Cheers Angeliena, thanks for your continued support of Chase :) :)
Jack arrived early at CTU. He wanted to get some paperwork cleared up before he went out looking for Edmunds and he didn't want the distraction of other agents around. Baker was waiting in the car park, an anxious look on his face.
"Jack, I've gone over everything ten times and it still doesn't feel right, this is Chase we're talking about. I want to go out to the Valley and question the gun shop owner. I'll take some CTU ID photos to see if he can pick out Chase."
"I think it's a waste of time Tom, but do what you need to... it's not going to be an easy day."
Jack managed to reach his office without further interruption and he sat back in his chair with a sigh of relief. Chloe burst in without knocking and dumped papers and equipment on his desk. He stood, furious. "Damnit Chloe, go away. I don't have time for you today."
"Shut up, Jack. Just sit down and shut up for once. Chase came to my place yesterday and ---"
"Chase came to you?"
"Yes Jack, we're friends; he thought I could help. Listen to this," pressing play, she stood back with her arms crossed, watching Jack intently as he listened to the tape.
"So let me get this straight. Chase comes to you for help, you record his confession to murder and you bring it in to me? ... You're some friend Chloe."
She shook off Jack's words with an impatient shake of her head. "Don't you see? He couldn't have shot Peters, this proves it."
"What?"
"Would you call Chase a good shot?"
"More like exceptional."
"Then if he shot Peters in the heart he'd be dead, but the shot was off. It was someone else who pulled the trigger."
"He is dead Chloe, he died early this morning."
"But not by a shot to the heart, he was shot in the lungs wasn't he? And if Chase took a shot at you, you'd be in the morgue. So do you really think it possible that an exceptional shot like Chase could miss his mark three times? Come on Jack, that's not likely is it?"
"He's high on drugs, it would affect his aim."
"Actually Chase had no illegal substances in his blood," said Michelle from the doorway.
"Damnit, not you too Michelle."
Ignoring Jack, Michelle spoke directly to Chloe, "The preliminary test results just came in from the blood you gave to the lab. He's clear of illegals but there is an anomaly. They hope to have results soon for the other tests you suggested."
Michelle moved forward and sat down on the couch. Motioning to the chair beside her, she smiled, "Come and sit down Chloe, I want to hear everything you know."
Turning to Jack she added, "We may have been wrong on this Jack."