Chapter 11-closing the Net
"Danny we've had a kickback from the prints discovered on the button", Chins voice sounded excited . "That's great", Danny exclaimed. "Give me the address and I'll meet you there". Chin seemed to hesitate, "Chin", Danny raised his voice slightly.
Chin Ho Kelly finally gave out the details and knowing Danny was just a few minutes away from the location implored him to wait for backup before going into the house.
Danny realized the Chinese detective was worried about what he might do to the man who had been responsible for Bobby's injuries. "All we have on this guy is the prints from the button Danno", Chin reminded him ,taking the liberty of calling him by the nickname Steve had adopted when they'd first met.
"Alright Chin, I get the message", I won't do anything stupid. But I do want to ask this guy some questions", Danny remarked fiercely .
"That is your right Danny. I'll see you at the location", Chin stated before hanging up the phone.
Danny stamped to the car with the heavier pace of his footfalls almost calming him.
What he really wanted to do was get this guy and smack him a few times.
Bobby sat in the wheelchair staring at nothing. The guard who was pushing him was thankfully not the talkative type. It had been a bad day so far as he came to realize that his right side would not respond as he tried to move. Liz had tried her best to calm him saying it'd take time. He however had told her that she should go back to New York and find someone else to marry as he wouldn't have her marrying an invalid.
That comment made Liz run off in tears and had both Clara Williams and his mother uniting to tell him off. He had told them both to go away and leave him alone.
They had gone and now he was by himself thinking bleakly of the future.
"Hello", the voice was tentative, almost afraid. The guard pushed his chair around so he could see the speaker a slim young woman. "Yes Miss can we help you" , the guard asked. "I'm, Lisa James, I umm found him. I heard that he was getting better and just wanted to come by and see for myself.' Bobby felt like telling her to go away but she seemed anxious and vulnerable so he said instead, "it's nice to meet you Miss James".
Lisa approached the chair and just looked at him. "I suppose I have these scary dreams about seeing you with that knife sticking out of you", Lisa whispered. Bobby went pale and the woman backed away, "sorry perhaps I shouldn't talk about it . As bad as it was for me seeing it I'm sure it was much worse for you", Lisa stated softly.
Bobby struggled to get his whirling thought back in order. "Yes I guess it's hard to think about that night', Bobby finally told Lisa. "Well I'm glad you'll be alright", lisa acknowledged. Bobby grimaced and Lisa frowned. "You will be alright", she asked tentatively. "I'm not sure what the future holds", Bobby replied truthfully.
Lisa looked at the chair and began to wonder if it had another purpose other than transporting the recovering Bobby around. Bobby saw the direction of her gaze, " I umm suffered some paralysis", he told her frankly admitting out it loud for the first time. "Oh I'm so sorry", Lisa replied. She moved forward bent down and touched him tenderly then planted a kiss right on his lips. This of course was the exact moment Liz came to find him. Bobby could tell by the flash in her eyes she wasn't impressed and had a feeling his bad day was not over yet.
Danny pulled out his gun and stood by the front door his heart beating fast. Chin and Kono were at various other locations waiting for him to make the first move.
Clenching his fist almost painfully tight Danny knocked on the door. He heard footsteps then a quiet, "yes". "Mr Franks, It's 5-0 we want to talk to you", Danny requested.
Danny waited for running feet but after a few seconds the door opened and he was invited inside.
"What can I do for you Mr Williams", Jarrod franks asked calmly. "Explain how your prints ended up on a button at a scene of a serious stabbing", Danny remarked coldly
Jarrod paled then pivoted quickly and ran. However all he did was collide with the large form of Kono. Kono swiftly cuffed him while Danny remarked "I'm arresting you for attempted murder". Jarrod Franks paled even more, "she said I wouldn't even be suspected, that the blame would go on someone else."
The three 5-0 detectives eyed each other, 'who said", Danny prompted. "Lisa James", Jarrod replied.
Danny nodded coldly, right Kono take him down to 5-0 HQ and get a statement I'm going to put out an APB on Miss James."
Danny radioed Hq for an address on Lisa . After getting one he left Chin and Kono to take Jarrod Franks back to 5-0 while he went to Ms James apartment. He requested an HPD unit to meet him.
Arriving quickly Danny knocked loudly at the door with no luck. A door several ones down from Ms James' did open and a lady looked out. "Not another one', she exclaimed on seeing Danny. "Another what", Danny queried. "Man, she always has some man around her place", the other woman remarked.
Danny pulled out his five-0 badge and the woman's eyes widened. "Have you seen Miss James, today", he asked.
The other woman quickly shook her head. "I thought she'd probably gone out with her latest man". Danny gave a quick description of Jarrod Franks ,"yeah that sounds like him", the woman acknowledged. "She'd been seeing him for a couple of weeks and I know he wasn't the only one. I thought she was playing a dangerous game seeing more than one man at a time. Did one boyfriend kill the other", the woman asked. Danny was about to reply no when an idea began to enter his head. "Did you ever see the other boyfriend", he asked. "Sure a couple of times. Lisa always thought she was smart sneaking him into her place but I know a few good watching points", the woman sounded smug. "Can you describe him for me", Danny asked. The woman gave a fairly good description of the dead taxi driver Francis Colby and Danny reflected that it was indeed possible that one lover had killed the other. But why was Miss James doing this. Danny had a feeling he'd need to dig deep into her background to find that out.
Firstly though he'd need to obtain a search warrant for Miss James apartment.
Leaving the scene Danny returned to 5-0 Hq where he found an angry Theo kojak yelling at Aaron Franks. He understood the Lts. sentiment exactly but had to put a stop to his actions. "lt. now is not the time or the place. Mr Franks will stand trial for what he did to Bobby", Danny tried to move the Lt. away. He might as well tried to shift a huge truck. "Lt.", Danny warned, "if your attitude doesn't change then I will have you removed from 5-0".
The angry Lt finally backed away. "I only did it for her", Jarrod explained.
Danny decided he better not listen to much more and hurried into Steve's office to prepare photos for the HPD patrols looking for Miss James.
"Lisa was going to come away with me and we'd have a good life together. All I needed to do was one little thing", Jarrod explained. Danny was trying to block out his voice because he could feel his anger rising.
Grabbing up some photos Danny gave them to the two HPD officers that had just come into see him. "Make sure these get distributed ", Danny requested.
One of the officers looked down at the photo then back up to Danny. "I saw this woman not long ago", he told Danny. "Where", Danny demanded. "The hospital ,she came in as I went off guard duty. I heard her requesting to see Detective Crocker".
Danny paled, "Bobby', he yelled as he ran.
Lisa decided she had the perfect plan. She had come to the hospital not knowing what she was planning to do. That Crocker was still alive was definitely not part of her plan. She admitted that seeing him had made her feel less angry as he looked so pathetic almost broken.
It had been hard to act so sympathetic when all she wanted to do was hurt him badly. But then she reminded herself that its wasn't only Mc Garrett and Crocker she wanted to punish it was Williams as well. But she couldn't just kill Crocker in front of people. No it would have to look accidental. It was good that he was so depressed because people would easily accept his suicide. Of course she didn't actually expect Crocker to try and kill himself. But she had in mind to give him a little help. Then it'd be over, Mc Garrett would go to jail for attempted murder, Crocker would be dead and Williams a devastated man. Perfect.
Lisa began the steps to putting her plan into action.