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Chapter 5: Janet Richards
29 hours missing/1 pm
Jack got into his car, and using his cellphone, dialed Agent Vivian Johnson. "Hello?"
"Hi Viv, it's me Jack. Need a favor."
"Name it."
"Run the names, Janet Richards and Nick LaQuin, and see what you can find out about them. See if they are connected to Alicia in any others ways, then boyfriend, and pissed off actress."
"Got it. Hey Jack?"
"Yeah."
"Something came up on Janet Richards real fast."
"What?"
"A restraining order."
"For her or against her?"
"Against her, she was order to keep a distance of no less than 500 feet from ..oh boy."
"What?"
"Alicia Waters!"
"I'm on my way to her place now, meet me there!"
"On my way."
By the time Jack pulled into the parking lot of the Hilton hotel, he could see Vivian's car already parked. He parked his car in the space next to hers. Vivian looked over, and saw it was Jack, so she got out of her car, at about the same time as Jack.
"Hey, sorry took so long." said Jack.
"No problem, just got here a few minutes ago. Anyway did some checking, the restraining order was issued after Miss Richards assaulted Alicia on the set."
"How long ago was that?" asked Jack.
"Two weeks ago. And according to what Danny could pull up, Janet has been unable to get an acting gig since. Apparently, nobody wants her in their movie. Her agent says she's too high maintenance."
"Well, she is an actress, aren't they all like that?" said Jack, as he slightly grin."Alicia's agent something about a fight, but he forgot to mention the restraining order."
As Jack and Vivian entered the lobby of the Hilton hotel they walked over to the front desk. "Excuse me?"
"Yes, sir, can we help you?" said a young woman with sandy blond hair.
"Yes, can you tell me what room, Janet Richards is staying in?"
"Room 568, on the 5th floor."
"Thanks."
"Your welcome sir."
As Jack knocked on the door, he could hear what sounded like a television being turned off, and the distinct sound of footsteps coming toward the door. The door opened, standing there was an attractive blond woman about the age of 31.
"Can I help you?"
"Yea, we hope so. I am Agent Jack Malone, this is Agent Vivian Johnson, we are with he FBI, we are here cause we are investigating the disappearance of Alicia Waters."
"She's missing?"
"Yea," answered Vivian. "And we understand you have an restraining order against you. You want to tell us about that?"
"I had nothing to do with that girl disappearing." the woman said angrily.
"We will decide that, Ms. Richards." said Jack. "Now tell us about the the situation that lead up to you assaulting Alicia."
"I didn't assault her, all I did was try to reason with her."
"About what?" asked Vivian.
"The movie they are filming now, Envy the lead part was mine. And then just out of the blue they offer it to Alicia."
"According to Stella McGee, they replaced you after you requested to be paid more money." said Jack.
"That's a lie, ok, yes it's true I asked for more money, but they fired me cause Nick wanted Alicia in the movie."
"Nick LaQuin is the assistant director, he would have no say in who he wanted in the movie." said Jack.
"Yeah, but during auditions, he made it clear who he wanted. But the director chose me. Nick threatened to quit as assistant if they didn't go with Alicia. This all went down the day before shooting began."
"So you were angry, I assume. Are you going to tell me, that in all your anger, you didn't at least slap Alicia?" asked Vivian.
"Of course I slapped her, she knew it was my part. She knew that if it weren't for Nick, she wouldn't haven't gotten the part. What kind of actress does that to another?"
"I understand that you have had problems getting other acting gigs in the last 2 weeks since this incident. Do you blame Alicia for that?" asked Jack.
"No, not as much as I blame Nick. I admit I don't care too much for Alicia, but I am not the type of person, that would hurt another."
"Where were you yesterday morning, about 8:00 am?"
"I was here, all day. Watching TV. In fact to prove that I was here, I was watching Regis and Kelly at that time."
"Ok, thanks for your time, we will be in touch if there is anything else." said Jack.
"Yeah, you do that," she said as she slammed the door in their faces.
As they walked toward the end of the hallway where the elevators were, Jack stopped, "Vivian?"
"Yeah Jack?"
"Regis and Kelly?"
"Yeah, that's what she said why?"
"Cause, Regis and Kelly doesn't come on for another 2 hours."
"She lied."
"Yea, and now we have to find out why."
"I'll check her phone records and credit card statements for yesterday. See if we can figure it out. You coming?" asked Vivian.
"No, I think it's time I meet this Nick LaQuin."
"Alright, meet you back at the office."
"Meet you there.
Well, that was longer than I thought it would be. Hopefully I am telling this in a way that makes you the reader feel like you are watching an episode of the show.
Next chapter is on the way ....