Chapter 12 – the way forward
Danny had never driven so fast in his life as he hurried to the hospital sure something bad had happened to Bobby.
Back at 5-0 HQ Theo Kojak decided to take his mind off his sergeant's possible danger and see if he could fill in the missing information over the connection between Lisa James her two boyfriends and the money that New Yorker Geoff Gilmore had donated to the charity.
Helping himself to Mc Garrets phone Theo called the precinct that had investigated the death of Gilmores wife.
He talked directly to the Captain in charge. "There was only one thing that was slightly suspicious in the beginning about Mrs Gilmores death. One neighbour had reported seeing Mr Gilmore with another woman. He of course denied it. The neighbour gave a description but we could never find anybody that matched. The woman was never seen again so it was concluded that the neighbour was making up a story because Mr Gilmore was being a nuisance", Captain Drake reported. "What was the description this neighbour gave', Kojak requested.
He got one that could have matched many different woman but also fitted Lisa James quite well. "If I send over a photo can you get hold of this neighbour and ask for an identification", Theo requested. The Captain agreed.
Theo Kojak hung up the phone, his mind spinning. So was it possible that Lisa James was the girlfriend of Gilmore and one or both of them had arranged to have the wife killed. Lisa had a string of boyfriends that she used to do her dirty work. Possibly Martin could have killed the wife . Then Gilmore paid him by putting the money through the charity where Martin worked. Lisa of course had another boyfriend ready to intercept Martin in Hawaii, the taxi driver . He then killed a second person so the police thought it was a serial killer. Then of course there came Bobby.
Now Theos thinking stalled. Tangled up in this was Mc Garretts arrest, the stabbing of Bobby and Danny Williams reaction to both of these events.
Theo turned to kono and Chin. "Is it possible that Bobby's stabbing is related to Martins in the fact that it was all about revenge on three people, Steve Mc Garrett, Bobby and Danny."
Chin looked thoughtful. "Okay revenge on Bobby and Danny would work because of them being half brothers but why bring Steve into it."
Theo nodded, "indeed it would have to be because James knew that the three of them had worked together and had some emotional ties.
Theos eyes slitted, "perhaps looking at those earlier cases involving Steve, Danny and Bobby will provide us some answers".
"We need a full run down on this Lisa James", Kono stated. "Perhaps then we'll find the connection".
Theo hoped the answer hadn't come too late for Bobby.
Bobby was back in his room pretending to read to book that perched on his lap. The ever present guard was the only one in the room with him. Liz, his mother and Clara Williams were all in the cafeteria eating. He'd been invited but had refused to join them, claiming tiredness. He sat up further in bed and reached out for the warm drink a nurse had brought him. About to take a sip he was stopped in his tracks by a wild looking Danny running into the room with doc, Liz, Aunt Clara and his mother behind them. All of them looked anxious, as though they were expecting something dreadful. Bobby dropped the cup down onto the ground in shock where it promptly shattered spilling its contents all over the floor.
"You're alright",Danny remarked in relief. Bobby just looked at him like he was slightly crazy. "The woman who was just here, Lisa James, was involved in your stabbing in some way", Danny told him. Bobby's eyes widened, "she seemed so fragile, uncertain", he remarked. "Yeah I think she uses that on men to get them to do what she wants', Danny remarked soberly.
"She is not shy about kissing strangers", Liz remarked with a look at Bobby.
Bobby looked down embarrassed about Liz bringing up the kissing episode again. He felt chilled as he caught sight of the spilled contents of his drink. Doc saw the direction of his gaze and bent down. "Looks like your drink contained more than just warm milk", he remarked pointing out the remains of a tablet.
Doc put gloves on and carefully gathered up the remaining evidence". He tentatively put one glove finger into the mess and tasted.
From the look of the pills and the taste I'd say that your drink was filled with sleeping pills," he remarked. "Now young man are you sure you didn't know about this", doc asked seriously. Bobby looked stunned, "what do you mean", he asked quietly. "Just that you have been upset lately", Doc was choosing his words with care. Bobby frowned not understanding what the doc was getting at. Doc regarded him seriously and remarked, "either you tried to OD yourself or someone else tried to make it look like that." Doc focused his gaze on Bobby measuring his reaction to this news. Bobby looked down suddenly very sober and regretful about his recent behaviour .He knew Doc had been gently asking him if he'd been depressed enough to commit suicide. Liz squeezed his hand and he buried his head into her chest, "honey I'm sorry I've been such an ass", I have a lot to live for Doc and wouldn't consider taking too many pills," he looked doc steadily in the eyes until he nodded. Liz kissed him fully on the lips, "you do have a lot to live for honey", she told him softly. "The main thing is my family," Bobby told them all seriously, "thanks for being here for me", his eyes teared as he said that. The others all smiled at him.
Danny 's smile sobered quickly thinking how close Lisa James had come to ending Bobby's life on two occasions now, "we'll find Ms James then she can tell us what was behind this", he growled as he looked over at his brother. Bobby looked happier than he'd been in a while both arms wrapped around his love.
Danny was about to turn away and leave when something struck him, "Bobby", he yelled.
Bobby jumped away from Liz in fright. "Danny will you stop doing that", Bobby pleaded shakily.
Danny grinned widely causing Bobby to stare at him, "what's the big smile for", he asked. Danny grinned, "don't you know", he asked. Bobby looked rather puzzled. 'You just had Liz in your arms", Danny remarked. "Yes well she is my fiancé", Bobby stated emphasizing the fact for Liz's benefit. Liz smiled affectionately at him.
"Your arms as in both of them", Danny stated happily. Bobby's eyes widen as he looked over at this arms and wiggled the fingers on both hands. He then broke out in a smile that eclipsed Danny's
Doc grinned as well.
"Now all we have to worry about is Lisa James", Danny stated. "Proving she put the pills in there might be a problem", Doc remarked soberly. Danny glared, "I just want to catch her then we can have a chat about all of the things she's been involved in".
Danny's voice had an intense quality that made Doc shiver.
Danny gave instructions to the HPD guards and bid farewell to his brother intent on finishing this case for ever. He knew he was angry but it was a type of anger that fuelled him and kept his tired body energized.
Lisa James stopped in her tracks when she saw the police car move away from the area by her apartment. Somehow she knew it wasn't just change that the car was there. So they were on to her. Not that it mattered, hopefully Crocker would swallow that drink she'd spiked and she could finally feel that she'd gotten an effective revenge on the trio that had been responsible for her sisters imprisonment. It didn't matter that she hadn't really cared about her sister for most of her life. Mc Garrett, Williams and Crocker had all been responsible for depriving her of the chance to mend fences with her sibling.
Lisa of course didn't think about the fact that her sister Polly Jenkins had been guilty of planting the bomb in the Aloha 5 bar that could have potentially killed Crocker and Williams along with anyone unfortunate enough to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
That didn't matter, revenge was sweet and the suffering of Mc Garrett, Crocker and Williams almost made up for the suffering of her sister in jail.
But now it looked like the game was over and they were onto her. Probably she should have killed Jarrod Franks as well because he probably had something to do with the police trying to find her.
Her plan had been elaborate. Firstly she'd genuinely fallen in love with the New York businessman Gilmore. The problem of his wife was easily solved by killing her. To remove suspicion from Gilmore Lisa had suggested wiring some money to Hawaii under the guise of being a donation to her charity. Involving Hawaii meant the risk of Mc Garrett getting involved in the case and it was then that Lisa had began to plot revenge.
Her plan began with ex boyfriend Lyle who worked for the charity she'd chosen as a front. Lyle willingly offered to take the money to Hawaii and meet with Francis Colby. He thought he'd ultimately get a share of the money. However Lisa had already promised the money to Francis. But of course to get the money he'd have to kill Lyle. This he did willingingly. Colby continued to be useful selecting and killing a second person to make it look like a serial killer had been responsible for the deaths. Francis had his own issues with Steve McGarrett so it had been easy to get him to plant the evidence to frame Steve Mc Garrett.
Francis had hired the Mercury and gained access to the 5-0 building to place the briefcase. Then of course he'd expected the money, not just a share of it but everything or else he'd rat on her. So Lisa had conned Jarrod Franks into killing him promising him money. He'd been initially wary of stabbing Crocker but had come around when Lisa had suggested putting the blame on Francis.
Now all that planning had gone wrong and Lisa had to get away quickly. All she needed was another man to con.
As she stood thinking rapidly an older man approached, "umm I thought you looked like you need help", he said hesitantly. Lisa evaluated him quickly, noting he was much older than her previous male 'helpers'. She decided in a split second that it didn't matter he was here now and she should take advantage of that.
Making fake tears run down her face, Lisa turned to him, 'thanks so much, you have no idea what this means to me."
The older man took her arm and they walked together with Lisa spinning her tail of lies. She felt powerful as the man told her he had his own private plane and could fly her out of Hawaii to visit her, "sick and dying mother".
He opened the door for her as she entered his car. Then they were off.
After a short car trip they arrived at the airport where Lisa put a scarf partly around her face telling her male companion she didn't want others staring at her tear streaked face. Her helper settled her into his very comfortable private plane and gave her a glass of wine. Then he asked his pilot to seek clearance for take off.
Lisa sat back in comfort a smile on her face as the plane began to taxi down the runway. She'd won and would saviour this victory for a long time. She could imagine Danny Williams running around in circles trying to find her. Revenge was indeed sweet.