Secret Love
Chapter 1
We do not own any of the MISSING characters. We only own Lisa Brooks.
"Man, this job is so aggravating at times." Jess said as she was writing her report. Her and Nick were still at the office trying to do their reports. Pollock and Antonio had already left. "I never knew that there was so much paper work involved."
"Oh, yeah. I've been doing it for years though Jess. You'll get used to it." Nicole told Jess. Then a woman came around the corner to Jess's desk. She had dark, sandy blonde hair that was layered and about shoulder length. She had greenish-blue eyes, and a perfect complexion.
"Jessica Mastriani?" The woman asked Jess. Jess looked up at her. Nicole also looked up. "I'm Lisa Brooks."
"Hello Lisa. Do I know you?" Jess asked. Jess looked extremely confused.
"Don't you know who I am?" Lisa asked Jess.
"Uh, no." Jess said trying to remember who Lisa was.
"I was dating your father until he died." Lisa told Jess. Jess still looked confused.
"Nick, can we have a few minutes alone please?" Jess asked Nicole so that her and Lisa could talk alone.
"Sure." Nicole said smiling. She gathered her stuff and left.
"So Lisa how long did u date my dad?" Jess asked.
"For about 2 years. It was.. it was a good relationship." Lisa told Jess.
"My dad died over two years ago. I never knew about you, why are you coming to me now?" Jess asked completely baffled.
"I always wanted to meet you. I kept putting it off, so I finally decided to come and meet you." Lisa said smiling.
"Yes, well umm, can we get together and talk tomorrow?" Jess asked Lisa.
"Yeah, yeah sure. Um.. call me?" Lisa asked Jess.
"Yes, that's works." Jess smiled. Lisa gave Jess her cell phone number and then she left. Nicole came back to her desk.
"What was that all about Jess?" Nicole asked her.
"Honestly Nicole," Jess paused for a second, "I don't know." Jess was still confused.
So, the next day when Jess arrived at work, Antonio immediately came up to her and asked her about what happened last night.
"Hey Jess." Antonio asked smiling.
"Hey Antonio." Jess said a little freaked out by his behavior.
"Nick told me about what happened last night." Antonio said as they walked towards Jess's desk.
"Yeah, her name was Lisa. She said she was dating my dad until he died. I'm going to talk to her later today." Jess said, still confused about who Lisa was.
"You didn't know who she was?" Antonio asked her.
"Uh, no. I never knew he even dated. Anyway, that doesn't matter. We have to finish our reports. Have you seen Nick today?" Jess asked Antonio.
"Yeah, she left b/c she had to go do something." Antonio said as he walked off to go start his report.
"Oh, ok." Jess said. They both worked on their reports for a little while and before Jess knew it, it was 11 am. So she called Lisa so that they could talk.
"Hello?" Lisa answered her cell phone.
"Hey this is Jess. Do you want to meet me at the coffee shop on 23rd St.?" Jess asked her.
"Yes, Yes, absolutely," Lisa said to Jess.
"Ok, I'll see you there." Jess said and she then hung up the phone and left. Jess and Lisa are now at the coffee shop.
"So your dad never told you about me?" Lisa asked baffled.
"No, he didn't." Jess said.
"Well, he kept saying that he would tell you about me but I guess he never had the chance." Lisa told Jess.
"Yeah I guess not." Jess said in a slight trance.
"He, he always told me about how you used to sneak in boyfriends while you were babysitting, and how you were always getting into trouble at school and all. He said he loved you very much though. But as much as you got into trouble, I'm not surprised that he died." Lisa said slightly laughing.
"That's not true." I'm not the reason he died." Jess said angrily.
"Sure it is. You know it too. You just won't admit it." Lisa glared at Jess.
"Well, maybe he never really loved you and that's why he never told me about you." Jess said almost screaming. She got up and stormed odd.
"You know it's the truth Jessica, now all you have to do is accept it." Lisa yelled at her as Jess stormed off.
Once Jess got into her car, she locked the doors and just started to cry. She knew what Lisa said wasn't true, but she couldn't help but to think maybe it was. After crying for about 5 straight minutes, her phone rang. But she couldn't answer it and she knew that if it was Nick or Antonio, they'd call back. So she got her composure back and sure enough the phone rang again.
"Mastriani." Jess said trying not to sound upset.
"Hey Jess." Nicole said.
"oh hey Nick." Jess said trying not to cry.
"What's wrong Jess?" Nicole asked worriedly.
"Nothing I'll tell you later. So what's up?" Jess asked.
"Pollock wants you back in the office, so I figured I'd call you and tell you before he called you." Nicole told her.
"Ok, thanks. I'm on my way." Jess said and she hung up the phone and headed back to the office.
So once Nicole was off the phone, she went over to talk to Antonio. "What's wrong Nick?" Antonio asked her.
"What do you mean?" Nicole asked confused.
"You look worried." Antonio said to Nicole.
"Oh, it's just when I called Jess she sounded like she had been crying and she wouldn't tell me what was going on. She won't tell me so I'm worried." Nicole told him in a worried voice.
"She went off with that Lisa woman, maybe that had something to do with Jess being upset." Antonio suggested to Nicole.
"Maybe your right." Nicole said as she went and sat down at her desk and waited for Jess to get back.
"Agent, did you call Mastriani?" Pollock asked Nicole.
"I did sir. She's on her way in." Nicole told him.
"Ok agent, thank you." Pollock said as he turned around and walked back to his office.
Now all Nicole could do was wait.
Soon enough Jess walked off of the elevator.
"Hey Jess, can you tell me what's wrong please?" Nicole kind-of half asked, half begged Jess.
"Nothing's really wrong Nicole, It's just me and Lisa got into a little fight that's all. I was just pissed off at her when you called." Jess said lying, hoping that Nicole nor Antonio could tell that she was lying.
"Well what did she do to make you mad?" Nicole asked her. By now Antonio was looking up at them.
"You know what Nicole, just don't worry about it, ok?" Jess told Nicole.
"Alright but you know eventually I'm going to find out." Nicole said. Her and Jess both smiled. Then they all went back to work on the current case. At the end of the day Nicole, Jess and Antonio all went out for drinks. After a little while Nicole brought the subject of Jess being upset up again. "Jess, I'm worried about you. Please tell me what is wrong." Nicole asked her when Antonio had walked away for a few minutes.
"Nicole, I told you I don't want to talk about it." Jess said to Nicole.
"Jess, just tell me a little something." Nicole almost begged Jess.
"OK," Jess started to say. Tears were beginning to fill her eyes. "You want to know the truth Nick, I was the reason my dad died." And then Jess got up and left. Nicole immediately went after Jess.
"Jess wait, Jess." Nicole saw Jess leave the bar, so Nicole went out the door to see if she could talk to Jess. "Jess, please talk to me."
"Nicole, I'm sorry, I don't want to talk about it anymore." Jess got into her car and drove off. So Nicole went back inside.
"Where did you go?" Antonio asked Nicole.
"I went after Jess so I could talk to her about what happened, but she just got into her car and left." Nicole told him.
"Well, what did she tell you before she left?" Antonio asked her.
"That she was the reason that her father died." Nicole said.
"What?" Antonio asked completely baffled.
"Yeah, I don't know who told her that, but we both know that isn't true." Nicole said.
"Yeah, why don't you go to her apartment and talk to her?" Antonio suggested.
"No, she's probably already mad enough, I'll just talk to her about it tomorrow." Nicole told him.
Jess had finally gotten home. She went inside, locked the door and then just sank to the floor while she was still leaning up against the door. She just sat there and cried. She didn't know what else to do. After about 5 minutes, she had finally calmed herself down. So she got up and walked into her bedroom. She put her stuff up and then walked into her kitchen to get herself a little snack and then go to bed. But once she turned around to go to the living room to watch a little TV before bed she just couldn't believe who she saw standing in her living room.
"Dad?" Jess asked scared. Those were the only words that she could manage to say.