Chapter 5
Joe waiting for a while and it felt like betrayal from his brother the longer he waited. He was so concerned into his own personal life that he couldn't stop and think of Joe's career. This would be a hit on his school's newspaper. He could get a break in the case as he always did for the local police departments. He didn't have the weapons like the FBI and police so it made him more approachable.
"You Joe Hardy" He heard a voice from behind. He stood up and there stood a beautiful gorgeous brown hair green eyed freckled Tina Tomas. He bet anyway.
"Yes, I'm Joe Hardy. We spoke briefly on the phone last night about my brother; well he wants no part of the case. So you don't have to worry about privacy now." That was Tina's worry. She only wanted to share information with one person or two but no more. It was too painful to talk about.
"What happened? I thought you worked as a pair?" Joe thought the same too.
"I thought the same, but he has retired from the business totally I guess. I can't do that, not when people are dying." Tina smiled a sad smile.
"So what can I answer?" Joe had his paper out and recorder.
"Want to walk outside and talk or do you want to do the questions here?" Tina seemed to think hard about that question, and took a seat.
"I have nothing to hide, but I was very close to Lisa. She was like a sister to me." Joe knew this was the hardest part of an investigation, getting the testimonies.
"So are you going to work for the FBI too?" Joe looked at her funny.
"What are you talking about? I work for free." Tina shrugged.
"I get interviewed by a detective tomorrow afternoon. I don't know the name. She was hired by the FBI." Joe looked at her for a long moment.
"Hired?" Tina nodded. That was interesting, Joe thought to himself. That meant he had competition for this case. Who was hired? He hoped he would get a chance to be a detective or else he would just retire too, cause it seemed they had everything in control.
"So do you even want to continue with this interview then?" She shrugged.
"It can't hurt to be interviewed." Joe sighed in relief. He thought she was canceling on him already.
"Okay I guess lets get to the basics cause I know you have classes coming up and so do I. What was Tad like? He is a suspect and refuses to talk to me." Tina frowned.
"I never liked her boyfriend Tad. They seemed to argue a lot of the time, and the more they argued the more physical they got in the sex department if you know what I mean. She was determined to marry this guy no matter what. She was kind of obsessive over this lover of hers. She gets that way all the time, but this one lasted for six months then they parted, made up, and went out again. It's a jumble of reactions in one relationship." Joe wrote that down. He looked down at his questions, which seemed irrelevant now that he had Tina in front of him.
"Ok so they aren't getting along but they make up in sexual ways. Was the sex hard on her in anyway shape or form?" Tina seemed to hesitate before answering the question.
"I don't know if it was hard on her so to say, but I do know sometimes she came back with bruises on her shoulders. I asked her if he hit her or anything and she always said it was due to making out. They always made out after arguments and during exam weeks. They were like crutches for each other more then a loving couple." Joe didn't like the set up all ready.
"So they have rough love?" Tina nodded.
"She saw him as love at first site at some movie we were seeing down town. They hit it off right off the bat, and they have a lot in common. They both want to go into Neurology of some kind in the medical arena." Joe frowned. Did his information come to him right?
"I thought she was a biology major?" Tina laughed.
"No boy, she is a pre-med student. She wants to go to Columbia Medical College." How weird, he gathered his information so these questions were pointless.
"So how were her grades looking and her MCAT scores?" Tina nodded her head.
"She was studying hard and was going to take them in June. She would have been early but she figured to get them out of the way. She was paying for Kaplan testing help. She was the top of her class plus doing research on some Neurology disease. Tad never had that opportunity to do research and his grades aren't that hot at that medical school." Joe wrote that down too. He was learning a lot from Tina.
"What was Lisa doing before everything happened? Was Tad acting weird or were there more sexual actions happening between the two?" Tina nodded her head.
"They were arguing about marriage and how serious Tad should get." Joe didn't see the problem with that discussion for his brother was having the same discussion with Callie.
"Any bruises?" Tina nodded.
"On her arm, and on her shoulder. She swore they were from making love and shit, but I don't believe her. Hey lets take a walk, my class is going to start soon." She got up. Joe followed. They walked out of the Starbucks and started walking on campus.
"So did she cry at all over his responds, and what was his mood during all this?" Tina shrugged.
"He never changed or swayed from her plead to propose." Plead?
"Plead? She was pleading to get married? Why?" Tina shrugged.
"I don't know why, she wouldn't tell me her reason." Joe could only think of one reason and that would be pregnancy but he would have to talk to the police department about her autopsy. They walked in silence for a long moment as if they were digesting what had happened without saying a word.
"I guess you were her best of friend?" She nodded her head.
"Yes. I loved her like a sister and it angers me that the police department isn't investigating Tad's ale bye. He was out all night and none of his roommates knew where he was for the three days she was missing." Joe looked at her for a long moment.
"You think he did it?" She stopped at her building and gestured with her hand.
"I don't know to be honest. I never thought of him to be that sick, but his specialty was surgery in Medical school. So I figure, with what has been happening to the victims, things will get worse. I don't think the cases are connected and he knows a lot about messing up the body with his hands. He has that capability." Joe thanked her for her time, and she went off to class. Thinking to himself over this new information, Joe Hardy had his work cut out for him. The way things have piled up for this man Tad, it seemed as if he could be the person behind the crime but all that physical sex. Could that have been a sign that something was wrong? He didn't know the answer to that question but he had a class of his own to go to plus he was starving. Maybe he will give his brother a call, he looked at his watched. Nope he is in class, he thought to himself. It read 11:05.
"I wonder who this assigned detective is and what she will get out of their meeting tomorrow." Perhaps he could hook up with this detective and work together since his brother is being a freaking looser. He murmured under his breath. This was the most frustrating case yet for there were so many victims and so many possible scenarios. So far the possible candidates have been axed out cause of the DNA sample didn't match the suspects DNAs so they were cleared by the FBI standard. It was weird how a little DNA could clear someone. Though who killed Lisa? He didn't get to the part of when she decided to go out by herself and where she was headed and if anyone saw anything. He would have to hook up with this other detective and find out. He was debating on skipping this class and cutting out to go to the police department.
This wasn't his favorite class anyway. Making a detour he decided to go to the police station.
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Frank's point of view
Frank sat in his class listing to his teacher wondering what his brother was doing. He left him by himself on a case. He never did that before and that could endanger his brother's life. Then again, he wanted to be an investigative reporter so that meant he needed to know the ins and outs of the profession. He could do it by himself. He had faith besides he had the whole FBI at his disposal.
His teacher went on and on about the coming election for Mayor NYC. All that was on his mind was Callie. What was she doing to him? Making him question his own honor and his own reason for keeping loyal. He only drifted off course for one or maybe two cases with Nancy. The ski trip was one, and the Egypt trip was the second. He loved Nancy somewhere inside him, but not enough to dump Callie. He loved Callie with all his heart still and that what made what Callie doing hurt so much. Joe just didn't understand what it is like to have a girl cheat on oneself.
The class ended and he looked down at his cell phone. Should he call Joe? No he had class but knowing Joe he'd probably skip for this new project of his. A new project that will cost money and time that Frank didn't have. His classes took time and a lot of work. He didn't have time to just cut school out and work on this case. That wasn't his major. Besides, Callie was coming into town on Saturday and he wanted to make sure everything went right. She was trying to make sure he knew she cared. She called him earlier in the morning after Joe called. She needed a place to stay.
He figured he'd tell Joe about Callie coming into town and perhaps that would solve his problem. He will show Callie around New York City and have some fun, and forget about the case. He can do that some other time. His cell phone rang and he smiled. The caller Id said Callie.
"Hey Callie." He said on his way out of class.
"Hey Frank. I was wondering if Joe was going to hang out with us to, like old times?" Frank put his backpack on his back before answering.
"I can ask but he is on a case right now. I don't think he will have time to hang out." Callie sighed.
"I thought he grew out of that phase like you did?" Frank heard the disappointment in her voice.
"That's only because it's at his school and his degree is investigative reporter, broadcasting/journalism degree after all. This is his style." Callie paused on the phone.
"You aren't going to get involved are you?" Frank snorted.
"I already told him no. I stopped the investigating when I started at Columbia, and was separate from Joe. I decided that was enough for me, I wanted a steady career. I did think of the FBI but that didn't pan out." Callie sighed in relief on the other end, as it seemed to Frank.
"Yes, I remembered that day you two separated for the first time. It was a big deal for you two. First time a part, how is Joe doing?" Frank remembered those days; the first year was the worst.
"He is doing fine. He picked up this local case, which is going national now. They say it's a serial killer case." She gasped.
"And he is doing it alone?" Frank didn't like what Callie was implying.
"I just don't want to do it, and besides he has the FBI helping him out." Callie sighed in relief.
"The FBI is getting involved? That's pretty steep. You could get bonus points for this case if you go into law school, and be a good criminal investigating kind of thing. I can tag along this time." Frank frowned.
"This isn't a case where you can just tag along Callie, it's a dangerous lifestyle." Callie laughed.
"I want to be in on the action this time. And besides, it looks good for my career. I want a little action why I'm down there." Frank frowned and knew this was a bad idea.
"Don't tell me that is why you are coming?" Callie snorted on the other end.
"No Frank, I come to see you and only you if you want, but don't let me ruin your parade in detective work. I want to help this time." Frank wasn't too sure of this.
"You sure Callie? Being a detective means you have no life for the duration of the case. How long you intend on being around, a week, it might take months for something like this." Callie laughed.
"With detectives like you and Joe, I'm sure you'll do fine. Besides you have me to help you out. I'm sure we will crack this case. Now I must go, love you." Frank smiled, maybe he will propose on this detective case.
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Nancy point of view
The flight landed without a hitch and she was all ready to go to the police station. They were taking a cab to their hotel into downtown New York City. The cab driver was young and Asian. The city was busy of people and the cab driver was zooming in an out of traffic. They were hanging by their seat.
"So the basic gist of why you're here, is because of this serial killer?" the cab driver stated to her. They were stuck in traffic.
"Yes." He looked in his review mirror at them.
"That's a tough case for three gorgeous ladies." Nancy knew the case would be tough but she would crack it. She just had to crack it.
They drove up to the to the hotel and they got out. He unloaded their baggage and inside the hotel they went.
"I love this city." Bess declared.
"So do I." George agreed with Bess.
"Well we are here for the duration of this case. So hopefully you like it that much, hello we are here for a reservation for a Nancy Drew."
Note from author. Hope you keep reading on. This is taking up most of my time now, but I have other stories I'm updating right now too. Hopefully I can add another chapter before I leave town.. – Warriorasag82