Chapter 2
"You've got good news to tell me." Pollock said as he walked over to Jess and Nicole's desk.
"Not yet sir. Once Cortez is back we will. He is going to be analyzing some video that we received." Nicole said.
"Do you have the video now?" Pollock asked them.
"Yes sir we do." Nicole replied sarcastically. "Would you like to see it?"
"Of course I would agent." Pollock replied. Nicole then got out Casey's cell phone and brought up the still shot of Deanna. She hit the play button and handed it to Pollock so he could see it. "Wow. That's the first thing I want analyzed; and where did that video come from?" Pollock asked them.
"Deanna's neighbor Casey got the video just as she was going out to get something that she had left in her car yesterday." Jess answered.
"Well, that was lucky timing." Pollock pointed out.
"Yeah, but from watching it we didn't see a license plate or a face to show who he was." Nicole said.
"I saw that agent, but Cortez works wonders." Pollock reminded her as he smiled and walked off.
"Weird." Jess said a little shocked at what Pollock just did.
"What?" Nicole asked her.
"Pollock; he's really starting to act strange." Jess said.
"Girl, he always acts strange." Nicole commented as she and Jess got up to see if Antonio was back in his office yet.
"I know but he's just stranger than usual." Jess said.
"Is that even possible?" Nicole joked.
"Is what possible?" Antonio asked Nicole and Jess over hearing Nicole as they walked around the corner to his desk.
"Nothing." Jess denied.
"Any luck with those prints or hair?" Nicole asked.
"I'm running the prints now and the hair was Deanna's, so no luck there." Antonio sighed.
"Well as soon as you get done with the prints we need you to analyze the video we got earlier." Nicole said as she handed Antonio the cell phone.
"No problem. Hold on before you two go. I should be getting the prints back any minute." Antonio said so that Nicole and Jess wouldn't leave.
"How long is any minute?" Nicole turned around and asked Antonio.
"Right now." Antonio replied. "One set of prints on her car is from Matthew Lewis, 20 years old, a sophomore at Georgetown."
"Same classes as Deanna?" Nicole asked.
"No, just one, psychology." Antonio said.
"Why is he in the system?" Jess asked.
"When he was 16, he robbed a gas station. Got out of jail when he was 18." Antonio said.
"Wow. I wonder why he's been around Deanna." Nicole wondered. "Come on Jess, let's go talk to Pollock and see if he will let us bring Matthew in and have a little talk with him."
"Ok." Jess agreed. The two then walked off from Antonio's desk to Pollock's office.
Nicole knocked on Pollock's door. "Enter." Pollock answered in his usual tone. Nicole and Jess walked inside.
"Sir, Antonio found some prints on Deanna's car that matched Matthew Lewis." Nicole told him.
"And what does he have to do with out missing girl other than prints on the car?" Pollock asked them.
Nicole went to answer his question but Jess answered first. "He is a college sophomore at Georgetown and he takes psychology class with her."
"Oh, psychology." Pollock said sarcastically. "That still doesn't tell me anything."
"We were wondering if we could bring him in and talk to him to see when he last seen or talked to Deanna." Nicole suggested starting to get defensive.
"No." Pollock said.
"Why not sir?" Nicole asked in an aggravated tone.
"You have to have evidence to bring him in. All you have is prints and you don't even know how long they've been there. Now if you want to go talk to him, by all means be my guest, but Scott, you should've known you couldn't bring him in." Pollock said. Nicole remained silent. "Now, go talk to Matthew and see why his prints were on her car."
Nicole just glared at Pollock before her and Jess walked out. About 30 minutes later, they arrived at Matthew's house. His car was in the driveway, so they knew he was home in case he didn't answer. They walked up to the door and Nicole knocked. A few seconds later, Matthew answered the door. "Matthew Lewis?" Nicole asked him.
"That's me. Who are you?" Matthew asked.
"I'm Nicole Scott and this is my partner Jess Mastriani, FBI. We need to talk to you about Deanna Williams." Nicole introduced herself and Jess.
"Come in." Matthew told them politely as they all walked inside. "What's going on with Deanna? Is she alright?"
"She disappeared between 5 and 7 last night. Can you tell us where you were during those two hours?" Nicole asked Matthew.
"I was with my girlfriend studying for midterms because we have two classes together." Matthew said.
"What is her name?" Jess asked.
"Heather Jones; she's a sophomore at Georgetown too." Matthew said.
"What classes do you have with her?" Jess asked.
"Calculus and biology." Matthew said.
"Where were you at?" Nicole asked.
"At the library on campus." Matthew said slowly getting impatient.
"What is your relationship with Deanna?" Nicole asked him.
"She's only a classmate. I don't talk to her very much, but she's in my psychology class." Matthew replied aggravated. "Why do you want to know about my relationship with her? I didn't do anything."
"We found your fingerprints on her car. When were you with her last?" Nicole asked.
"4 days ago. I walked with her to her car and we talked. That's the last time I saw her. She hasn't been in class either since Monday." Matthew informed them.
"And no one has said anything about her being absent?" Jess asked.
"No one except out professor and he didn't ask about her until yesterday when it was her third day being absent." Matthew told them.
"How long have you known Deanna?" Nicole asked him.
"Since classes started in August, but this is my second year here." Matthew said.
"Is there anyone that you know of that would want to hurt Deanna?" Jess asked.
"No. I don't know a lot of people that she knows, so I can't really say, but no one that I can think of." Matthew told them.
"Ok thank you. You've been very helpful and we will stay in touch." Nicole said.
"Do you think he's telling the truth?" Jess asked Nicole as they walked out to Nicole's car.
"I don't know Jess, he seemed pretty confident, but that means nothing." Nicole said.
"Yeah. Hopefully Antonio has something from that video." Jess said.
"I'm sure he does." Nicole commented. They were almost to the car when Jess stopped walking.
Instantly Jess was thrown into a vision. She could see Deanna in a dark place. She heard someone open a door and walk down stairs and get right in front of Deanna. She could see Deanna shaking in fear. The other person pulled out a gun and stuck it at Deanna's temple. "Please, no!" Deanna cried out. Then Jess heard the gun go off. Jess gasped in fear as she came back into reality.
Nicole could see the fear in Jess's eyes. "Hey, hey it's ok." Nicole reassured her. Jess looked at Nicole, her fear slowly melting away. "What was it?" Nicole asked Jess.
"It was Deanna. She's underground like in a basement or something. Someone opened a door and walked down stairs to where Deanna was sitting all tied up. The person then pulled out a gun and Deanna cried out 'Please, no!' but-" Jess stopped not wanting to think about the last part.
"But what Jess?" Nicole asked her. "Don't worry, none of it was real." Nicole reminded Jess off her scared look.
"Even though Deanna cried out, the person still pulled the trigger with the gun still at her temple." Jess said. "Deanna is going to die."
"No, she's not because we are going to find her." Nicole told Jess.
Jess was still shaken up from the vision but she knew Nicole was right. "You're right."
Pretty soon Jess and Nicole had arrived back at the office. They went straight to Antonio's office to see how it was going with the video. "Hey. How are you doing with the video Antonio?" Nicole asked as her and Jess walked into the evidence area.
"I'm not. The views are wrong. I can't get anything to identify this guy." Antonio said a little frustrated. "I know that I will soon though."
"You will don't worry. While you work on that, Jess and I are going to try to analyze Jess's vision." Nicole said. "And check Matthew's alibi."
"I should have the video done soon." Antonio said.
"Good." Nicole said as her and Jess walked out. "Are you alright? You still look scared." Nicole asked Jess.
"Yeah, I'm just still a little shaken up from the vision." Jess told her.
"Well, I promise you everything's going to come out fine and Deanna will be fine." Nicole told Jess. Jess shook her head in agreement. "Come on; let's go see if Matthew's alibi checks out."
Nicole and Jess left the office and went to Georgetown University's library. They stopped and talked to the receptionist first. "Hi. Can I help you?" The receptionist asked them.
"Yes, I'm Nicole Scott and this is Jess Mastriani, FBI. Is there any way that you can look up if someone was here yesterday?" Nicole asked her.
"I can see if they checked out any books, but that's about all." She told them. "Can I have the name?"
"Matthew Lewis." Nicole said.
"I know him. He's a regular here." The receptionist stated as she pulled up the records.
"Was he here yesterday?" Jess asked.
"Yeah. He was here with his girlfriend, Heather, and he checked out two books for science." The receptionist said.
"What time was he here?" Nicole asked.
"From about 4:30 to 8. They were talking and studying for exams." The receptionist told them.
"You know a lot about him." Jess mentioned.
"Yeah. He talks to me a lot. I haven't talked to him today yet, but he told me yesterday that he would be coming in after his psychology class." The receptionist said.
"Thank you. You've been very helpful." Nicole said.
Back at the office Antonio finally had a name for the guy on the video. He was heading to Pollock's office with a paper in his hand when he ran into Nicole and Jess coming off of the elevator. "Hey. I finally figured out who our mystery man is off the video." Antonio told them as they stopped walking.
"Who?" Nicole asked him.
"Daniel Johnson." Antonio said.
Jess thought she recognized the name but she wasn't sure. Antonio had handed the picture and the file to Nicole. Nicole then handed the stuff to Jess. Once Jess saw the picture of Daniel, she remembered who Daniel was. Fear washed over her as she looked at the picture. This was the last person that she wanted to see involved with this case.
Thank you to all of my reviewers! Please R&R again! I hope you enjoy this chapter and more coming soon... (Don't worry I have one more story to start on here I haven't forgot for all of my reviewers that liked When A Loved Friend Vanishes.) Lexie