Chapter 4: The Mystery
A/N: Thanks monkaholic for the idea to have Randy's brother hit on Sharona, I'm going to use the brother, but keep in mind...he's wanted so he can't be out and the open and stuff. Now, on with they story. After this chapter I'm only going to get like 1 chapter a week out because school has started.
The next morning the Captain and Randy were talking about the jewelry heist. The fingerprint they found was that of Max Woodrow, a rich business man. The two then headed to the holding cells to question Steve. Upon arriving however, they found that he had been bailed out by an anonymous source. Both of them assumed that it was Max. Max owned the Robotix Company, a state of the art robotics company. When they got there however, they were disappointed to find that Max was out and were only able to talk to the vice president of Robotix, Alex Carr. He told them that Max had disappeared the previous day at around 10am. The robbery had occurred at 11am. After talking a few more minutes with Alex and finding out that he would be in all day tomorrow, they left.
Now neither of them was Monk, but it wasn't hard to notice that Alex seemed both a little too nervous and excited at hearing about the robbery and Max's fingerprint. They decided to call in Monk to consult with them on the case, even though yesterday he had told them it was a simple robbery. The next day everyone met at Robotix to talk to Max and Alex. After talking to Max and Alex, Monk told everyone, "It's Alex, I don't know how and I don't know why, but it's definitely Alex."
As they were leaving the building the Captain was talking with Monk about the case so Randy fell back to talk to Sharona. They started to talk, neither having any idea of the man carefully watching them form the shadows with a smile on his face. "So," Randy asked, "what are you doing Friday night?" She smiled and told him, "Well, there's this guy..." He looked confused for a second then seemed to catch on and asked her, "Do I know this guy?" "Actually, I think you do, better than you think," she said to him and winked. "Ah, so what are you two doing?" he asked her slyly, or so he thought. "Well, I don't know. Technically he hasn't asked me out yet. We're kind of unofficial," she told him with a smile. "I see, what if he asked you if you wanted to go see a movie with him?" he asked. "Well, I think it would have to be a chick flick. That's the way to see if a guy really likes you, if he'll watch movies with you that you know he doesn't want to see" she commented. At this Randy blushed a little and looked down. Then he asked her, "How about I pick you up at 7 o'clock?" He was a little bit surprised when she answered, "I'd like that Randy." Then after she looked around to make sure no one was watching, she grabbed him by his tie and pulled him in for a kiss.
Back at the station, everyone was brainstorming ideas on how and why it could be Alex. So far they had come up with a why, but not a how. It could be that Alex wants Max out of the picture to take over the company. But not one of them had an idea how he had done it. After hours thinking of the possibilities they finally took off. Again, there was a pair of eyes watching them, and eventually, following Randy home.
A/N: You know the drill, review it! Next chapter, I'll give you some background on Randy and his brother. But, be warned, it might be a little while.
