Veruca blinked at the words of what Mike said...someone in her company!? What does he mean!?!
"Mike, are you sure it's someone in my company?", asked Veruca. She put down her fork.
"I think so,because, remember.. you told me the other day a guy named, Brook,was behaving weird around you?"asked Mike
He hoped that Veruca remembered. Veruca tried to remember the day they were talking about suspects until her eyebrows widened in shock!
"Oh I do remember, yeah, he wanted me to go out for coffee once. We took a break the other day at my job.", said Veruca.
"Who is Brook? Veruca runs a company?", Augustus looked at Veruca and then at Mike as he was munched on his sausages.
"Yes,I do run a company. I run a movie company. Actually, because I'm a director and owner. Sometimes, I get called by other directors to act in their movies.",explained Veruca. "Oooh.", Augustus was impressed Veruca worked so hard at her company. Mike smiled at her, then, looked over at Augustus to tell him about Brook.
"Yep and Brook is a guy who works for Veruca. He is our suspect in the hacking.",explained Mike.
Augustus's eye brows raised while his pupils turned small. He wiped his mouth eating his sausages.
That's ridiculous! Why would one of Veruca's employees do such a thing like this!", shouted Augustus.
"I know right!", shouted Mike back.
"I mean this is no good. Haven't you guys come up with a plan yet to send Brook to jail for good?" asked Augustus.
"No,no,we haven't.",Mike shook his head.
"Alright, so,l guess we should come up with a plan.",said Augustus.
The three of them leaned in and pulled their seats closer,so ,they could listen in and understand what their plan is.
"Okay,so here's our plan. I would pretend to be a normal guy at your job. What kind of job does Brook have actually?", asked Augustus.
"He's head of lightning tech.",Veruca told them.
"Okay, so,I would pretend to be a guy that wants to be a light tech at your job. While Brook interviewing me I would ask him what do we do on break time, and ,what does he do on his break time? Mike will videotape on what he says so he could send it to the police.",planned Augustus. Veruca and Mike responded with a nod.
"Alright, I'll go make the costume.", Veruca as she gets up from her seat and walks off to go make the costume. Mike watches her leave while smiling as his cheeks turn red. When he turns around , Augustus is smirking at him.
"What?", asked Mike.
"You like her.", teased Augustus.
"Pffft... Augustus, we're friends. There is no way I could possible like her.",said Mike while his cheeks blush even more red.
"Ah,but,you might.", said Augustus with an even broader smile..
At Veruca's Company~
Augustus's disguise was a big blue sweater with brown jeans and a hat on top of his head. When he reached to Brook's office door. He was fixing the light over his desk when he spotted Augustus walking in.
"Oh,hello there.",greeted Brook. He moved from fixing the light to face Augustus as he took his seat at Brook's desk.
"Hi,I'm here for the lighting tech job.", said Augustus.
"Oh.", Brook was curious. He did not realize that his boss, Veruca, was hiring any more people.
"Veruca didn't tell me she was hiring more people for this job.", whispered Brook to himself. "So,anyway, what's your name and why do you want this job?", asked Brook. "My name is Harold Smith and I would like this job because I am very good at lighting.", explained Augustus. He was using a fake identity to convince Brook that he is a normal person who wants this job.
"Alright, Harold,what we do is that we try to aim for perfect lighting while Veruca directs. Just being able to create the scene of a movie more beautifully than real life is special. During break time, we all hang out, you know, talking about the good life and such. Veruca has more scripts for the actors and more instructions for us on what to do next.",explained Brook.
"Hmmm...interesting...What do you do during your break time?", asked Augustus. He hoped Brook admit the truth but instead,Brook goes silent. After a minute of quiet thought..
"Uh, I have my lunch." Brook was trying to hide something from Augustus.
"Really, what else do you do?", asked Augustus. He turns his head, as he looks over on what's behind Brook which realized to be his computer was on!
"Brook, why is your computer on?", asked Augustus.
Brook quickly got up from his chair to try and turn off his computer.
"It's glitching so I'm not turning off", lied Brook. He tried to find the off switch for his computer as Augustus continues watching
"There nothing to see here!" Brook nervously.
"I'm not leaving until I find out.Your computer not turning off.",said Augustus. Brook started to look angry as he came closer to Augustus. While Augustus feels a twist in his stomach as he saw the look on Brook's face,
. "Go on,there's nothing to see here, boy, ,you don't want to know what I'm doing. I'm hacking in my boss's computer to steal her money from her. If,she wants help from me, I,will reversed it so I can be together wiBrook as he placed on hand on the wall to face Augustus more making Augustus seemed nervous "Now if you tell anyone I mean anyone about this I will..." before Brook could say anything-
Mike came bursting in the room yelling "So it was you all along!?" As he came closer to him.. "What are you going to do,huh ,are you going to beat me up tiny!?",yelled Brook. Idk.
Mike had his eyes widened in shock did...he just call him tiny!? His nickname from bullies since school when he was a child. Brook seems taller then him.
Mike quickly punching Brook in the face. After the punch, Brook quickly wiped the blood from his nose to punch him back.Mike quickly lunges to attack him. Brook starts to attack Mike. Augustus quickly scrambles to call the police before the fight gets too out of hand. When the police arrive to arrest Brook, Mike was badly injured and knocked out unconscious. Veruca ran into the office when she saw police sirens outside her window. She gasped at the sight of Mike's body laying on the floor. She slowly went over to his body to get closer to him. One tear comes out on one of her eyes, as she begins sobbing so hard. First, her father got into a car accident. Now,Mike is hurt. She leaned closer to his face. "What once was mine.", she whispered softly. She to sobbed even more as a police officer came to her saying, "Alright this guy needs a ambulance."
As he turned to the rest of the police officers, who were trying to bring Brook downstairs and outside to the police car. Veruca stayed close to Mike to not let him go,till the sounds of the ambulance came.
