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Following

Another Rose

Part 4

By: 24

He walked into the lair after a hard day of work and plopped down into the chair by the table. He not only had a pretend to solve, but also who was stalking him. He didn't like this at all. Whoever this was had gotten into his lair and left a red rose. He booted up his computer and checked to see if there was any mail, but it was empty. After that he checked to see if there was anymore inside the Centre that he needed to know about. Finding nothing he checked to see if there was anything else to know about his latest pretend.

After that he made himself something to eat and then turned on the T.V. to see what was on and then after that he cleaned up his plate and went to bed. When he awoke the next day a rose was next to the table. He froze and picked it up. Whoever this was had not only gotten in the house, but also gotten in while he was sleeping. This wasn't good at all. He went into the living room and picked up his cell phone. He hesitated to call Sydney, but he knew that he should.

"This is Sydney."

"I found another one by my bed while I was sleeping."

"Jarod, this isn't good at all. Whoever did this not only got into your lair in the daytime, but now they got in at night."

"I know Sydney, but I'm still not scared enough to go back there."

"Just be careful Jarod."

"I will."

He hung up the phone and sat there thinking of who had broken in last night.

Sydney hung up the phone and stared out in space. He was really worried for his protégé and wanted him to come home to be safe, but he knew that Jarod would never come back here. Even if it was to be safe. They would never let him go once this was over and Sydney knew it and so did Jarod. He was deep in thought that he didn't even hear Miss Parker enter his office.

"Sydney. Are you okay? Is Jarod okay?"

"Whoever is stalking Jarod now broke into his house while he was sleeping. They left a red rose on this nightstand last night."

"This isn't good Sydney. What happens if whoever doing this kills him? He's no use to me dead."

"I don't think that, that will happen. He's not going to come back here just because he can be safe. He knows that once the Centre has him that they will never let him go and he's willing to stay out there even if someone's stalking him."

"I hope that he's safe Sydney."

"Me too, Miss Parker. Me too.

TBC