AN- Here is part 2 of chapter 9. I am really excited to be this far! Normally I lose interest in my stories coughUntitledMelodycough anyway... So here I bring you chapter 9 part two! Enjoy!
Chapter 9 part 2
Dee waked down to the bus stop. He had bought flowers from a 24 hour store, and was now waiting for the bus. It was late. The last time Dee looked at the clock it had said 8 pm. And that was a long time ago. The bus finally came, and Dee got on. There wasn't a soul on the bus, which made Dee a very happy man.
"Say Mister. Where you headed? Since you seem to be the only person on here, I'll take you to your destination and back for the price of one fair."
Dee smiled.
"I'm headed out to the Graceland Cemetery. Thank you."
"Don't mention it."
Dee sat down as the bus started to move. This would be the first time since then that he would be going out to visit Ryo.
"Who you gonna visit? Your momma or somethin'?"
The bus driver asked Dee.
"No. I am going to visit an old partner of mine. We were really close."
The bus driver got the hint.
"How'd she die?"
Dee looked down.
"He died from a gunshot wound."
The bus driver was quiet after that. Dee could pretty much figure why. The bus soon stopped outside of the cemetery and the driver opened up the doors.
"Take as long as you want. I have all night,"
Dee nodded his head. The gates were still open so he went inside. Even if they were closed, he could easily have opened them with a key that only police were issued. He walked down the pathway to Ryo's grave.
"Hello baby. I brought you some sunflowers. I know how much you liked them"
Dee placed the flowers in front of the gravestone. Dee sat down as well.
"Ryo...I know you are probably watching me from above and all...so I was just wondering, would you approve of it? Do you approve of it? I know...him and me we were enemies. But now...he just...I don't know Ryo. Is it wrong for me to even do such a thing? Is it wrong for me to ask him to...be my boyfriend?"
Dee paused for a moment.
"Is this how you felt when I was trying to get you to date me? Whenever I pounced on you like that, and made you give in...did you really enjoy that? Did I push you too hard at times? I'm so sorry if I did. I never meant to test you like that. I only wanted you to love me. And in the end...I guess...I guess I did push you too far. I mean...look at what happened. You only wanted to tell me that you thought it would be better if we just were friends...and what did I go and do? I made you feel like you had made the biggest mistake of your life. I made you think that just because there wasn't an us that you couldn't go on. You...You would much rather have died then lived that kind of life."
Dee paused again. The tears running rampant down his face. The night air making them cold, which caused Dee to shiver slightly.
"Ryo...I'm so sorry. Would it be wrong for me to...to ask you if I can date Berkeley? I know you would be telling me some shit about following my heart, and doing what I think is best...but what if I cause him to shoot himself as well? What if things don't work out? Am I still betraying you?"
Dee stood up. He kissed the gravestone, and smiled down at it.
"Ryo...baby, I...I want to make Berkeley mine. I am following my heart...but part of my heart still says it belongs to you."
Dee sighed.
"I'm going to think about it Ryo. So don't think just yet that I am replacing you."
Dee began walking down the path.
"Night baby. Sweet dreams."
Dee walked back to the bus, and got on. The bus driver didn't say a word to him the whole time. Little did Dee know that the driver had been listening to Dee's conversation.
Berkeley woke up the next morning to the smell of coffee.
'At least it beats the smell of the hospital.'
He thought to himself as he got up to use the bathroom. He came out of the bathroom and walked into the kitchen. Nothing prepared him for what he saw.
"God damn stupid stove! Why does it have to be so hot!?"
Dee cursed to himself as he tried to make breakfast for himself and Berkeley. Dee was oblivious to Berkeley until...
"Did you just ask why the stove had to be hot?"
Dee jumped and when he did, the knife he had been holding slipped and he cut his finger.
"Shit!"
Berkeley ran over to Dee and helped him wash out his cut.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have surprised you while you were cooking."
Dee smiled.
"No. It's ok. I should have been paying attention."
After Dee's finger was cleaned and wrapped with a small bandage, he continued to cook. He had learned a little from Ryo the basics of how to make breakfast, and penguin had taught him how to make scrambled eggs once. So he put the two together and began to figure out how to make successful scrambled eggs.
"So...where did you go last night?"
Dee paused in what he was doing.
"I told you I went for a walk."
Berkeley smiled.
"I know you went for a walk you dolt, but I meant to where."
Dee turned around to face Berkeley, then he turned back to what he was doing.
"Did you go to the cemetery then?"
Dee sighed as he prepared two plates.
"Yes. How did you know?"
"I could tell by the look on your face you either went to the park or you went to the cemetery."
Dee set a plate down in front of Berkeley and one down in front of himself.
"Yeah. I wanted to go and see Ryo. I gave him some flowers too. It was the first time I went since the funeral."
Berkeley nodded his head as he took a bite of the eggs. They tasted awful, but he wasn't going to say anything to Dee.
"This tastes like shit. How can you just sit there and eat it?"
Dee asked Berkeley.
"Dee...you did well for your first attempt at making me breakfast."
"No I didn't. It sucks. I'll take your plate, and me and you will go down to the café across the street."
Before Berkeley could answer Dee took the plates and put them in the kitchen.
"Dee...really it wasn't that bad. I enjoyed it and it was sweet of you to even make me breakfast."
Dee turned around to meet Berkeley's eyes.
"Are you just saying that?"
"No Dee. I never had anyone...well since my wife make me breakfast before."
Dee smiled.
"Thank you."
"Now...I think you should be headed off to the precinct. Don't you think?"
Dee looked at the clock. It said 10:30am.
"I guess. Are you sure you're ok here on your own? If you'd like I could ask the chief for today off."
Berkeley smiled as he pushed Dee towards the door.
"No. I will be ok here by myself. You don't have to worry about a thing. Now, get going."
Dee out on his shoes and grabbed his coat.
"I'll see ya then."
"Bye Dee."
Dee walked out of the door. Berkeley smiled as he plopped down on the couch, and turned the news on.
"Hey Ted?"
"Yeah?"
"Didn't you say something about this guy being a hard guy to find?"
"Yeah. He's harder to find then a needle in the hay stack."
"Then why is he on the news?"
Ted turned his head to where Dee was pointing. Low and behold the guy was being interviewed by one of the reporters.
"Hey JJ! Turn that up for me."
Dee yelled to JJ who was happy to do what Dee asked him to do.
"Well it all happened so fast really. The car just came speeding out of no where, and hit that poor girl."
"Did you happen to see the guy?"
"No. I didn't get a look at him."
"Reporters say that the young girl was hit by a man driving a blue Cadillac. This is Megan Bruce, signing off."
"How in the HELL is he just walking on the streets of New York, and us not seeing him? We combed through this whole damn city, and came up with jack shit yesterday."
Dee said as he threw his paper cup away in the garbage.
"I don't know Dee. Maybe we weren't looking in the right places then?"
"Hey guys?"
Ted and Drake both looked at JJ.
"Didn't they say that the car was a blue Cadillac?"
"Yeah, and?"
"Don't you know that only people who are rich drive blue Cadillac's?"
"So. There are lots of Cadillac's in this city JJ. What does that have to do with anything?"
"I can only think of one crime organization that drives that kind of blue Cadillac's with tinted windows."
Ted and Drake both looked at each other.
"Of course! The syndicate! Why didn't we think of that before? I noticed on the front page of the paper, someone had said that the Cadillac had a white stripe down the sides. Those are normally only driven by syndicate and mafia members. And someone else said that, prior to the girl being hit, they heard gunshots."
Ted nodded.
"Good work JJ!"
Ted hit JJ on his back, and Dee did as well.
"You are becoming a better detective then me and Dee put together!"
Ted laughed at the angry look that crossed Dee's face.
"I'm kidding, I'm kidding."
Dee stormed off, and yelled back at Ted.
"Call dispatch and have them looking for the blue Cadillac. Tell them, it's for the drug ring/murder case."
Ted nodded and went about doing his task.
Dee walked down the street to where the accident happened. There were still cops all around. He recognized some of the people, but he didn't know them personally. He stopped once he found someone who was in charge with the investigation.
"I am Detective Dee Laytner."
The other officer looked at him.
"I am Officer Ted Brandit. What are you doing all the way over here? Isn't this out of your jurisdiction?"
Dee nodded.
"This isn't my case, but I am investigating a case, that deals with one of your witnesses to the accident."
Ted looked at Dee funny.
"You mean that short Asian guy?"
"Yeah. Rei Chow is his name. He is wanted for drug trafficking and murder. The syndicate wants the unfortunate guy. That little girl that got hit was just caught in the middle of the syndicate trying to snuff him out."
"Are you serious?"
Dee nodded his head.
"Me and my partner have been looking all over New York City for him. We never thought to check Brooklyn. So I am hoping that maybe you know where he went."
Ted shook his head.
"We told him he could go. If we needed him we would contact him."
Ted reached into his pocket.
"This is the address he gave us."
Dee took that piece of paper.
"That's not far from my apartment. I'll check this out. Do you mind if I take this piece of paper?"
Ted shook his head.
"We have his address down. Go ahead and take it."
"Thanks man! You just gave me a break in the case!"
Dee ran off and back to his car. He was so happy that he finally had a break in the case.
"Wait until Ted sees this! He'll be happy too!"
Dee drove off. He wanted to crack this case as soon as possible.
"What?"
Dee yelled. He wasn't in the best spirits.
"No one has moved in or out of this place for months. I don't know who gave you this address, but there is no apartment 305 in this building."
Dee was enraged now. He wasn't mad at the owner of the building. He was pissed at Rei.
"Damn it! Now I am back to square one!"
Dee sighed.
"Well. Thanks for your help. If someone does happen to come here looking for an apartment, and he looks like this man..."
Dee handed him a picture.
"...do call me."
"I will detective. Good night."
"See ya."
Dee walked out of the building and down to the bus stop. He had waited until it was time for him to get off work just to come and check this lead. And now...he had nothing.
"I left Berkeley alone for an extra hour just to do this? He must be pretty bored all alone in that apartment with nothing to do."
Dee said to no one in particular. He got off the bus, and walked down the street to his apartment building. He let himself in, and started for the elevator until...
"'Closed for Repairs'? Yeah right. Today is make Dee angry day."
He sighed.
"Guess I gotta take the stairs then."
He began his walk up the stairs. He counted the flights as he went.
"One....two....three....one more to go."
He stopped for a second and waited. He then began his walk up the last set of stairs.
"Finally. Man. Today just isn't my day."
He walked down the hallway. He could smell food being cooked and his stomach growled.
"Man. That smells really good. I wonder what I can make me and Berkeley to eat? We'll probably end up with pizza or something."
Dee sighed as he walked into the apartment building. He wasn't prepared for what he saw.
"Oh. Hi Dee. I was just...uh..."
Dee smiled as he shut the door.
"Oh Berkeley...thank you."
Dee walked over to where Berkeley was. Berkeley was in the middle of making Dee dinner. He hadn't expected the detective to be home so early, so when Dee walked in, he was surprised.
"It'll be done in a few...just make yourself comfortable."
Dee nodded as he went and sat down in the living room.
"You do like fish right?"
"Yeah. I love fish. Ryo never cooked it though, because he was allergic to it."
"Well...I am making lemon peppered salmon, with rice and steamed vegetables. And for later I made strawberry shortcake. I also picked up some red wine. You only had beer and Sake. I hope that's ok."
Dee smiled again.
"That sounds perfect. Thank you so much Berkeley. I could smell that from all the way down the hall."
Berkeley poked his head through the door and smiled at Dee.
"You're welcome. I wanted to do something for you, since you went and got me new sheets, comforter, and you made breakfast for me this morning."
Berkeley continued his work in the kitchen. Soon the timer went off on the oven and he took the fish out. The rest of dinner was done, and the cake was in the fridge. Dee sat at the table, while Berkeley prepared their plates. Dee took a bite, and smiled.
"This is so much better then pizza. I can't tell you how much I appreciate this."
"Don't mention it."
The two finished their dinner, and sipped at the wine. Later Berkeley cut the cake, and handed Dee a slice. The two sat on the couch listening to music, until they both fell asleep.
AN- Wow. Ten whole pages. I think this is the longest chapter yet. you tell that I was hungry? Laughs I know I am making everybody be OOC in this, and I am very sorry, but they just have to be in order for this story to work. Also...I have never been to New York so I don't know very much about the type of cars people drive, or anything about the police system there. The only thing I know about the law system in New York I have learned from FAKE or from various cop shows.
Preview- Dee tries to find Rei only to have all his leads go no where. He, Ted and JJ scope out the warehouse again...only to find out some things that they would much rather have not heard.
Chapter 9 part 2
Dee waked down to the bus stop. He had bought flowers from a 24 hour store, and was now waiting for the bus. It was late. The last time Dee looked at the clock it had said 8 pm. And that was a long time ago. The bus finally came, and Dee got on. There wasn't a soul on the bus, which made Dee a very happy man.
"Say Mister. Where you headed? Since you seem to be the only person on here, I'll take you to your destination and back for the price of one fair."
Dee smiled.
"I'm headed out to the Graceland Cemetery. Thank you."
"Don't mention it."
Dee sat down as the bus started to move. This would be the first time since then that he would be going out to visit Ryo.
"Who you gonna visit? Your momma or somethin'?"
The bus driver asked Dee.
"No. I am going to visit an old partner of mine. We were really close."
The bus driver got the hint.
"How'd she die?"
Dee looked down.
"He died from a gunshot wound."
The bus driver was quiet after that. Dee could pretty much figure why. The bus soon stopped outside of the cemetery and the driver opened up the doors.
"Take as long as you want. I have all night,"
Dee nodded his head. The gates were still open so he went inside. Even if they were closed, he could easily have opened them with a key that only police were issued. He walked down the pathway to Ryo's grave.
"Hello baby. I brought you some sunflowers. I know how much you liked them"
Dee placed the flowers in front of the gravestone. Dee sat down as well.
"Ryo...I know you are probably watching me from above and all...so I was just wondering, would you approve of it? Do you approve of it? I know...him and me we were enemies. But now...he just...I don't know Ryo. Is it wrong for me to even do such a thing? Is it wrong for me to ask him to...be my boyfriend?"
Dee paused for a moment.
"Is this how you felt when I was trying to get you to date me? Whenever I pounced on you like that, and made you give in...did you really enjoy that? Did I push you too hard at times? I'm so sorry if I did. I never meant to test you like that. I only wanted you to love me. And in the end...I guess...I guess I did push you too far. I mean...look at what happened. You only wanted to tell me that you thought it would be better if we just were friends...and what did I go and do? I made you feel like you had made the biggest mistake of your life. I made you think that just because there wasn't an us that you couldn't go on. You...You would much rather have died then lived that kind of life."
Dee paused again. The tears running rampant down his face. The night air making them cold, which caused Dee to shiver slightly.
"Ryo...I'm so sorry. Would it be wrong for me to...to ask you if I can date Berkeley? I know you would be telling me some shit about following my heart, and doing what I think is best...but what if I cause him to shoot himself as well? What if things don't work out? Am I still betraying you?"
Dee stood up. He kissed the gravestone, and smiled down at it.
"Ryo...baby, I...I want to make Berkeley mine. I am following my heart...but part of my heart still says it belongs to you."
Dee sighed.
"I'm going to think about it Ryo. So don't think just yet that I am replacing you."
Dee began walking down the path.
"Night baby. Sweet dreams."
Dee walked back to the bus, and got on. The bus driver didn't say a word to him the whole time. Little did Dee know that the driver had been listening to Dee's conversation.
Berkeley woke up the next morning to the smell of coffee.
'At least it beats the smell of the hospital.'
He thought to himself as he got up to use the bathroom. He came out of the bathroom and walked into the kitchen. Nothing prepared him for what he saw.
"God damn stupid stove! Why does it have to be so hot!?"
Dee cursed to himself as he tried to make breakfast for himself and Berkeley. Dee was oblivious to Berkeley until...
"Did you just ask why the stove had to be hot?"
Dee jumped and when he did, the knife he had been holding slipped and he cut his finger.
"Shit!"
Berkeley ran over to Dee and helped him wash out his cut.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have surprised you while you were cooking."
Dee smiled.
"No. It's ok. I should have been paying attention."
After Dee's finger was cleaned and wrapped with a small bandage, he continued to cook. He had learned a little from Ryo the basics of how to make breakfast, and penguin had taught him how to make scrambled eggs once. So he put the two together and began to figure out how to make successful scrambled eggs.
"So...where did you go last night?"
Dee paused in what he was doing.
"I told you I went for a walk."
Berkeley smiled.
"I know you went for a walk you dolt, but I meant to where."
Dee turned around to face Berkeley, then he turned back to what he was doing.
"Did you go to the cemetery then?"
Dee sighed as he prepared two plates.
"Yes. How did you know?"
"I could tell by the look on your face you either went to the park or you went to the cemetery."
Dee set a plate down in front of Berkeley and one down in front of himself.
"Yeah. I wanted to go and see Ryo. I gave him some flowers too. It was the first time I went since the funeral."
Berkeley nodded his head as he took a bite of the eggs. They tasted awful, but he wasn't going to say anything to Dee.
"This tastes like shit. How can you just sit there and eat it?"
Dee asked Berkeley.
"Dee...you did well for your first attempt at making me breakfast."
"No I didn't. It sucks. I'll take your plate, and me and you will go down to the café across the street."
Before Berkeley could answer Dee took the plates and put them in the kitchen.
"Dee...really it wasn't that bad. I enjoyed it and it was sweet of you to even make me breakfast."
Dee turned around to meet Berkeley's eyes.
"Are you just saying that?"
"No Dee. I never had anyone...well since my wife make me breakfast before."
Dee smiled.
"Thank you."
"Now...I think you should be headed off to the precinct. Don't you think?"
Dee looked at the clock. It said 10:30am.
"I guess. Are you sure you're ok here on your own? If you'd like I could ask the chief for today off."
Berkeley smiled as he pushed Dee towards the door.
"No. I will be ok here by myself. You don't have to worry about a thing. Now, get going."
Dee out on his shoes and grabbed his coat.
"I'll see ya then."
"Bye Dee."
Dee walked out of the door. Berkeley smiled as he plopped down on the couch, and turned the news on.
"Hey Ted?"
"Yeah?"
"Didn't you say something about this guy being a hard guy to find?"
"Yeah. He's harder to find then a needle in the hay stack."
"Then why is he on the news?"
Ted turned his head to where Dee was pointing. Low and behold the guy was being interviewed by one of the reporters.
"Hey JJ! Turn that up for me."
Dee yelled to JJ who was happy to do what Dee asked him to do.
"Well it all happened so fast really. The car just came speeding out of no where, and hit that poor girl."
"Did you happen to see the guy?"
"No. I didn't get a look at him."
"Reporters say that the young girl was hit by a man driving a blue Cadillac. This is Megan Bruce, signing off."
"How in the HELL is he just walking on the streets of New York, and us not seeing him? We combed through this whole damn city, and came up with jack shit yesterday."
Dee said as he threw his paper cup away in the garbage.
"I don't know Dee. Maybe we weren't looking in the right places then?"
"Hey guys?"
Ted and Drake both looked at JJ.
"Didn't they say that the car was a blue Cadillac?"
"Yeah, and?"
"Don't you know that only people who are rich drive blue Cadillac's?"
"So. There are lots of Cadillac's in this city JJ. What does that have to do with anything?"
"I can only think of one crime organization that drives that kind of blue Cadillac's with tinted windows."
Ted and Drake both looked at each other.
"Of course! The syndicate! Why didn't we think of that before? I noticed on the front page of the paper, someone had said that the Cadillac had a white stripe down the sides. Those are normally only driven by syndicate and mafia members. And someone else said that, prior to the girl being hit, they heard gunshots."
Ted nodded.
"Good work JJ!"
Ted hit JJ on his back, and Dee did as well.
"You are becoming a better detective then me and Dee put together!"
Ted laughed at the angry look that crossed Dee's face.
"I'm kidding, I'm kidding."
Dee stormed off, and yelled back at Ted.
"Call dispatch and have them looking for the blue Cadillac. Tell them, it's for the drug ring/murder case."
Ted nodded and went about doing his task.
Dee walked down the street to where the accident happened. There were still cops all around. He recognized some of the people, but he didn't know them personally. He stopped once he found someone who was in charge with the investigation.
"I am Detective Dee Laytner."
The other officer looked at him.
"I am Officer Ted Brandit. What are you doing all the way over here? Isn't this out of your jurisdiction?"
Dee nodded.
"This isn't my case, but I am investigating a case, that deals with one of your witnesses to the accident."
Ted looked at Dee funny.
"You mean that short Asian guy?"
"Yeah. Rei Chow is his name. He is wanted for drug trafficking and murder. The syndicate wants the unfortunate guy. That little girl that got hit was just caught in the middle of the syndicate trying to snuff him out."
"Are you serious?"
Dee nodded his head.
"Me and my partner have been looking all over New York City for him. We never thought to check Brooklyn. So I am hoping that maybe you know where he went."
Ted shook his head.
"We told him he could go. If we needed him we would contact him."
Ted reached into his pocket.
"This is the address he gave us."
Dee took that piece of paper.
"That's not far from my apartment. I'll check this out. Do you mind if I take this piece of paper?"
Ted shook his head.
"We have his address down. Go ahead and take it."
"Thanks man! You just gave me a break in the case!"
Dee ran off and back to his car. He was so happy that he finally had a break in the case.
"Wait until Ted sees this! He'll be happy too!"
Dee drove off. He wanted to crack this case as soon as possible.
"What?"
Dee yelled. He wasn't in the best spirits.
"No one has moved in or out of this place for months. I don't know who gave you this address, but there is no apartment 305 in this building."
Dee was enraged now. He wasn't mad at the owner of the building. He was pissed at Rei.
"Damn it! Now I am back to square one!"
Dee sighed.
"Well. Thanks for your help. If someone does happen to come here looking for an apartment, and he looks like this man..."
Dee handed him a picture.
"...do call me."
"I will detective. Good night."
"See ya."
Dee walked out of the building and down to the bus stop. He had waited until it was time for him to get off work just to come and check this lead. And now...he had nothing.
"I left Berkeley alone for an extra hour just to do this? He must be pretty bored all alone in that apartment with nothing to do."
Dee said to no one in particular. He got off the bus, and walked down the street to his apartment building. He let himself in, and started for the elevator until...
"'Closed for Repairs'? Yeah right. Today is make Dee angry day."
He sighed.
"Guess I gotta take the stairs then."
He began his walk up the stairs. He counted the flights as he went.
"One....two....three....one more to go."
He stopped for a second and waited. He then began his walk up the last set of stairs.
"Finally. Man. Today just isn't my day."
He walked down the hallway. He could smell food being cooked and his stomach growled.
"Man. That smells really good. I wonder what I can make me and Berkeley to eat? We'll probably end up with pizza or something."
Dee sighed as he walked into the apartment building. He wasn't prepared for what he saw.
"Oh. Hi Dee. I was just...uh..."
Dee smiled as he shut the door.
"Oh Berkeley...thank you."
Dee walked over to where Berkeley was. Berkeley was in the middle of making Dee dinner. He hadn't expected the detective to be home so early, so when Dee walked in, he was surprised.
"It'll be done in a few...just make yourself comfortable."
Dee nodded as he went and sat down in the living room.
"You do like fish right?"
"Yeah. I love fish. Ryo never cooked it though, because he was allergic to it."
"Well...I am making lemon peppered salmon, with rice and steamed vegetables. And for later I made strawberry shortcake. I also picked up some red wine. You only had beer and Sake. I hope that's ok."
Dee smiled again.
"That sounds perfect. Thank you so much Berkeley. I could smell that from all the way down the hall."
Berkeley poked his head through the door and smiled at Dee.
"You're welcome. I wanted to do something for you, since you went and got me new sheets, comforter, and you made breakfast for me this morning."
Berkeley continued his work in the kitchen. Soon the timer went off on the oven and he took the fish out. The rest of dinner was done, and the cake was in the fridge. Dee sat at the table, while Berkeley prepared their plates. Dee took a bite, and smiled.
"This is so much better then pizza. I can't tell you how much I appreciate this."
"Don't mention it."
The two finished their dinner, and sipped at the wine. Later Berkeley cut the cake, and handed Dee a slice. The two sat on the couch listening to music, until they both fell asleep.
AN- Wow. Ten whole pages. I think this is the longest chapter yet. you tell that I was hungry? Laughs I know I am making everybody be OOC in this, and I am very sorry, but they just have to be in order for this story to work. Also...I have never been to New York so I don't know very much about the type of cars people drive, or anything about the police system there. The only thing I know about the law system in New York I have learned from FAKE or from various cop shows.
Preview- Dee tries to find Rei only to have all his leads go no where. He, Ted and JJ scope out the warehouse again...only to find out some things that they would much rather have not heard.