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A/N: I really hope you guys enjoy this chapter. The first half of this chapter is in Tris POV and then halfway, it will change to Tobias POV. (The next chapter should be either the same or all in Tris POV.)
Tris POV
Chapter 23
My talk with Tobias still is fresh in my mind. I couldn't believe Marcus was his father, I did take note of his eyes that looked like Tobias' and it did take into consideration he could be a relative, but when Tobias told me that Marcus what his pathetic excuse of a father and a monster, I wish I could go back in time and have a word with him.
Fortunately, Jeanine asked me to come back today to go over some content, part of me is happy, there's a good chance Marcus will be there again so I can have a word with him, but the other part of me is concerned, especially because of what Will and Tobias told me yesterday.
We all met up at my place after work, Cara had come too and when Tobias and Will told her they came to see her, she had no memory of it. From what they told me, it was almost as if Cara and everyone else for that fact were not responding.
I walk into the Erudite building and make my way to the same place Jeanine and I had our meeting yesterday. Tobias was paranoid that Marcus would try something and even decided to teach me some moves that I could use if I needed to.
We all knew Jeanine was exploiting her workers, she must have done something that made them unresponsive, so we decided the best thing I could do is try to make her confess and record it with a tiny microphone that's hidden inside my sleeve.
It was decided that I'd go alone, it would be easier for Jeannine to confess when there was just one of us, and if I had bought Tobias like he initially asked me too, Jeanine could have been intimidated which would make it harder for her to confess.
A pout had made it across Tobias' face when I explained my theory to him, he reluctantly agreed to stay but only after I told him that Zeke should try to tap into Erudite security cameras.
"Beatrice, please take a seat," Jeanine says as I enter the room as I expected, Marcus is standing beside her.
He moves towards me to shake my hand, I feel myself grimace as he shakes my hand, I remind myself I can't let them I'm onto them, any of them, not yet.
"Marcus, it's good to see you again," I lie as I plaster a fake smile, "shall we start?" I question.
As soon as Jeanine nods we start, she mentions that there should be someone else joining us soon, but doesn't go into any more details.
Half an hour into it, Jeanine is reading through one of many papers, I excuse myself to the bathroom. I exit the room and walk into a random direction, considering I have no idea where the bathrooms are.
I walk into an office space, the layouts similar to Dauntless, but that's where the similarities end, the people working are unresponsive to me entering the room and would still be unresponsive if I were to do something else like shake them.
I make my way back to Jeanine's office, this would be the perfect way to bring up what I had seen and confront her, as well as Marcus.
"Jeanine." I mumble as I enter the room, she looks up at me, placing the paper down, I take a seat on the chair before looking at her, "You disgust me."
Her expression is priceless, you'd look and wonder if she'd ever had anyone insult her. Her mouth is slightly open as she has an expression on her face that I can only describe as pure shock.
"Beatrice, what is the meaning of this," Marcus grumbles, his fists are tightened into fists.
"I went to the bathroom, I didn't know where it was so I wondered, you remember Will, right? His sister Cara, she works for you, I saw her," I lie, "I was going to say hello, but she didn't react, no one there did, what the hell did you do to everyone Jeanine."
Jeanine's eyes widen slightly as she looks at Marcus, he nods as she fidgets around her desk looking for something. She's ignoring my question, anger boils up inside of me.
"And you Marcus," I yell. Marcus looks at me as I continue, "You're a monster, I know what you did to Tobias." His expression hardens as I talk about his son.
"He deserved everything he got," Marcus growls.
"Shut up," I yell, Jeanine, places a hand on Marcus' shoulder as if she's telling him to stay quiet, "And you, Jeanine, answer me!"
"All will be answered in time, my dear," She informs as I register someone come into the room and suddenly everything goes black.
Tobias POV
I didn't want Tris to go herself this morning, after the chat with Cara when she told us she had no idea we had come, I knew something was seriously wrong. I didn't want TRis to have to go by herself.
Obviously, when she explained her theory to me saying that I would intimidate Jeanine, I understood but wasn't happy about it, but when she finally offered for me and Zeke to hack in and keep an eye on her on the Erudite cameras, I agreed.
I enter Dauntless early, I had stayed at Tris' place until late, last night, I spent a few hours last night teaching her some self-defence, call me paranoid, but I want my girl to be ready if she needs to defend herself from that monster, not that he would try anything in public.
I order a large coffee from the coffee shop downstairs and make the torturous journey to the 39th floor in the lift.
"Hey Four," Zeke greets as I place my coffee on my desk.
"Hey, Zeke, ready to hack into the Erudite cameras?" I ask, he nods as he takes a seat in what is usually Christina's seat and logs onto the desktop.
We all decided that instead of focusing on Dauntless work, we'd all help with what is happening with Erudite. Christina who's also one of the companies Lawyers is preparing her case with the information we have right now.
Will and Shauna are gathering all the legal information that we can find to help Christina and Marlene and Uriah are getting all earpieces for everyone so we can all hear what's happening with Tris at all times.
Within a few minutes, Zeke and I have hacked into Erudites cameras and we can see Tris, currently, she's in Jeanine's room, Marcus is there too and they look like they're having a friendly conversation, but I can see the way she tenses up when they shake hands.
I feel a hand on my shoulder, Zeke gives me a small smile, "Don't worry man, your girls a tough one," He tells me.
Last night after I left Tris', I went to Zekes and we had a few drinks, turns out I had enough drinks to spill my guts and tell Zeke about Marcus' abuse and my fears that he'll do something to Tris. Thankfully, he didn't pity and has been nothing but supportive like he usually is.
"Thanks, man," I mumble.
The next few minutes are uneventful, Tris is just explaining things to Jeanine and Marcus.
"Hey guys," Will says, getting the attention of all of us. We all gather around Will as he turns his screen showing us what looks like a bank statement from Erudite.
"Erudite has spent quite a hefty amount of money on syringes and chemicals as well as some lab equipment over the last few months, too much money to be considered normal, especially for a telecommunications company that shouldn't require chemicals or lab equipment at all.." Will says hesitantly.
Why would a telecommunications company like Erudite need chemicals, syringes or lab equipment? I think to myself.
"Four," Zeke nudges me as he glances at the desktops that have the Erudite security cameras on them.
I immediately rush back to them as I put on the headphones so I can hear what Tris' saying.
"Jeanine." she mumbles as she reenters the room, Jeanine glances at Tris waiting for her to continue, "You disgust me."
"Guys somethings happening," Zeke yells as everyone makes their way around the desktop, eager to make sure everything is running smoothly for Tris. Zeke unplugs our headphones so everyone can hear.
"Beatrice, what is the meaning of this," I hear Marcus grumble, his hands are scrunched up into fists and for a second I think he's going to hit her.
"I went to the bathroom, I didn't know where it was so I wondered, you remember Will, right? His sister Cara, she works for you, I saw her," Tris reveals "I was going to say hello, but she didn't react, no one there did, what the hell did you do to everyone Jeanine."
We all see Jeanine's eyes widen slightly as she looks at Marcus, he gives her some sort of nod and she then fidgets around her desk, looking for something.
From this angle, I can see that she's pressing a small red button that's beside her desk lamp. I tap Zeke's shoulder as I point to the red button that Jeanine had just pressed.
Out of the corner of my eye, I see some sort of movement in the footage of what looks like another office room.
Zeke seems to see this too, as he changes his screen to mainly focus on the figure moving, now we have my screen focusing on Tris, as Zeke's screen focuses on what I can now identify as a man.
The man walks out of his office which seems to be located on the 2nd floor and gets into the lift. He has greasy blonde hair that's slick back and multiple piercings, and suddenly, I know who it is.
Eric.
"And you Marcus," Tris yells, I divert my eyes back to the desktop that's focusing on Tris, "You're a monster, I know what you did to Tobias."
I take a deep breath, no one but Zeke knows that Marcus is my father or that my real name's Tobias, but I'm sure they'll figure it out soon enough.
"He deserved everything he got," Marcus growls, his knuckles are scrunched up so tight they look as white as a plain sheet of paper.
"Shut up," Tris yells as Jeanine places her hand on Marcus' shoulder "And you, Jeanine, answer me!" tris adds.
I can see the anger boiling up inside of her. My eye go back to Zeke's screen as I see Eric standing outside Jeanine's door before I have time to prosses what's happening I Jeanine speaks.
"All will be answered in time, my dear," Jeanine mumbles, as Eric walks into a room and with a swift punch to the back of her head, Tris body goes limp.
A/N I hope you guys enjoyed that chapter, next one should be entirely in Tris POV otherwise it will be mainly Tris POV with some Tobias POV at the end.
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