6.chapter Chat with Luise.
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The Hardy brothers were walking down the stairs in William's Cline house looking for the young woman who had let hem into the house.
'Have you decided what you're going to tell Callie?' Joe asked on the hallway.
'It's none of your business. I told you to stay out if it! Why do you care so much, anyway?' Frank said.
-'You're right. I shouldn't be the worried one, you should be the worried one.' Joe answered.
-'Can you shut your mouth for once?' Frank asked annoyed.
Joe grinned.
They found the young woman in the kitchen.
She was washing the dishes and didn't hear them coming.
'Miss Luise?' Frank asked rather loud.
She startled and dropped the dish she was holding, on the floor and it broke in 100 pieces.
'Damn!' she said and kneeled on the floor to pick it up.
Joe kneeled too and helped her. 'I'm sorry, are you ok?' he asked guessing she was about the same age as he.
'Yes, I'm fine thank you. I didn't hear you.'Luise said.
Joe laughed. 'We're specially trained to move without making one little sound.'
Luise laughed too. 'Wow, you're well trained. Oh, God I've got to clean this up.'
Joe thought she was so much easier to talk to now, than when the brothers first came. Maybe it was because he was melting her with his sapphire-blue eyes.
'Can we ask you a few questions?' Frank asked.
-'All right' Luise answered.
'Why don't we sit down' Joe suggested.
Luise stood for a few seconds.
'Oh, this is ridiculous, I should be asking you seats. Have a seat please, I'm going to get us something to drink.'
Frank whispered to his brother.
'What the hell are you doing?'
Joe put up an innocent face.
'What? What did I do?' he asked.
-'You know what I mean.'
-'She's not bad, and she's very cute. I'm not the one cheating on his girlfriend.'
-'You're sick.'
-'Compared to..?'
Luise came to them with soda and sat down.
'Well, what were you going to ask about.Sarah?'
'What else?' Joe asked and smiled at her.
She smiled too. 'Of course, silly me.'
Frank took up the micro cassette recorder again.
'Were you and Sarah friends?' he asked.
'Well.um, not exactly friends but we knew each other very well,' Luise answered and looked a little nervous.
Joe watched her closely.
'Do you know if she had any enemies?' Frank asked.
Luise thought for a while. 'I remember she once had a fight with some guy, bigger fights than she normally had and at the end he punched her. He was in jail for six months.'
'How do you know this?' Frank asked.
-'Well, I was there when it happened, it was in a nightclub, the one she was killed in, as a matter of fact.'
'What were you doing there?' Joe asked.
'I was having fun, I sometimes get away from here' she looked at Joe.
'Did this guy ever try to contact her again?' Frank asked.
-'He called several times and apologized but Sarah already had found another guy.'
-'Haven't heard from him since then?'
-'I think he moved from Bayport.'
-'How about within the family? Have there been any family argues?'
Suddenly Luise put up the cold face again. 'No,' she answered, 'There's very much love within this family.'
That seemed to be the end of this chat.
Frank nodded. 'Thank you.' He turned off the recorder.
'Has the police come here?' he asked.
Luise was taking the glasses from the table. 'Yes, they have. They've forbidden everybody to go to Sarah's room.'
'I see,' Frank took up his cell phone.
While he was talking on the phone, Joe and Luise were talking to each other.
'All right, Luise. I have chief Collig's permission to go into Sarah's room. Will you take me there?' Frank asked when he had finished the phone call.
They went upstairs again. Sarah's room was on the 2nd floor.
There was a yellow ribbon across the doors like on the toilet. Frank went under this one. The room looked pretty much like every other teenage girl bedroom. Or that's what Frank thought, he hadn't been into so many. He put on gloves and then he looked into the drawers on the desk, into the closet, under the duvet and even under the bed.
'What do you think you're going to find here?' Joe asked standing outside the room.
'I don't know, Joe' Frank answered, 'Did Sarah held a diary?' he asked Luise.
She grinned. 'Yeah, sure. She showed it to me every night after she wrote into it' Luise said ironically and frowned to Joe, he grinned too.
'All right, sorry, just asked.'Frank said with a low voice.
Joe smiled. He liked that girl. Naturally..
'Knock it off, I'm getting hungry. You won't find anything here' he said.
'Fine, I'm coming, I'm coming, take it easy' Frank said and went out of the room.
'Well then, Luise. Thanks for all your help, we'll.'
'.let you know if we come up with other questions, 'Joe finished for Frank and smiled at Luise, again.
And of course she smiled too. Frank was not happy about it but didn't want to be like his brother by minding it.
They said goodbye and went out.
In the car Joe said to his brother:
'Have you thought of what you're going to do with Callie?'
Frank sighed. 'Damn it, Joe! Let go of the subject. You're obsessed with this, Jesus.'
'I don't want Callie to get hurt, that's all' Joe said and stared at the road ahead of him.
-'Joe, trust me. And what is this with you and Luise?'
-'Well, I like her.'
They were silent for a moment.
-'Any plans for the night?' Joe asked.
-'Hem?'
-'You know, we were all going to go together, remember, and do something fun.'
-'Oh, I totally forgot it. Shit.when?'
-'About 9 o'clock.'
-'Thank God.'
-'Why?'
-'Nancy arranged dinner tonight.'
-'She did? How sweet..'
They were in front of Frank's block.
-'See ya tonight, bro' Joe said and smiled teasingly
-'Bye, give dad this' Frank answered and handed Joe the micro- cassette recorder.
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The Hardy brothers were walking down the stairs in William's Cline house looking for the young woman who had let hem into the house.
'Have you decided what you're going to tell Callie?' Joe asked on the hallway.
'It's none of your business. I told you to stay out if it! Why do you care so much, anyway?' Frank said.
-'You're right. I shouldn't be the worried one, you should be the worried one.' Joe answered.
-'Can you shut your mouth for once?' Frank asked annoyed.
Joe grinned.
They found the young woman in the kitchen.
She was washing the dishes and didn't hear them coming.
'Miss Luise?' Frank asked rather loud.
She startled and dropped the dish she was holding, on the floor and it broke in 100 pieces.
'Damn!' she said and kneeled on the floor to pick it up.
Joe kneeled too and helped her. 'I'm sorry, are you ok?' he asked guessing she was about the same age as he.
'Yes, I'm fine thank you. I didn't hear you.'Luise said.
Joe laughed. 'We're specially trained to move without making one little sound.'
Luise laughed too. 'Wow, you're well trained. Oh, God I've got to clean this up.'
Joe thought she was so much easier to talk to now, than when the brothers first came. Maybe it was because he was melting her with his sapphire-blue eyes.
'Can we ask you a few questions?' Frank asked.
-'All right' Luise answered.
'Why don't we sit down' Joe suggested.
Luise stood for a few seconds.
'Oh, this is ridiculous, I should be asking you seats. Have a seat please, I'm going to get us something to drink.'
Frank whispered to his brother.
'What the hell are you doing?'
Joe put up an innocent face.
'What? What did I do?' he asked.
-'You know what I mean.'
-'She's not bad, and she's very cute. I'm not the one cheating on his girlfriend.'
-'You're sick.'
-'Compared to..?'
Luise came to them with soda and sat down.
'Well, what were you going to ask about.Sarah?'
'What else?' Joe asked and smiled at her.
She smiled too. 'Of course, silly me.'
Frank took up the micro cassette recorder again.
'Were you and Sarah friends?' he asked.
'Well.um, not exactly friends but we knew each other very well,' Luise answered and looked a little nervous.
Joe watched her closely.
'Do you know if she had any enemies?' Frank asked.
Luise thought for a while. 'I remember she once had a fight with some guy, bigger fights than she normally had and at the end he punched her. He was in jail for six months.'
'How do you know this?' Frank asked.
-'Well, I was there when it happened, it was in a nightclub, the one she was killed in, as a matter of fact.'
'What were you doing there?' Joe asked.
'I was having fun, I sometimes get away from here' she looked at Joe.
'Did this guy ever try to contact her again?' Frank asked.
-'He called several times and apologized but Sarah already had found another guy.'
-'Haven't heard from him since then?'
-'I think he moved from Bayport.'
-'How about within the family? Have there been any family argues?'
Suddenly Luise put up the cold face again. 'No,' she answered, 'There's very much love within this family.'
That seemed to be the end of this chat.
Frank nodded. 'Thank you.' He turned off the recorder.
'Has the police come here?' he asked.
Luise was taking the glasses from the table. 'Yes, they have. They've forbidden everybody to go to Sarah's room.'
'I see,' Frank took up his cell phone.
While he was talking on the phone, Joe and Luise were talking to each other.
'All right, Luise. I have chief Collig's permission to go into Sarah's room. Will you take me there?' Frank asked when he had finished the phone call.
They went upstairs again. Sarah's room was on the 2nd floor.
There was a yellow ribbon across the doors like on the toilet. Frank went under this one. The room looked pretty much like every other teenage girl bedroom. Or that's what Frank thought, he hadn't been into so many. He put on gloves and then he looked into the drawers on the desk, into the closet, under the duvet and even under the bed.
'What do you think you're going to find here?' Joe asked standing outside the room.
'I don't know, Joe' Frank answered, 'Did Sarah held a diary?' he asked Luise.
She grinned. 'Yeah, sure. She showed it to me every night after she wrote into it' Luise said ironically and frowned to Joe, he grinned too.
'All right, sorry, just asked.'Frank said with a low voice.
Joe smiled. He liked that girl. Naturally..
'Knock it off, I'm getting hungry. You won't find anything here' he said.
'Fine, I'm coming, I'm coming, take it easy' Frank said and went out of the room.
'Well then, Luise. Thanks for all your help, we'll.'
'.let you know if we come up with other questions, 'Joe finished for Frank and smiled at Luise, again.
And of course she smiled too. Frank was not happy about it but didn't want to be like his brother by minding it.
They said goodbye and went out.
In the car Joe said to his brother:
'Have you thought of what you're going to do with Callie?'
Frank sighed. 'Damn it, Joe! Let go of the subject. You're obsessed with this, Jesus.'
'I don't want Callie to get hurt, that's all' Joe said and stared at the road ahead of him.
-'Joe, trust me. And what is this with you and Luise?'
-'Well, I like her.'
They were silent for a moment.
-'Any plans for the night?' Joe asked.
-'Hem?'
-'You know, we were all going to go together, remember, and do something fun.'
-'Oh, I totally forgot it. Shit.when?'
-'About 9 o'clock.'
-'Thank God.'
-'Why?'
-'Nancy arranged dinner tonight.'
-'She did? How sweet..'
They were in front of Frank's block.
-'See ya tonight, bro' Joe said and smiled teasingly
-'Bye, give dad this' Frank answered and handed Joe the micro- cassette recorder.
---------------------------------------------------------------- As always, please review and I don't care about flames. ----------------------------------------------------------------