Assignment: Joey Potter

Chapter 24

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"Jo?"

"What's the matter?" The police had left from tracing the call and questioning Joey about Breath. She hadn't said one word of the last and probably most important part of their conversation.

"Nothing. I just want to go to my house in Riggs on Saturday."

"Okay. Tomorrow, I'll board a plane for us ." Pacey said.

"I kind of want to go alone. I know with Breath and everything it isn't safe but I need to go alone. And for the ticket I'll get it." Now it was Pacey's time to refuse.

"Jo. I NEED to come with. I have to. And on the plus time we can spend some quality time together" He purred in her ear with the last part.

"No. I want to have some time to myself. A relaxing bubble bath. A romance book read by the fire. By my self. I need some time." She stretched out the words to get her exact meaning.

"I can't let you do that."

"Listen to me. I have to go. You can't tell anyone I'm going. Got it?"

"I'm coming with you."

"PACEY! You can't!" She screamed.

"WHY NOT?"

"Because I have too."

"No you don't!"

"Please!" She started whimpering.

"I can't Jo. And you know why."

"And if I told you someone's life depended on it would you." She finally broke down. She had to tell him. At first she thought she could but now it was too much pressure for herself.

"What do you mean?" Pacey said confused.

"You can't tell anyone!"

"Did Breath say something? What did he say?" He was alarmed. Really alarmed.

"Pacey. Promise me!" Joey pleaded.

"I can't promise you anything. If it involves somebody else I might need to tell."

"Okay." She took a deep breath. "On the phone David said that if I didn't come to this one avenue on Saturday, they would kill someone I love and my whole family would fall apart." Tears were streaming

down her cheeks.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Pacey said quietly.

"He said if I told anyone. They would kill the person."

"Ohh. Joey. It's all right. we're going to capture this ass. Even if it's the last thing I do."

"What am I going to do? I have to go. If I don't the person will die."

"Okay Jo. We have to strategize. Now we know Breath wouldn't kill a boy. He has never done that so that's out of the question. Bessie is safe. Jen and your mother aren't with us. You don't have any aunts. I can't think of anyone who he would kill."

"Are you sure it isn't a boy?" Joey questioned.

"He has killed all woman. He hasn't murdered or harmed any males. So I think I'm pretty positive it isn't." Joey nodded.

"I don't have very many friends and they all live in either Washington or Oregon. And none of them would hurt my family in their death."

"So there isn't anyone?"

"No." She said amazed.

"Then you want to stay here and not bother in going?" He said earnestly praying and hoping.

"I guess." Joey said a little frightened.

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"Why the hell isn't Joey here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Breath screamed down the alley way. It was Saturday, An hour after Joey was supposed to be there. They were right. He had had no one captured but he did try.

"I don't know hon." His wife Sapphire said. He had demanded that she was present at the final capturing of Joey Potter. She was to see Joey raped then shot to death in the alley.

Sapphire was Breath's childhood sweetheart. She hated living in secret but she had to. He forced her to. Sapphire had promised herself one day she was going to run away. In her heart she wasn't in love with her husband. But what was she going to do?"

"Dam her. I was going to get her. Now I have to think of another way!" He screamed as he got back into his car. He didn't even bother to open the door for his wife. And all he did was curse Joey. All the way home.

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Peters burst into the conference room on Monday morning. Joey, Pacey, and Peters were to have a meeting.

"Darn!" He yelled sitting down on his overstuffed chair.

"What's the matter Mike?" Joey asked concerned.

"My wife. That's the problem! Or should I say ex-wife to be!" He got up again and began pacing the large room.

"She gave me divorce papers! MY OWN WIFE GAVE ME DIVORCE PAPERS!!!"

"I'm sorry Mike." Joey said trying to comfort him but he pushed away from her.

"Peters. that too bad man. I'm sorry." Pacey honestly said.

"There's nothing you can do about it now." And he left the room.

"Was that our conference?" Joey said confused

"I guess so." And they also left the room hand in hand.

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To be continued...

Okay. That chapter was a mess. I originally planned for Alex (Joey's Nephew) to be the one Breath captured. But unluckily I remembered that Breath didn't kill or harm guys. So I had nowhere to go in that way. I'm sorry for the confusion.