Chapter 7

"Do we know of any place that Daniel could've taken Mastriani?" Pollock asked Antonio and Nicole.

"No sir." Nicole said.

"Wait. What about Becky? Doesn't she have something to do with Daniel?" Antonio asked Nicole.

"Yeah. Daniel is Becky's boyfriend. She knew that he had been in trouble with the law before and got away with it." Nicole said.

"Are you saying that Becky might have gotten Daniel to do something to Mastriani because she knew he could get away with it Scott?" Pollock asked her.

"I'm saying it's a possibility since her sister turned up dead." Nicole said.

"Go see if you can find her and then bring her to me. I want to talk to her." Pollock snapped at them.

Nicole and Antonio just walked out of his office without saying a word. The ride to Becky's apartment was silent because they were both trying to think of any place from Deanna's case that Jess could've been taken to, but both of them came up with nothing. They arrived at Becky's knowing she probably wasn't there since her car was gone. "Do you really think she has something to do with this Nick?" Antonio asked her.

"Yes I do. She was angry at us when we mentioned that Daniel could have had something to do with Deanna's disappearance and then Deanna shows up dead. She knows that Daniel knows Jess and that he knows how to get away with a crime. What she is probably thinking is that it's our fault Deanna ended up dead and she is going to take it out on Jess and get away with it." Nicole told Antonio.

"We will find her Nicole. I promise. They are not going to get away with hurting Jess." Antonio reminded Nicole. They got out of the car and walked up to Becky's apartment, but she wasn't home. Nicole couldn't take not knowing where Jess was, so she just kicked in the door hoping to find a clue where Jess might be. "Nick, what are thinking?" Antonio asked in disbelief that she kicked in the door.

"I'm thinking something in here will take us to Jess." Nicole said starting to fight back tears at how little they were accomplishing and how little time they had.

"You know Pollock is going to be furious at us for this." Antonio told her.

"He won't if we find something. Start looking Antonio, our time is running out." Nicole snapped at him. Antonio just looked at her sympathetically before he joined her in looking for clues.

Nicole walked around the apartment looking at all of the obvious things and all of the hidden things. As she walked around the kitchen, she noticed the phone lying on the table. That wasn't what caught her attention the most though; it was the piece of paper that was beside it. She picked it up and read it and realized it was the one clue that could lead them to Jess. "Antonio!" Nicole yelled to him. Antonio walked into the kitchen where Nicole was. "I think I found our biggest clue. Listen to this, it's a note from when she talked to Daniel. It says: meet Daniel at Agent Mastriani's home in 20 minutes. And then she wrote down the directions."

"That's it. That's what we needed. But we still don't have any idea where Jess is." Antonio said.

Nicole thought for a second. "Do you know if Daniel or Becky has a second property?"

"No, but that's a good idea to check." Antonio said. Nicole just smiled at Antonio now that she knew they were actually getting somewhere.

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"Hi agent Mastriani." Becky said.

"What is going on?" Jess asked confused.

"Way more than you know." Becky said. "You see, you couldn't find my sister in time, so she ended up dead thanks to you."

"We were trying our best." Jess said.

"No you weren't." Becky snapped at her angrily. "If you were then you'd know who actually did it." Daniel looked over at Becky wondering what she was getting ready to do. Jess also looked at her with a puzzled look.

"You're not supposed to say anything." Daniel reminded her.

"It doesn't matter. She's going to be dead anyway after we tell her what really happened." Becky told him. Jess then became terrified that Becky meant what she was saying.

"I have no idea what you two are talking about, but if you let me go now, I won't say anything about this happening." Jess tried to convince them.

"Shut up!" Becky yelled at her. Becky then pulled out a gun and aimed it at Daniel. "Now Daniel, give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill you."

"It's not my fault she's dead." Daniel replied.

"Yes it is. You were the last one to see her alive." Becky reminded him.

"Wait, what?" Jess asked. "How was he the last one to see her alive?"

"I set it up for him to kidnap her but not kill her!" Becky yelled.

"Why?" Jess asked.

"Deanna always got the best of everything. Our parents were always so proud of her even though everything she did was just a repeat of what I did. They were never proud of me for some reason and I accomplished everything she did. I also didn't want her becoming a lawyer so I knew Daniel could kidnap her and get away with it. It was only supposed to scare her, to show her what the dangers of this job could be." Becky told her.

"He kidnapped Deanna?" Jess asked.

"Of course." Becky told her. "Now why did you kill her?" Becky asked Daniel.

"I had to. They were going to figure out that I did it and if I didn't kill her she would've said it was me Becky." Daniel said. "I would've been put in jail."

"That didn't mean you had to kill her. I could've solved the problem of her telling the FBI that you did it." Becky told him.

Jess was shocked at what they were confessing to each other. Jess understood what had happened now. Everything was falling into place from the time Deanna disappeared until she was found, but Jess still didn't understand why they kidnapped her. "Where I do I fit into all of this?" Jess asked them.

"Because you didn't find Deanna in time, Daniel killed her. And that is your fault. Now I am going to kill you before your partners find you." Becky said.

"Why don't you let me kill her then you won't get in trouble." Daniel asked Becky.

"If anyone is going to kill her it will be me." Becky snapped at him.

"Fine but remember, I'm the one who killed Deanna and got away with it." Daniel sarcastically replied. Daniel then turned around and walked out of the room.

"Get back here Daniel. I never said I was done talking to you!" Becky yelled at him as she left to follow him. Jess knew this was her last chance to try to get out alive. When they got back she knew they were going to kill her.

Jess's wrists were tied to the chair she was in, but she knew they might be just loose enough to get one of her hands free. She pulled and pulled on the rope, but it wasn't becoming any looser. She wasn't giving up though; she wasn't going to let them kill her. She continued to pull on the rope with her right arm eventually getting it loose enough where she pulled her arm free. She quickly untied her left arm and got up ready to run. There weren't any windows in the room that she thought she could get out of without making too much noise, so she tried to escape by going out through the front. She crept up to the door of the room and looked out into the hallway where she saw Daniel facing the room and fighting with Becky who had her back turned to Jess. "I did love you until you killed her!" Becky yelled at Daniel.

"Well I was going to go to jail and I just could not let that happen!" Daniel yelled back.

Jess decided to quickly try her luck and she ran out the door hoping to get away.

Thanks to all of my reviewers! Next chapter... Will Jess be able to escape or will she get caught? And who comes back after finding out about Jess's disappearance? Please R&R... 8 reviews and I'll post chapter 8! Lexie