadn't check her mail since she got her first email from Breath.
She scanned though her messages. They all were from David Breath. The latest one definitely got her attention:
"Dear Joey.
I am waiting for a reply from the chief of the police force. Remember if you don't come by the back alley of Parkers you're sister will be dead. Bessie has been tied up for two days now. You better hurry
Lots of Love, U. Will be Dead"
Joey reread the message so many times, she knew it by heart. Tearing began rolling down her checks.
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To be continued... What will happen next?