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Chapter 6:
Next to gently closing the door, Jack leaned against his desk and looked at the expectant faces of his co-workers. He had trouble in finding a start. It was a delicate, displeasing and damn private topic. But Sam's words were absolutely true: the moment he considered Danny's disappearance an official case, privacy no longer existed.
"About 4 years ago, she was 14 then, Andrea, Danny's youngest sister received a full scholarship for a private boarding-school in Illinois. 6 weeks after her arrival - she was on her way back from the library to the remote pupils' lodges - she was pursued, attacked and violated... The attacker tried to kill her afterwards, but he was interrupted by a security guard and fled. Andrea survived the attack, but she's unable to live her life on her own since that day. Right now she's living in a mental institution in Montana, I believe, but I'm not sure of that. Due to the fingerprints they found, police was able to identify the delinquent, but they never got to arrest him. Erika, Danny's older sister, she was about 28 at that time, found out about the results from the police investigation by the help of a good friend of hers and she was able to be there before them. She stabbed him, but he survived, although he's suffering from a permanent damage for the rest of his life. Erika herself was sentenced to six years of prison for mayhem. The delinquent, Leeland Brooks, had a long phase of recovery and rehabilitation. The trial on his crime is finally beginning these days, as far as I know, but nobody knows his current residence. He managed to leave the hospital he was in, gave them a false address and probably left the state. Wouldn't be a bad thing if we could find him, too."
Jack stopped. Silence spread through the room.
"Since when do you know this?"
Sam asked anxious, receiving a surprised look for her question.
"Since it happened."
"He told you?!?"
"No, actually he didn't..."
He paused once again, sounding slightly embarrassed and didn't look at them, when he went on.
"It was a piece of ill-luck more or less. The officer in charge called here to inform Danny what had happened to Andrea, but he wasn't here. We were in the midst of an operation and he couldn't be reached in another way. So I took the call for him. That's it."
They could hear by the tone of his words how displeased he felt to talk about this topic, how much he disliked to break into Danny's private life that much.
Sam had a rather professional expression on her face now, but her voice still was gentle as she went on questioning him.
"How'd he react, when you told him?"
"Absolutely calm. He'd been so goddamn calm and restrained, he scared the hell out of me."
"And next?"
"Nothing more. We never talked about it again. I heard about Erika's arrest and penalty from a friend at the state attorney's office in Chicago... Any other questions?"
He got no response.
"Allright then, let's have a start."
TBC
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Chapter 6:
Next to gently closing the door, Jack leaned against his desk and looked at the expectant faces of his co-workers. He had trouble in finding a start. It was a delicate, displeasing and damn private topic. But Sam's words were absolutely true: the moment he considered Danny's disappearance an official case, privacy no longer existed.
"About 4 years ago, she was 14 then, Andrea, Danny's youngest sister received a full scholarship for a private boarding-school in Illinois. 6 weeks after her arrival - she was on her way back from the library to the remote pupils' lodges - she was pursued, attacked and violated... The attacker tried to kill her afterwards, but he was interrupted by a security guard and fled. Andrea survived the attack, but she's unable to live her life on her own since that day. Right now she's living in a mental institution in Montana, I believe, but I'm not sure of that. Due to the fingerprints they found, police was able to identify the delinquent, but they never got to arrest him. Erika, Danny's older sister, she was about 28 at that time, found out about the results from the police investigation by the help of a good friend of hers and she was able to be there before them. She stabbed him, but he survived, although he's suffering from a permanent damage for the rest of his life. Erika herself was sentenced to six years of prison for mayhem. The delinquent, Leeland Brooks, had a long phase of recovery and rehabilitation. The trial on his crime is finally beginning these days, as far as I know, but nobody knows his current residence. He managed to leave the hospital he was in, gave them a false address and probably left the state. Wouldn't be a bad thing if we could find him, too."
Jack stopped. Silence spread through the room.
"Since when do you know this?"
Sam asked anxious, receiving a surprised look for her question.
"Since it happened."
"He told you?!?"
"No, actually he didn't..."
He paused once again, sounding slightly embarrassed and didn't look at them, when he went on.
"It was a piece of ill-luck more or less. The officer in charge called here to inform Danny what had happened to Andrea, but he wasn't here. We were in the midst of an operation and he couldn't be reached in another way. So I took the call for him. That's it."
They could hear by the tone of his words how displeased he felt to talk about this topic, how much he disliked to break into Danny's private life that much.
Sam had a rather professional expression on her face now, but her voice still was gentle as she went on questioning him.
"How'd he react, when you told him?"
"Absolutely calm. He'd been so goddamn calm and restrained, he scared the hell out of me."
"And next?"
"Nothing more. We never talked about it again. I heard about Erika's arrest and penalty from a friend at the state attorney's office in Chicago... Any other questions?"
He got no response.
"Allright then, let's have a start."
TBC