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Chapter 3

I hadnt heard Ivy come home this morning, Jenks told me she got in just before dawn and she reeked of booze. Just what i needed to deal with today Ivy with hangover.

I had a run this afternoon tho so maybe we wouldnt cross paths untill this evening and I'd avoid the worst of it well I'd hope anyway.

Jenks was standing on the windowsill in the kitchen while I made myself some breakfast and a nice mug of steaming hot coffee.

"Hey Race, you need anything from the garden me and the kids are going to some spring cleaning before are run" The pixie asked me. I did need some herbs and stuff and gave my list to Jenks with a thankyou.

"No problem about the herbs and seeds but you may have a problem now Ivy's coming down the hall, so yer...er good luck" The pixie laughed like wind chimes as he rose up off his feet and out of the window.

"Morning Ivy, you want some coffee" Ivy gave me nod as she sauntered into the kitchen wrapped in her pale pink silk dressing gown and wearing a stupidly daft giant grin on her face.

"Well someone woke up on the right side of the bed" I mused giving her a smirk and handing her a mug of coffee. What was wrong with this woman today she was actually blushing, Ivy Tamwood last of the living Tamwood line was sat here infront of me blushing! "So where did you head off to last night, Jenks said you didnt get home till pretty late."

"Oh I err went for a drink with Eden" Ivy told me turning an ever deeper shade of pink round her cheeks and forehead " We went to some rock and roll bar downtown, maybe had one two many my head is throbing right now" She continued to tell me the blush still not leaving her face.

Hmm tell tale sign on Ivy's face, had i been right about Eden,I hoped so it was nice seeing Ivy with a smile on her face it was'nt a thing i saw much. "So tell me Tamwood, is Miss DiNovi the reason for the cheesy grin and all your blushing" I nearly burst out into a fit of laughter at the look Ivy gave me, mouth making a perfect little o and her whole face almost went crimson.

"Am I being that obvious?" She asked. I gave her a small smile n brought my coffee and a plate of toast over to are table and sat down, plate between us so we could share."Nah your not being obvious I can just read you , So what happened between the two of you" Yep I was going to play dutiful friend and let Ivy tell me all about her night out with Eden and maybe I was curious aswell, hey everyone is entitled to their little bit of gossip.

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A couple of hours after my nice talk over breakfast with Ivy I was sat in my car hidden in the shadow of the building across from the one I was watching with jenks sat on my rearveiw mirror talking endlessly about how he knew Eden had liked Ivy from the moment the woman had walked through the door. I was begining to wish I hadnt told him anything now if this was what i was going to have to put up with all night.

"Rache there's someone coming out the building, I think it might be our guy" Jenks voice had an alert tone to it and we both had our full attention on the door across the street as the man we had seen earlier enter the building push open the door and step out onto the street.

The run was an easy one the client a warlock named Lucy Samstone was being followed by this creep and wanted us to get him to stop a simple tag and scare job.

The man was heading towards his car keys jingling in his hand a wad of papers in the other, poor guy didnt even hear us coming I gave a quick swipe to his legs an he went straight down sprawled out on his stomach his wad of papers cascading around him on the ground.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!!" He screamed at me turning around on the pavement to face me. Before he even moved to get up I had my hands on the front of his jacket and my face up close to his and with Jenks hovering round the guy's head he didnt have a chance of running.

"Are you a lunatic! What do you want money , take my wallet just get your hands off me!" He didnt look scared his pale skinny sulen looking face stayed impassive but his voice betrayed his itwas shakey and you could hear the fear in it.

"What we want is for you to stop following Lucy around you stay away from her" I snarled this at him trying to put on my best scary face, I bet i looked like an ass.

"I'm sorry i cant do that" this guys face had changed his didnt have that note of fear in it now, what the hell had changed in under three secounds. I gave him a shake rocking his head on his sholders "What do you mean you cant do that you stop following her or we hurt you" I hissed

" Well I cant stop following her because its my job to follow her, I'm a private investigator but if you had done any reasearch you would have known that and I cant stop following here because I'm still currently investigating her activaties for F.I.B." I was stumped, Oh crap I had just taken down one the F.I.B's investigators I mentally slapped myself stupid. Ivy would never have made this mistake she'd of researched this guy found out who he was and never made a stupid mistake like this , I was possibly going to be in alot of trouble.

"Oh Shit! I'm really sorry" I stood up from where i was crouching over him and helped him to his feet " Miss samstone hired me to scare away a stalker , you being the stalker" I told him

" Well I can assure you I'm no stalker miss err?" He moved his as to toss his hair out of his eyes then reached into the inside pocket of his jacket pulling out a F.I.B badge.

"Its Morgan, Rachel Morgan" I took the badge when he handed it over in his wallet showing me his drivers license aswell. Cambell Aberhurn, I read his name from the driving licencse not a bad photo he had either showing hair a little shorter than he had now the dark brown ends just above his collor ,he had glasses on in the picture too silver round frames framing his light grey eyes. I handed his wallet back to him and began my apolgies again

"Miss Morgan please stop apologising look there is no serious damage done and to tell the truth you've helped me out a little, I know know that Lucy has seen me following her so I now know I have to be more careful" He smiled at me as he spoke the last of his words. "Still am really sorry I feel like such an idiot, let me help you get your papers together they have gone all over the place" I bent down and began picking the sheets of printed paper up , helping Cambell put them back into some kind of order. "Rache Rache ! " I walked over to where Jenks was shouting me from. "Rache quick look at this" I bent down to pick up the sheet of paper he was standing on, My throut tightened, On the paper was a picture of Eden she looked a lot younger but it was her, the name above the picture said Eden Caitlin Karmicheal. I stood up Jenks flying up to my shoulder.

"Hey excuse me Cambel..Mr.Aberhurn why do you have a picture of this woman" Cambell looked up at me as I walked over waving the paper with Eden's picture on. "You mean Karmicheal been looking for her and her farther for years, He was a big smuggler for brimstone at one point made millions off the drug apparently , they found his body in a house in New Orleans last week. Nice big house apparently looked like he'd been living there for years no sign of the her tho" He pointed at the picture as he ended his sentence. " Was she a drug smuggler?" I asked. "No she's a kid , but her uncle found out his brother was dead and naturaly he wanted to know about his neice's whereabouts, she's not dangerous just another missing person. Her uncle tho he really wants to find out where she is really worried about her like, You keep that paper if you want there already up in police stations everywhere , pass it around see if anyone's seen her" I nodded at him. " I have to go I'm really sorry for knocking you down and i hope none of your papers are ruined" I turned to go but he grabbed my arm before I did and handed me his card "You call me if you see her and hey I'll even split the reward money with" He smiled when I took the card and went back to picking up papers

I walked over to my car, opened the door got in behind the wheel and then took a deep breath. "Rache what are we going to do, We have to tell Ivy you know we cant keep this from her" Jenks was hovering in front of my face a concerned look on his , "I know we best get home , damn it , I hate when everything gets complicated"