CONGRATULATIONS heather mcdaniels! No, it's not cheating! Yay! Yes, it's ASL Day! Me and a group of people were planning an ASL Day party for today a few months ago, but it was cancelled, so we're trying to make a virtual party! Celebrate by learning a new sign or two!
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"You find anything?" Stanley asked Tara.
She shook her head. "Nothing that would get us a warrant, other than just checking his computer."
"Me neither. Only speculation. We need to find something solid."
Tara nodded as she grabbed her phone, which was ringing. She frowned at it. She didn't recognize the number, but somehow it felt familiar. She decided to answer it. "Hello?"
"Tara? It's Patty, Caleb's Mom."
Tara didn't know how to respond. "Excuse me." She quietly said to Stanley as she walked out to one of the meeting rooms.
"I am calling to see what happened between you two."
"I, I don't know." Tara replied, unsure of what else to say.
"When Caleb told me you broke up with him, I-"
"I broke up with HIM?!" she interrupted.
"Isn't that what happened?" Patty asked.
No! He broke up with me! On the phone, no less!" she yelled. Patty didn't deserve it, but she felt like she was yelling at Caleb for what he had done.
"Oh, it seems like I'm talking to the wrong person to get you two together."
"You know what, don't bother. I don't want to get back together with him. No matter what you or he says, I'm not changing my mind." Tara said, then hung up the phone and walked back to her desk.
"What's wrong?" Stanley asked when she sat back down, seeing the frown on her face.
"Nothing." She said as she tried to smile at him.
He shrugged, knowing he wouldn't get anything from her.
"You guys can sit right here." Jack said as he and the Goodman's, Maddy, Gabby and the rest of the team came in, motioning to some chairs that Josh and Bobby were setting up.
Mya turned to her sister and Gaby. "You go home." She demanded, holding out her keys.
"But we want to see what happens!" Maddy exclaimed.
"No. Go home."
"But how are you going to get home?"
"I will get home." Mya replied.
"But-"
"No buts! Now go!" Mya exclaimed, pushing the two out the door.
"You found who accessed the site?" Tara quietly asked when she came up to Jack.
He shook his head, not taking his eyes off the Goodman's. "No, but they know who did." He nodded towards them.
"Oh?"
He slowly nodded. "Her boyfriend."
"Oh." Tara replied, understanding.
Jack walked up to Jackie and sat down next to her. She looked at him. "I need you to do us two really big favors." He said and signed.
"OK." She replied, signing as well.
"First," he said, pointing to the first point. "We need to know everything about Jamil. From his favorite music, to what he ate for breakfast. Tara here will take your phone to check your phone calls and texts with him."
Jackie's face turned red. "Some stuff that I texted I don't really want to share with anyone." Her parents looked at her. "Not that it's anything you're thinking, it's just mushy stuff, things I'd ever say in public, you know?"
Tara nodded, her hand out for Jackie's phone. "Don't worry. I won't tell anyone. I'm only looking at his texts anyway, see if he has given you clues or anything."
She reluctantly nodded, handing her phone to Tara.
Jack touched Jackie's shoulder to bring her attention to him again. "The second thing we will need you to do is get a hold of Jamil, and set up a meeting. Then we can arrest him."
"No!" he exclaimed. "He's good! He couldn't've done anything bad!"
Sue saw her little outburst and walked over to her, kneeling to be as close to eye level as she could. "I know you don't know it, but Jamil has done some bad things. He might be a good person, but something inside him is making him do bad. I have seen good people get arrested because of one bad moment. It's nothing you can do." She said and signed.
Jackie looked at her, not fully believing her.
"Please. Let us show you the proof. Would you believe us then?"
"Yes." Jackie determinedly replied.
Jack quickly got up and touched her shoulder. "Do you mind if I talk to you for a minute?"
Sue nodded, getting up and walking with him to the hallway.
"What do you think you are doing? Promising her she can look through the evidence!" he yell-whispered at her.
"It was the only way she would comply! She would fight us and her parents the whole way through, and maybe secretly meet with Jamil, possibly tipping him that we're onto him!" she yell-whispered back.
"Alright, you're right. But I don't know if we can show her evidence." He quieted down.
Sue smiled. "We can, if it's not evidence yet."
Jack laughed. "What do you plan on doing?"
Sue shook her head. "Nothing. But if she's nearby when we find something and overhears," she trailed off, letting him think of the rest of the sentence.
He laughed. "You're good."
"Thank you!" she widely smiled.