CHAPTER FIFTEEN
"Boss, I need to talk to you," Jack said when he reached McGrath.
"What is it Holden?" McGrath asked, clearly not in the mood.
"When you were speaking to Irene earlier on the phone, you said you heard a male voice yelling at her," Jack said.
"Yeah, what about it?" McGrath questioned.
"Well, you said that the voice sounded familiar to you," Jack said to his boss.
McGrath nodded. "Yeah, it did sound familiar to me. But I just can't think who it was," he started. "But whoever it was, they didn't sound very happy," he continued.
Jack knew that what he was about to say to his boss was going to sound unbelievable. And he knew that McGrath was going to say that it was crazy.
"I think this has got something to do with Corey. And that it was his voice that you heard yelling at Irene," Jack said simply.
McGrath looked at Jack like he had two heads. "You think that Corey is holding Martha and Irene hostage," he laughed. "Don't be ridiculous".
"I'm serious. Things have come about that lead me to believe that it's Corey," Jack told his boss.
McGrath sighed. "Look Jack, I know that you and Corey haven't been getting on well the last couple weeks. And it's obvious that it's because of Martha and because you think that Corey stole her away from you. Am I right?" he said.
"Yeah, but I stole her back," Jack stated.
"What?" McGrath looked at Jack confused.
"Martha and I are back together," Jack told him.
"Geez, you young people these days are always swapping and changing partners," McGrath muttered shaking his head.
Ignoring his boss, Jack continued. "Anyways, I was at Martha's last night from about 8pm until this morning. And I've just been told by someone that they saw Corey leaving Martha's last night at around 10pm," Jack started. "Martha and I were in bed by that time. And apparently Corey didn't look very happy when he left," he continued.
"What's your point Holden," McGrath asked.
"My point is that Corey must have broken into the house last night after we went to bed. He realized I was there with Martha and found out that she was seeing me behind his back. And now he's pissed off," Jack explained.
"Because Martha cheated on him?" McGrath said.
"Yes, and then Martha came around here today to break up with him and he probably flipped," Jack tried to convince him.
McGrath didn't know what to say. "You know how crazy that sounds, don't you?" McGrath asked Jack.
Jack nodded. "Yeah, I know. But it fits, and we can't ignore it. We have to at least look into it," he urged.
"Fine, but I still want you to stay out of it," McGrath warned.
"No," Jack shook his head. "Let me call him. I'm pretty sure the only person he'll talk to is me," he said.
"We don't even know for sure that it's him yet," McGrath spoke. "Do you know how embarrassing it will be if we accuse a member of our own team, and then find out we were wrong," he kept on.
"Boss, I wouldn't be saying it if I didn't believe it. My gut feeling is telling me that it's Corey and I'm not going to sit back and do nothing," Jack began. "So let me make the call. Please," he begged.
"Okay. I'll fill the boys in on what's going on and I'll let you know when were ready for you to make contact with him," McGrath finally agreed.
"Thank You," Jack nodded at his boss.
You better watch out Corey, Jack said to himself. Because if you've even touched Martha, I'll kill you.
"Come on Corey. Just let us go," Martha started. "The cops have the place surrounded, so why don't you just give yourself up," she pressured him.
Corey gave her an evil glare. "How many more times do I have to tell you to shut your mouth," he snapped. "You're giving me a headache".
"You've got a headache?" Martha scoffed at him. "What about me? I have a hole in my head. Courtesy of you; incase you'd forgotten," she said sarcastically.
"You just don't know when to shut up, do you?" Corey snarled.
Irene grabbed Martha's hand. "Come on darl, just leave him. You'll only make him angrier," she warned Martha.
"Sorry," Martha said to Irene.
Martha closed her eyes and let her thoughts drift to Jack. She'd heard his voice earlier when he'd first arrived at the house, so she knew he was outside waiting for her. He was so close, yet so far away. She just wanted to touch him, and tell him that she loved him.
She wondered if her Grandad and Ric were outside aswell. She really wanted to see them too! And Rob and Tash. Hell, she wanted to see everyone. It was moments like these that made you really appreciate those closest to you; made you realise how important they are to you and how lucky you are to have them.
She wondered what everybody would say when they found out that she had been unfaithful in a relationship. Would they be disgusted and call her names behind her back. Because in all reality; Corey was right. There are names for girls like her. Girls who cheat. Irene didn't hate her, and Rob and Tash were okay about it when they had busted her and Jack that morning. So that was a start.
But she didn't really care what people thought about her. As long as she had Jack, everything would be okay.
She opened her eyes and found Corey watching her. She shuddered, he made her sick. And right now she didn't care if he got angry; she was going to tell him what she thought about him.
"You're disgusting and you make me sick," she started. "You murdered your own mother. Only someone sick could do something like that. How do you live with yourself?" she continued.
Martha could see his face going red; like he was about to explode.
"Martha, stop it," Irene begged.
But Martha wasn't listening. She couldn't help herself and she kept going.
"You're a women beater and a nutcase. I really think you need professional help," she told him.
Corey shot up like a flash of lightning. He was fuming.
"I thought I told you to shut the hell up," he roared, and his voice echoed all throughout the house.
Martha smiled up at him. "Well done Corey. If the cops hadn't of already figured out it was you, they should know by now. You're voice was probably heard all the way down the street. I'm sure somebody out there will recognise it as you," she smirked.
Jack spun around and looked towards the house. Everybody had heard it. And there was no doubt about whose voice it was.
"That was Corey," McGrath stated.
Jack nodded. "Now do you believe me?" he asked his boss.
"He didn't sound very happy," McGrath said.
"No, he didn't. We need to do something quick. What if he's already hurt them," Jack told him.
"We can't just bust in there Jack. He has a gun remember," McGrath reminded Jack.
"Yeah, I know. But if he has hurt Martha in anyway, I won't be held accountable for my actions," Jack spat out.
"I'm going to send Fitzy to the station and see if she can find anything on the records about Corey. See if there's anything from his past that could be important," McGrath began. "Just hang in there Jack. We'll get them out of there as soon as we can. Okay," he promised and walked off to speak to Fitzy.
Jack looked back at the house. Its okay baby, I'm going to get you out of there. I promise, he thought to himself and walked off to tell Alf and the others about the progress that had just been made.
