Chapter 17:
Vivian and Sam left Jack's office together. Vivian closed the door softly and Sam wasn't willing to even wait until they were out of Jack's sight and sound completely. She was so indescribably furious about their behavior.
"Did you know it? Did you know he was holding back information? Did you know this!"
Vivian put up her hands allying. Before she could answer her question, Martin had joined them too, looking puzzled.
"What's going on between you two?"
He seemed to have seen Sam's outbreak, who shot him a short look and then looked back to Vivian as she answered his question.
"Jack was holding back information on us. And she knew it!"
Vivian first looked at Sam, then to Martin and finally back to Sam. She tried to stay calm.
"That's not true. I didn't know Jack was holding something back. He just confronted me with that a minute ago."
Sam seemed to calm down a bit by her statement, but Martin looked even more puzzled.
"What the hell is this all about?"
Sam looked at Vivian, she still seemed willing to attack her, but at last she was listening what she had to say. She wasn't completely into the facts of what Jack wanted to do next, too. Vivian repeated the content of their debate.
"So he's trying to find another way to get some information and he wants to do it himself, so Danny's private life or the bit of it that is still left of it due to that investigation, is protected and not talked about in front of the whole department. So let Jack do his work and we do ours! Standing around here and arguing won't get us any further!"
She finished her resume and got a confiding nod from her co-worker's, although none of them really looked comfortable. She realized Jack had made a pretty big mistake, even if it was for Danny's sake. But he had abused their trust in him and it probably would take some time until these wounds would heal. But it wasn't the time to think about this now. They had more urgent problems.
After Vivian had closed the door and he couldn't see the two women any more, Jack took the phone. He hesitated for a moment and then dialed the number of the person he hoped to get help from, get a hint from. He heard the ringing – two times, three times.
"Alvarez?"
Someone stated on the other end of the line.
"Rafael Alvarez?"
"Yeah.
"This is agent Malone, FBI. I need an information from you, about your brother – Daniel. It's very important."
The line was silent for some more moments.
"Is he working for you?"
"Yes."
"Is he in trouble?"
A sense of worry could be heard in his voice. Jack knew he wasn't allowed to give this information to him. That he had done it while interviewing Erika, already had been against every internal instruction.
"Something like that. I'm sorry, but I can't tell you anything more."
He seemed to be okay with Jack's explanation.
"Okay, if you say that. What can I do for you?"
"I need some information about Danny's family..."
Rafael interrupted him.
"I don't think, I can help you with that. You should talk to youth farewell office. I don't know much about the time after..."
He didn't finish the sentence, but Jack knew what he wanted to say: before he had been arrested for possession of drugs.
"I didn't mean that. I meant his real family, your family..."
Rafael kept quiet for another moment.
"What do you wanna know?"
TBC
Vivian and Sam left Jack's office together. Vivian closed the door softly and Sam wasn't willing to even wait until they were out of Jack's sight and sound completely. She was so indescribably furious about their behavior.
"Did you know it? Did you know he was holding back information? Did you know this!"
Vivian put up her hands allying. Before she could answer her question, Martin had joined them too, looking puzzled.
"What's going on between you two?"
He seemed to have seen Sam's outbreak, who shot him a short look and then looked back to Vivian as she answered his question.
"Jack was holding back information on us. And she knew it!"
Vivian first looked at Sam, then to Martin and finally back to Sam. She tried to stay calm.
"That's not true. I didn't know Jack was holding something back. He just confronted me with that a minute ago."
Sam seemed to calm down a bit by her statement, but Martin looked even more puzzled.
"What the hell is this all about?"
Sam looked at Vivian, she still seemed willing to attack her, but at last she was listening what she had to say. She wasn't completely into the facts of what Jack wanted to do next, too. Vivian repeated the content of their debate.
"So he's trying to find another way to get some information and he wants to do it himself, so Danny's private life or the bit of it that is still left of it due to that investigation, is protected and not talked about in front of the whole department. So let Jack do his work and we do ours! Standing around here and arguing won't get us any further!"
She finished her resume and got a confiding nod from her co-worker's, although none of them really looked comfortable. She realized Jack had made a pretty big mistake, even if it was for Danny's sake. But he had abused their trust in him and it probably would take some time until these wounds would heal. But it wasn't the time to think about this now. They had more urgent problems.
After Vivian had closed the door and he couldn't see the two women any more, Jack took the phone. He hesitated for a moment and then dialed the number of the person he hoped to get help from, get a hint from. He heard the ringing – two times, three times.
"Alvarez?"
Someone stated on the other end of the line.
"Rafael Alvarez?"
"Yeah.
"This is agent Malone, FBI. I need an information from you, about your brother – Daniel. It's very important."
The line was silent for some more moments.
"Is he working for you?"
"Yes."
"Is he in trouble?"
A sense of worry could be heard in his voice. Jack knew he wasn't allowed to give this information to him. That he had done it while interviewing Erika, already had been against every internal instruction.
"Something like that. I'm sorry, but I can't tell you anything more."
He seemed to be okay with Jack's explanation.
"Okay, if you say that. What can I do for you?"
"I need some information about Danny's family..."
Rafael interrupted him.
"I don't think, I can help you with that. You should talk to youth farewell office. I don't know much about the time after..."
He didn't finish the sentence, but Jack knew what he wanted to say: before he had been arrested for possession of drugs.
"I didn't mean that. I meant his real family, your family..."
Rafael kept quiet for another moment.
"What do you wanna know?"
TBC