Assignment: Joey Potter

Chapter 22

Author's Note- Thanks to all my feed backers! Especially Aurora and Rachel!

Continued from last chapter.

Joey stared speechless at the dead body. Jen didn't deserve to die. She was just helping to save Joey from death but she got killed for it. Joey sat down next to the still warm body. Her tears were falling freely.

"Jen! I'm so sorry. I never meant for this to happen! Please Jen don't die" She was rocking back and forth on her heals of her feet. She knew she was dead but she kept talking as if Jen wasn't.

"Why didn't the police find you quicker? We'll gonna miss you so much. Jen!"

She laid down next to the body of Jen. Her blood that was all of the carpet soaked Joey's T-shirt, but she didn't care. She was just starting to have a friendship with her and that darn Breath had to kill her.

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Pacey and Peters were talking in their office about the events of that morning. His boss had given Pacey some new clothes for him and Joey to change into. Peters had just sent Julia, his intern, to bring Joey's clothes to Joey. Julia came right back in.

Pacey and Mike were in deep conversation.

"Uhh.. Excuse me Mr. Peters."

"Yes?"

"I came back in here to inform you that Ms. Potter isn't in the room you told me she was in."

"Are you sure?" Pacey asked alarmed.

"Nobody's in there." She said.

"Did you check around the grounds?"

"yes. and I asked almost everyone if they've seen her and nobody has."

Pacey walked out of the room searching for her.

"I told her to say right here. She told me she would." Pacey was really getting alarmed.

"Do you think Breath took her?"

"Not likely. Nobody could of came in here. Billy!" He shouted to a officer.

"Yes sir."

"Why were you just sleeping?"

"I'm sorry boss. I had a long night."

"We don't pay you to sleep and now you could of just risked a young ladies life."

"I'm so sorry."

"There' nothing you can do now" He said pissed.

"I'm calling more Police!" Pacey said terrified.

"Before we do that. Is there any place where she could of gone?" Peters asked.

Pacey thought for a minute.

"The B&B!"

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"So are you married?" Wayne asked Bessie trying to past the time?

"Was. I got married to Bodie 4 years ago when I found out I was pregnant with my son, Alex. It didn't quite work out and we got a divorce. We still live together for Alex's sake but lately we have been more than friendly."

"Oh."

"Yeah...Tell me about your life."

"I grew up in Iowa. I moved to Georgia when I was 21 and started being in Breath' s gang when I was 22."

"Did you know what they were doing?"

"No. Not until last summer when they started talking about plans. I didn't like it but I was afraid that they would come after me if I left. I tried once and I got really beat up."

"Ohh. I'm sorry."

"Don't be. I chose this."

"Are you trying to stop?"

"Yes."

"That's good."

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"Joey! JOEY! Joey! JOEY!"

"Are you in here?" Both men screamed as they came into the house. The house seemed weird to Pacey when he first stepped into it.

"Joey! Are you in here?"

They heard a muffled cry. They both followed the sound up to Joey's bedroom. There was a light flickering from the closet. The door had blood smeared on it. Pacey feared of the worst. "JOEY! Oh god JOEY!" He hadn't made it to the door yet. He couldn't. Fear told him no. Peters walked over to the door and saw Joey with Jen.

"Witter!" He yelled as loud as his voice could handle.

"Oh lord" Pacey said as he looked at Jen's now cold body. He picked Joey's limp body from the ground by Jen.

"Pacey" She cried. "How could he!"

"Jo. It's okay" He tried to soothe.

"No it's no. She's dead."

"Bring her down stairs Pacey and wait for the police. I'm calling them now." He did what he was told.

Everything happened so fast. Police cars. Ambulances. TV news stations. They all were at the house in 10 minutes. This latest news story was on the news all over the nation. But all Joey and Pacey did was cry.

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"Wayne. Can we watch the news?"

"Sure. I want to find out what happened to the Lear Fire in Greece." He switched the channel to CNN headline news.

"Breaking News Coming from Capeside Massachusetts!" The pretty blonde haired lady said. "Another murder in the Coastal- Tracing Serial Killer case. A woman was found dead in a local Bed and breakfast. They said it was definitely the work of him. Now we'll go to Dan Richey from Capeside. What's the latest happenings there Dan?"

"Well, a 24 year old woman was found in the closet of a bedroom dead. They say she was sliced up pretty badly."

"Do we know her name?" At this point Bessie knew from all the information they had just said that Joey was killed. It was her house and Bessie didn't know that a Jen was staying there. Wayne thought the same thing. He leaned over and comforted her.

"Her name is Jennifer Lindley. A secret agent trying to protect another young woman." Bessie breathed a sigh of relief. But she still felt bad for the girl. The news camera flashed to a live image of Pacey and Joey who were sitting on a sofa crying. Wayne and Bessie both had their eyes glued to the image.

"Wayne. She's all right. They didn't kill her!" Wayne didn't say anything, his eyes were still watching the television.

"What a shame. We'll bring you more coverage of Capeside in a few minutes. But now more about the Lear Fire."

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To be continued..