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Chapter 14 The Chief's Real Name
Kyle walked into the office, only this time, he knew about the yells, and what happened on the roof tops last night with Carmelita. He didn't know what the yells were about but he bet the stalker had something to do with it.
He didn't let it bring him down too much though. There were no people in body bags you know. So Kyle simply whistled in the elevator, and whistled in the hall on the way to his office. Seeing as how he was passing by, he decided to stop by Carmelita's office and see about that cancelled coffee.
Kyle knocked, and was waiting for her to answer for a while before the Chief came out of his office.
"Hey, Rivers" he said. "Carmelita's not in this morning."
"Not in?" he asked. Carmelita was always in, always.
"Yeah, I had her stay out for the morning while we checked her office for bugs, etc."
"How did she take that?"
"She didn't, I told her she needed a vacation."
"Oh, I guess it's better than telling her the truth."
"But if she finds out, I'm in for it."
"How's the search going?"
"Not good, we've found nothing, absolutely nothing."
Kyle's mouth hung open. Nothing! They had one idea and it had failed miserably. Damn this Robert Johnson, damn him. He had left them stumped yet again.
"All right, I'll be in my office." Kyle said as he started to walk away.
"Wait, my old bat of a mother is coming over later today; she could use a proper greeting." the chief told him while he gave a you-had-better-be-there look. He then turned around and walked back into his office leaving Kyle to shrug and walk back to his office. He reached behind his computer to pull out his tennis ball. He had it since childhood and only used when in serious need of thinking.
He sat in his office, bouncing the ball against the wall (no one was annoyed because there was no one was in the office next to his) while he wondered several things about Robert Johnson. How was he listening in on Carmelita? Why was he so obsessed with Carmelita? How did he cover up evidence so good? He tried to come up with answers, any answers, but there were none really. He would have to be with Carmelita more often so he could catch Robert in action. Either that or wait for him to make a mistake, and by the looks of it, that wasn't going to be anytime soon.
But how was he going to do that? If he told her it was to catch the stalker, she would certainly get angry at him. She would tell him she could catch Robert on her own, which he really didn't doubt, but he had to do something. If he just did, she would think of him as a stalker, or maybe that he was trying to get her to go out with him. He wanted her to go out with him yes, but now wasn't the time. Right now, she didn't need a lover; she needed a friend, just a friend.
Kyle received a knock on his door, and heard Carmelita yell the Chief wanted him front and center. Kyle rushed out of his office to catch Carmelita. "I didn't know you were in." he said.
"Why did you need to know?"
"I wanted to know about that coffee between friends and only friends."
"You'll need to wait a few days, I'm busy."
"Fine"
They walked over to the Chief's office and waited for him and his mother to come out of the elevator. Of course it was a while because of how old the Chief's mom was. She was like a hundred years old, but was still walking and living as much on her own as she possibly could. AKA: she sometimes went on a short, and I mean short, walk around her retirement home. She also visited her son once a year, Kyle being new didn't know that.
Every officer there waited for about five more minutes before the Chief escorted his mother out of the elevator. Of course, nobody shouted surprise at their entry seeing as how old Ms. Herschell was. They all simply said thinks like "hello", or "How was your trip?" Once they reached the Chief's office, almost the entire crowd simply walked off, including Carmelita, leaving Kyle and a few other officers there. He had nothing better to do.
The others all left, they had only been staying out of courtesy. Kyle decided he should leave too, but stopped when he heard Ms. Herschell scold her son. It wasn't very day you saw the chief of Interpol, or your boss for that matter, being told off by their mother.
"Robert John Herschell, did you set that whole scene up?" she told him in her cracked old voice. Kyle would have frozen except that the Chief was looking around for anyone who had heard that. Kyle turned around and continued walking like nothing happened, he was very good at masking his emotions. He heard the Chief say "I'm Chief Rob around here mother." And walk her into his office. Kyle finally got his chance to freeze and let his jaw drop. Robert John Herschell? Robert John Herschell?
It made sense though, not like he liked it, but it did. The Chief could easily hear things like Hayes yelling at her. The kiss by the volcano was well known, and he could have followed her to make sure it didn't happen again. Then kill Fernando when it did. He was in charge of the search through her office, and could've listened in on her conversation with her doctor and follow her like he did (he was not in any way proud of that, and actually beat himself up for it).
He heard Carmelita's voice and quickly shut his mouth. A look of surprise and fear remained on his face, and she saw it.
"What's the problem?" she asked.
Kyle quickly masked his face with a calm look and said "nothing". He turned and walked towards his office. Carmelita was coming out of her office for lunch, but there was something new on her mind. She walked to her convertible and drove to a café, remembering a certain night from her past.
What night? You have to read to find out. Oh yeah, I could still use reviews on this chapter, please?