The Diary of Nancy Drew

Chapter 5

Disclaimer: I only own Mark, the O'Brian's, Sue, Jon, Mitch, Maria, any later additional characters, and the plot.

December 23

This Morning

Well I woke up and remembered I needed to check my messages. It was Frank this time. He told me to call him on his cell phone. So I did. He answered on the first ring, and didn't sound the least bit asleep even though it was like 7 in the morning. He said he had a new lead on the case, the O'Brian's weren't thieves, they were undercover agents! WOW. So I guess David was just trying to get info off of me on that date, so he was just using me. I know I should probably feel hurt, but well, I don't. I guess I don't like him. That's one worry off my list.

Now back to the conversation with Frank. I told him about the dinner date, and when he said I was right, David was probably using me, he sounded almost relieved. Not very brotherly if you ask me. I mean we did think about dating when we were younger, but I had Ned, and he had Callie. So we decided to just be really close friends, which led us to be as close as brother and sister. Ok now I'm really off track.

I asked when he would be able to come to River Heights, since I hadn't seen him since early September. He said he might be able to get down here at the end of January but it might be pushing it. He didn't sound at all disappointed so I tried not to either, but Frank caught my sadness, I could never pull anything over on him, we thought so much alike. I told him that I just missed him and Joe. He said he might be able to get Joe to bring his big butt down to River Heights too. I just laughed. We talked some more about the case, wondering who could be the real culprit. Then we said our goodbyes and he hung up.

I sat down to eat breakfast then decided to stop by to see Chief McGinnis on my way to work.

At the River Heights Police Department

Well let me say that the Chief was surprised to see me, I guess I probably should have called, oh well. I asked him if he had any information on the O'Brian case. He said that they were still being watched at the jewelry store, but nothing had happened yet. I guess he didn't know the whole agent thing, and I wasn't going to be the one to tell him either. If whoever Frank was working for wanted the police to know that bit of information they could tell them themselves.

So I said goodbye to the Chief and headed to work. I stopped by my secretary Mitch to see if I had any messages. There was one from Jon and another from Sue, the rest were just business calls that Mitch could handle. I decided to see Sue first 'cause she would be the easiest. She just wanted to know if I had talked to Jon yet. She said it a little nervously too. I told her I was on my way after I talked to her. We both laughed as I walked out the door.

I knocked when I got to Jon's office, his assistant, Maria, told me to come in, and that Jon would see me in a minute. A couple minutes later a man walked out of Jon's office. He looked slightly familiar but I couldn't place him. He had dark brown hair, was about 6'1, and had piercing blue eyes. He looked to be about my father's age, which would be about 50. I smiled at him but he barely glanced at me.

I walked into Jon's office, said my hellos and asked who that man was. Jon gave me a look that told me to mind my own business; that man really got on my nerves. So in a really tight voice I asked what he wanted. He told me that I was officially off the O'Brian case and that if he caught me working on it he would fire me. I just stared at him for about a minute, although it felt like hours, until I got my voice back. I asked in the calmest voice I could why. I guess my voice really wasn't too calm because he told me that I worked for him and I would have to follow his orders. I just glared at him and told him that I would not consider this case part of my job any more and than stormed out of his office.

I didn't bother to mention that I would still do the case, I just didn't expect to get paid for it. I almost forgot to go back by Sue's office to see what she had wanted. When I got there she saw my expression and started blubbering about how she tried to tell Jon she didn't want the case, that I would be a better detective for it. I just quieted her down and asked what in the heck she was talking about. She told me that Jon had given her the O'Brian's case because he didn't think I was capable of it. I think it finally donned on her that Jon hadn't told me this bit. She started apologizing again and again. I told her to stop it, it wasn't her fault it was Jon's. And I also told her that it didn't matter, I was going to work on this case anyway, my curiosity had got the better of me.

She got really worried when I said that and asked if I was worried about losing my job for it. I told her that I was planning on resigning sometime why not today. She then helped me remember that I had to pay bills to live in an apartment. I had kind of forgotten about that. So I decided I wouldn't say anything about this if she didn't and I would only resign if I got caught. She didn't really agree with this plan but I didn't give her a very much choice. So I left the Agency and headed home.

At Home

For once I had no messages on the answering machine. So know I'm just gonna write about my problems. Atleast until its time to go for lunch with Brenda. Much help that's gonna do now that I know David is an undercover agent.

My Problems

So what do I think about Frank and me. Well for starters I think the whole brother/sister thing has gone to the dogs. You can't get butterflies in your stomach when your brother talks to you, not unless he's making you sick like Joe does to me. Which I'm betting isn't the reason I feel like this around Frank either. So I guess the next time I see him I'll have to tell him how I feel, because this isn't something you can do over the phone. I just hope that Frank feels the same. If not, it's not like we can go to the brother/sister thing so we'll have to stick with just being friends.

You know it's kind of a relief that I'm not going out with Ned anymore. Think how much harder this would be with him in the picture. Ugh. Well I better start getting ready to go out for lunch with Brenda, maybe I should invite George and Bess with me since this isn't business anymore.

Lunch

So I did after all, invite Bess and George to come with me. I called Brenda to tell her the plans. We were meeting her at a little café downtown. We got there before Brenda and got a table. Brenda was about 20 minutes late. So I was about to call her on her cell phone when she walked in. We asked her why she was late and she just gave some snotty reply. Who knows why I didn't cancel this little escapade is beyond me. Oh well. We ordered our drinks and food. I got a turkey sandwich and tea, George got a hamburger and coke, Brenda got a BLT and Sprite, and Bess, who always is on a diet, got a salad and a diet coke. George and I laughed when she ordered but she just gave us a mock glare.

Brenda poked me in the side and whispered dramatically, "Do you know who that man that just walked in is?" I looked up and saw who she was talking about, he looked vaguely familiar. I asked who. She said it was none other than Benjamin O'Brian, the billionaire and David's dad. I suddenly figured out why he looked familiar! It was the same man that had walked out of Jon's office before he kicked me off the case! I guess I gasped, because Bess, George, and Brenda started staring at me. I just tried to act like Sue and be innocent. I guess it worked because when our food came seconds after they didn't say anything about it.

Well we all ate then as we were leaving I saw him. Yes I saw Ned Nickerson, at the café, with a-n-o-t-h-e-r--g-i-r-l! Oh My Gosh, thank goodness he didn't see me, Bess and George didn't see him either. When I got in my car my eyes were a little wet. I will not cry over him. He is not worth it. I wonder who that girl was. Wait, no I don't.

I still need to figure out why Mr. O'Brian was talking to Jon. I'll call Dad and get him to do a background check on Benjamin O'Brian and Jon Stanton. I need to see what kind of connection they have with each other.

After My Call With Dad

Well that went, OK, well actually it went very bad. Dad found out about Ned, I don't know why I haven't told him yet, I guess it slipped my mind. But Dad said that he had called Ned to see what he got me for Christmas, so that their presents wouldn't be the same or anything, sweet of Dad, but bad for Ned. It turns out Ned had to explain the whole break up thing to Dad while Dad was yelling at him. Ned kind of hung up on Dad so Dad called Mr. and Mrs. Nickerson, and asked them if they new that their son had dumped and destroyed his daughter. The Nickerson's didn't take that too well and got into a yelling match with Dad. Oops.

Finally after we went through that and Dad asked me if I was OK and everything I asked him to do the background check. He agreed after some persuasion from me. He told me that I should be very careful and to not get into too much trouble. I explained to Dad that like him I could handle dangerous situations. Then he asked when had he said anything about it being a dangerous situation. Oops again. I just laughed it off and told Dad I'd be home tomorrow night. Then we said our goodbyes and he said I LOVE YOU! Yay, maybe I was just worried about nothing. Oh I got to go to the bathroom!

After the Bathroom Break

Well now I have a whole afternoon left to do nothing. I guess I'll read a book. I'm reading this romance/mystery novel right now. I borrowed it from Bess, of course. It's called Tregaron's Daughter by Madeleine Brent. It's a really good book so far. It's about a girl named Cadi, short for Caterina, who lost both her parents and is trying to survive as an orphan. She lives with Mr. Morton, a man whom she rescued a couple months before her father died. Well I'm going to go read it!

Almost Midnight

I finished it! I was so good. I'm going to go to bed now; because I'm gonna have a busy day tomorrow. Packing, work, mysteries!

Love,

Nancy Elizabeth Drew

nancy nickerson- I've read the first of the comics but I haven't' been able to get any of the others. Nancy is a little confused about the whole Frank issue. She always thought of him as a brother so these new emotions are slightly confusing to her. In the next couple of chapters she'll start working out these crazy emotions. Yeah, I'll talk about the Joe/Van baby too. I picked the birthday for the day after mine! LOL. The Nancy/David thing is probably a no, unless I decide to get dramatic!

LazyPanther- Yeah, I'll start getting into more detail about the whole Frank issue.

xHotTemperedx- Ansley, you can start your own story. KKK. LOL, the forbidden K's. JK.

A/N: Tregaron's Daughter is a real book.