BTW ~ Nothing bittersweet about this one. This would be my humorous side!
To continue ... Bobby gets Captain Ross involved.
CHAPTER TWO: Background checks
Serial Killers or Soccer Moms
Back at 1 Police Plaza, Ira runs the cell phone numbers given to him by Detective Goren.
"Goren."
"Detective … Ira. I have that information you were looking for."
Bobby steps outside onto the balcony.
"What did you find out for me, Ira?"
"The first cell phone number you gave me belongs to a, Delia Jones. She's a librarian from upstate New York. Single. Coach at a local middle school. Involved with community affairs in her town. The second number you gave me, is listed under a family share plan … primary holder is Daniel Smith. Married. He resides in Vermont. Firefighter. Wife is a nurse. They have four children … I'm guessing because the family share plan has six phones listed."
"Wow, this is worse than I thought. Sophisticated … computer literate. Well planned in advance. This could be big, Ira. Do me a favor. Run similar MO's through the national data banks. Internet stalking, romance novel chat room … serial killers involving police officers … use those as key words. I'll be in to help with the research."
"Detective … might I ask what this all about?"
"I think there is an elaborate plot out against Alex, but she's too blind to see it. I need to present her with the evidence before it's too late."
"Detective Eames!?"
"Yes Ira … Detective Eames."
"I'll get right on this research, Detective."
Bobby walks into their bedroom to find Alex at it again on the computer … he's going to play along.
"What are you doing?"
"We are finalizing our plans for this week-end. I'm going, so don't try and talk me out of it."
He holds both hands up in surrender. She looks surprised. He grabs his jacket.
"I'm going out for a walk … have fun with your E-pals."
Alex looks suspicious, but takes his peck on the cheek and continues her E-conversation. He walks down to the subway and heads right to 1 Police Plaza. When he arrives, Captain Ross is there with Ira. Ira is trying to explain what he's doing for Goren, but he's still not sure. He just knows that serial killers are after Detective Eames.
In a panic … Captain Ross approaches Goren.
"Serial killers are after Detective Eames … why are you here? Why wasn't I notified? What the hell is going on , Goren?"
He tells Captain Ross about Alex's on-line book club. He leaves out the sword detail, but tells him about Delia and Annie and how after a year, they conveniently discover that they live hours apart, and that they should meet for a girls only week-end.
"Goren … this could be an elaborate plot. They could be cop serial killers. We need background checks. Ira … I want the whole nine yards here … this is Detective Eames we're talking about."
"Yes Sir."
"I want financials … I want to know if they have outstanding parking tickets. If they ever spit on the sidewalk ... Ira is frantically writing Captain Ross's instructions down. He glances up ... spit? ... anything we can use to secure a warrant to search their homes before this meeting takes place. Do it and do it fast. You know Detective Eames, once she gets something in her head … there's no stopping her."
Bobby nods his head in agreement.
"Yes Sir."
"Goren … how could you let her get away with this?"
"She told me to take a hike, Sir. I don't want to take a hike. So I'm going to investigate and present the facts. She's a detective … she won't be mad at me for saving her life … for too long anyway."
"Did you call her father?"
"I maybe dumb, but I'm not stupid."
Like synchronized swimmers, Ira and Captain Ross look at him like a dog would when they hear a high pitch noise … the head tilt. Then that look of realization hits their face and they nod … they get it.
Both Ira and Bobby begin background checks on the women in question, while Alex is at home LOL-ing and such about Bobby's suspicious mind and his magic sword.
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