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Chapter 5:
When they met back at the department again, Martin was the first to speak. He looked pretty sceptical anyway.
"I don't wanna be rude, but what's all this expense for? We can't be sure that there wasn't just something completly unspectacular Danny had to do, something he didn't wanna talk about. Or he simply just took some days off? There could be a million reasons. Maybe this woman misunderstood him. What makes you all so certain something terrible has happened to him?"
By now Jack's face had a slightly red tone. He was furious, absolutely furious and he could barely hold himself under control. They could hear it by the trembling in his voice.
"I know Danny for six years now, since he started working here and he's always been reliable through all these years. I could always trust on him. I know more about him and his private life than anybody else in here and I know he loves this job. He definitely would have called to inform us if he had the chance to do so."
He paused for a moment but couldn't hold back his anger any longer than.
"So shut up an do what you're wanted to do!"
A moment of complete silence followed.
"Okay."
Martin said subdued.
"Vivian?"
Jack didn't take any further notice of Martin's words. Vivian fetched the list of calls for the last 48 hours.
"There's only one of them that's really noticable!"
She showed him the list and pointed to the entry she meant.
"State Prison of Illinois?"
He was astonished as Vivian nodded.
"I called them and they crosschecked with their lists of outgoing calls."
"Erika?"
"Erika. The prison records all the calls held from there. They'll send us a copy, it should be here this afternoon."
Jack seemed wavering for a moment, than he notified his decision.
"We're flying to Illinois. Erika's probably the last person he spoke to, so we're going to question her. Sam you'll be joining me. Vivian, Martin you're staying. Wait for the tape and call me as soon as you find out anything that'll help us."
He took a pause.
"Oh and Viv, try to find Andrea's current residence. In my mind she's the only reason Erika would have to call Danny."
Vivian nodded and Jack turned to leave, but Sam wouldn't move an inch. She exchanged looks with Martin and crossed her arms before her chest. Her face's expression clearly stated one question: What do you know, that I don't?
"We're working, Jack! And if we're supposed to do our job as good as we can, you can't restrain any information from us! So if you regard this as an official case, you need to tell us everything you know."
Jack sighed soundlessly, she was right.
"Not here!"
They followed him into his private office...
TBC
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Chapter 5:
When they met back at the department again, Martin was the first to speak. He looked pretty sceptical anyway.
"I don't wanna be rude, but what's all this expense for? We can't be sure that there wasn't just something completly unspectacular Danny had to do, something he didn't wanna talk about. Or he simply just took some days off? There could be a million reasons. Maybe this woman misunderstood him. What makes you all so certain something terrible has happened to him?"
By now Jack's face had a slightly red tone. He was furious, absolutely furious and he could barely hold himself under control. They could hear it by the trembling in his voice.
"I know Danny for six years now, since he started working here and he's always been reliable through all these years. I could always trust on him. I know more about him and his private life than anybody else in here and I know he loves this job. He definitely would have called to inform us if he had the chance to do so."
He paused for a moment but couldn't hold back his anger any longer than.
"So shut up an do what you're wanted to do!"
A moment of complete silence followed.
"Okay."
Martin said subdued.
"Vivian?"
Jack didn't take any further notice of Martin's words. Vivian fetched the list of calls for the last 48 hours.
"There's only one of them that's really noticable!"
She showed him the list and pointed to the entry she meant.
"State Prison of Illinois?"
He was astonished as Vivian nodded.
"I called them and they crosschecked with their lists of outgoing calls."
"Erika?"
"Erika. The prison records all the calls held from there. They'll send us a copy, it should be here this afternoon."
Jack seemed wavering for a moment, than he notified his decision.
"We're flying to Illinois. Erika's probably the last person he spoke to, so we're going to question her. Sam you'll be joining me. Vivian, Martin you're staying. Wait for the tape and call me as soon as you find out anything that'll help us."
He took a pause.
"Oh and Viv, try to find Andrea's current residence. In my mind she's the only reason Erika would have to call Danny."
Vivian nodded and Jack turned to leave, but Sam wouldn't move an inch. She exchanged looks with Martin and crossed her arms before her chest. Her face's expression clearly stated one question: What do you know, that I don't?
"We're working, Jack! And if we're supposed to do our job as good as we can, you can't restrain any information from us! So if you regard this as an official case, you need to tell us everything you know."
Jack sighed soundlessly, she was right.
"Not here!"
They followed him into his private office...
TBC