Chapter 3
Too Many Questions Not enough Answers
I looked at Ben when I finished the story. He seemed to actually know the punch line before I got to it. He smiled. "Continue..."
I rose from my seat and walked over to the small window in the corner of the room. There was a dust film over it but it was clean enough to see through. I am not sure what I was looking for. "Ben do you ever get the feeling that someone is watching you?"
I watched him shift in his seat. He seemed almost nervous. "At times."
I crossed my arms and leaned on the wall. "I have felt someone watch me since I disappeared. I just know Hunter will find me. I mean it is just a matter of time you know. He warned me if I ever told the police what I saw that he would kill Randy..."
Ben cut me off "So you know Randy is alive?"
"Yes Hunter told me that Randy being alive was more punishment for the both of us. We would hope to one day be reunited then realize that we had to remember each other sitting in a dark room for the rest of our lives and be in pain everyday without each other. He said it was a punishment worse than death. And that when the media frenzy died down about Randy then I was next." I sighed. Ben looked shocked at the information that I gave him.
He sat there a full minute and said nothing. He looked up and me and as he put it together. "That is why you disappeared on your own. But why wait 4 1/2 years to come out of hiding? And the most important question...Why did Hunter turn on the two of you?"
"I waited out of being scared of Hunter, it's not that I feel safe now but Hunter has a short attention span. I am not the forefrount in his mind anymore. As for why he is doing this...I don't fully know. I asked Hunter a million times after he took Randy and all he would say was 'it's scarier not knowing isn't it. I just guess you will have to pay for the sins of your husband.' He would laugh after he said it. I just don't understand, Ben. Hunter was one of Randy's most trusted friends up until a month before his disappearance." I walked back to my chair.
"How do you know after you disappeared that Hunter didn't kill Randy?" Ben asked.
"Because Hunter wanted to make Randy pay and I mean really pay. You can't make memories haunt a dead man. But a dead man can haunt you. I was just icing on the cake." I said as I sat. Wow I had never told anyone what I had just told a stranger. But I almost had the feeling that Ben understood me and Randy some how. Like he knew us.
"Where have you been?" He asked.
"For a while I went to Mexico. I went under an assumed name . I got help from Eddie, he had family down there and I stayed with them for about a year they help me change my identity and fool the government. Then I came back to the US. I was convinced that I could find him alone. So I dated a police officer and when he was asleep I taped into files though the data base online. After I got the information I needed I disappeared as good as I did the first time. I followed leads that turned up empty. Then I came across you."
POV CHANGE
BEN
She can't be for real. If it had been anyone else he would have slapped cuffs of them and taken her to jail. Identity fraud, and stealing police information. One thing about it she was determined. Even though he tried to think like the agent he was, he almost admired her. She was resourceful.
He watched her look at her watch. "Well Ben that's all for today. I am tired." She reached for her purse.
"Jayme, wait, where are you going? Where are you staying?" He asked he knew that when Martha found out what he was about to do he would have to give her somewhat of an explanation. But as good as this girl was at disappearing he was not going to let her get scared and run.
"I am going to go to Starbucks and get a coffee then go and get a hotel room. Ben I am not staying with you. I am not a child and I don't need supervision. I will not disappear again. You have my word." She pulled car keys out and headed for the door.
"Please stay with Martha and I. Hunter if he is still looking will not find you there. And if you disappeared after this I think I would go crazy." Ben jumped up and grabbed his coat, cigarettes and recorder. He could see that as much as she didn't want to she was giving in. "Come on Martha would love the company and love to meet you."
She sighed. "Fine. I will stay with you." He escorted her down to his car. He had closed her door when his phone rang.
"Hello...This is Ben...Yes I have her. No she is staying with me...I know chief she is not going anywhere...No back up not necessary...Hunter did not follow her...Okay I will fill you in later." Ben closed his phone and swung around she was standing behind him.
"Who the hell was that? And who the hell are you really?" She said fire blazing in her eyes.
Well that was the 3rd installment let me know what you think!
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