Chapter 8- All About T.B.
It was dawn when Jordan woke up with a killer headache. She looked around trying to remember where she was at. Then she remembered, slowly everything came back to her mind. She tried to get up slowly because her headache was really bad. It's kind of like the kind you get when you have a hangover. She got up and looked on the top bunk and saw a thirteen year old girl. "Hey I'm Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh. Are you okay?" she said in a whisper.
The little girl turned to look at her. "Are we rescued yet?" the girl whispered back in response. Jordan recognized her voice. It was the girl who called her.
"No, not yet. Soon, I promise it will be soon." Jordan said trying to believe it herself and hoping the girl believed it too. "What is your name?"
"Nicole Nordstrom. My friends call me Nicky." said Nicky.
"Nicky is it? That's a good name. Listen Nicky, don't go anywhere. I'm going to take a look around." Jordan said with her half-smile. She walked out the bed room, to find herself in a small living room.
"Hope you slept well Jordan." Jordan jumped at the voice that was behind her. "Jeez you're a little jumpy today." T.B. said
"Hey you would be to if you been kidnapped plenty times like me, buddy." Jordan said lightly but softly and a little crabby.
"Do you still want to know what T.B. stands for?" said T.B. gently.
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Nigel walked up to Bug. "Hey Buggles, so did you find anything interesting?"
"No." Bug replied. Pollack walked in.
"Hey Pollack. Any questions from a reporter we all know?" Nigel asked Pollack.
"No. I didn't come here to ask questions. I came here to see if I can help you guys and help find my Jordie." said Pollack.
"Nice nickname." said Bug.
"Your nickname is better Buggles." said Nigel with a grin.
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"Sure I've been waiting to hear what T.B. stands for." said Jordan getting interested with the conversation.
"Well its stands for Toby Bay." said Toby. "Happy now?"
"So Toby, how do you know me again?" Jordan asked.
"Well I'll tell you over breakfast." said Toby, giving a hand gesture to another door in front of them.
"Great I'm hungry. Oh and do you have aspirin? I have a headache." said Jordan.
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Garret walked into his office. He looked very worried. 'What kind of note should I send back? I only have an hour left.' Suddenly he had thought of what he wanted to write to T.B. "Lily can you come to my office." he said over the intercom. Lily was quick.
"What is it Garret?" she asked.
"Lily write down the words that come out of my mouth. I'm going to send a note."
To T.B.
Lily quickly grabbed a pen and a piece of paper. Garret started again:
To T.B.
My name is Dr. Garret Macy. I'm the Chief Medical Examiner. We have received your letter. We will comply with anything you ask if it's not any of the following. 1. We will not give any money if that is what you wish. 2. We will not close the case because it is our job to finish and bring justice to the murdered. And if you harm a hair on Jordan, we will put you in the hospital with 206 good reasons why.
Dr. Garret Macy
Lily had a horrified expression on her face. "What?" Garret asked.
"Garret Macy I can't believe you. You're telling an evil man that you are going to defy he's original orders. That you're not going to close the case when he first asked. If she die's her blood is on your hands. If he kills her I hope you and Woody regret everything you two said or did." Lily said very angrily and darkly it startled Garret. He tried to say something but Lily walked out before he could speak.
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Gracie walked over to where Pollack was sitting. "Mr. Pollack." she said. He looked up with red eyes and tear stained cheeks. "I'm agent Hart. I was supposed to be working on this case with Jordan. My partner is Agent Ledger. I want to tell you what the others don't know. Come follow me."
He hesitated. "Umm Agent Hart what kind of news is it?" he asked with a choked up voice.
"I'll tell you where no one in ear shot can hear me." she replied quickly. He followed her to a Jordan's office. "It's mostly about T.B., I know a lot about him."
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"So what's for breakfast?" Jordan asked.
"Waffle's, bacon, eggs, hash browns and for drink its orange juice." Toby said.
"Isn't that a little cliché-ish for you? I mean didn't you have some of this stuff feed to the eleven victims. Who's to say you didn't put poison in my food or in the other food for the girls." Jordan replied with a bit of sophisticated air in her voice.
"Well maybe you start to rely on trust. Now why would I kill you know when I could use your help on something." Toby said one the same level. "Now let's eat. I don't want you to feel famished."
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"Look I'll start from the beginning." said Gracie after a moment of silence. "But it's a long story. So if you have to use the men's room I suggest you go now."
"No, I'm good." Pollack replied.
"Alrighty then. It starts off when I was eight or nine. I can't remember exactly though. But my Aunt got pregnant and her boyfriend left her a week later after she found out. His brother was in love with her and was there for her. In a week when they were hanging out he asked her out. So they went on dates for four months. One month later he proposed. And after four months of being married her son was born. He was happy he was a dad even though he was the step dad, But they had to figure out a way so the boy wouldn't find out. So they decided to name him Toby Colum Bay jr. after the step father. When Toby was five, I was like thirteen or fourteen, his step father died in a car accident of an instant break in the neck. After the funeral his mom decided to tell him the truth. That his dad was his stepfather/Uncle." She said
"Let me hold you there for a second. When you said it was a long story it is a long story. Please continue." Pollack said with a 'please forgive me' expression.
She continued. "And she also told him that his real father left them before he was born. After that revelation he still seemed like a good kid. But in his senior year of high school he's mother, my aunt died. The police, the press, and newspaper's decided it was just another suicide. But we knew and to this day still know that she would never do a thing like that. Poor boy was only seventeen at the time. There was these girls. Five mean girls I should add. They picked on anyone and everyone. Especially him. But during this whole ordeal, this girl, she was the sixth girl in that group would defend him. And the strange thing is it was Jordan. Your very own Jordan Cavanaugh defending my cousin, Toby. At the time I didn't know her. I know about her now because I'm a FBI agent and I can search anyone's files. Anyway I know that she was young when she lost her mother so she probably pitied him, by not acting like the other five girls did. So I ask myself right now 'Why did he kidnapped her?' 'Why is he planning on harming her if she defended him?' I probably won't ever know. But I remember that once a while back he said something about revenge on these five women who were cruel to him. I didn't know what he was talking about till now. And that was one reason why I became an FBI agent to stop him. But it's to late he's got his revenge. I don't understand what made him into a blood thirsty monster. I mean he was such a sweet quiet child when we were growing up."
"Truly Agent Hart a sweet kid has turned quite mad. It is truly sad to know that your cousin has turned into a madman." Pollack said. "So why do you tell me this and no one else?"
"Because I can trust you and plus only you can save Jordan." she replied quietly.
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Nigel walked towards Bug. "Hey Bug I have something to tell you."
"What?" he replied.
"Ms. Phillip's is related to victim two." he said right when his phone rang. "Townsend. We'll be there." he looked at Bug. "Hey Bug let's take a drive downtown."
A/N: Thanx for reviewing. Keep them up. Sorry it's been awhile but like I said The Constitution Test took up my time. I'll try to Update soon.