Chapter 5
Callen and Sam were back with Eric trying to figure out who was David Parker. Eric was searching everything about the guy.
"Okay…David Parker is 46 years old. He was a marine until he was arrested a few years ago for selling drugs to teenagers in a nearby high school."
Callen asked Eric what really mattered:
"Is he still in jail?"
"No. He got out of it 5 months ago."
This time it was Sam who spoke:
"So this guy had the motive and the opportunity to kill him. Do you have an address?"
"Sure. Here you go!"
Eric gave Callen a paper with the guy's address but before the agents could leave the room Callen's phone rang.
"It's Kensi…"
Callen picked up the phone and answered:
"Hi, Kensi! Is everything okay?"
Callen heard a male laugh and immediately made a sign so Eric would record the conversation.
"Don't worry agent Callen…Everything is okay here!"
By then, Eric was already recording the call and Sam was listening to it too.
"Should I assume that I'm talking to David Parker?"
The man on the other side of the line laughed again:
"You are free to assume whatever you want to Agent Callen…Now, let's talk about what really matters here. I have a young girl with me that happens to be your friend, am I right?"
"I believe that that is true because you're speaking through her phone. Can I talk to her?"
The man laughed once again before answering:
"Not yet, agent Callen."
"Why not?"
Callen was trying to keep is voice calm so he wouldn't upset the man.
"I'm afraid that Kensi is sleeping right now. I'm sure that she will be awake in a few hours though…You may talk to her then but only if you behave."
"What do you want from me?"
"It quite simple agent Callen…You talked to a man who told you that I was the really culprit by Kensi's father death but I'm not."
"So you are David Parker, right?"
"Yes, I am David Parker. You probably have my address by now but I can assure you that I'm not at home. In fact, you won't be able to find me until I want you to. Now, I need you to find the real killer."
"How do I know that Kensi is okay?"
"You will have to believe in me, agent Callen. I can assure you that I do not want to hurt Kensi but I will if I have to. Now, focus on finding our guy and I'll call you later, when our sleeping beauty wakes up!"
David Parker hang up and Callen turned to Eric
"Did you find out where he is?"
"No. He is using an untraceable phone."
"How are we going to find the real killer, then? What do we know about Kensi's father's death?"
"Not much. He was found the day after. They had to use dental records to identify him!"
"Sam, let's go interrogate the men we brought here this morning. Let's see if he knows anything. Eric, talk to Hetty…see if she knows something else about this."
With that much said Callen and Sam left to interrogate the man.
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Kensi woke up and looked around. She was tied to a chair in the middle of what looked like a warehouse. Her vision was a bit blurred and her head was pounding like a hammer. She tried to untie herself but the rope was too tight so there was nothing that she could do. Then, she heard a laugh.
"You can try to untie that rope but you will soon find out that you won't be able to do it."
She knew that voice.
"David Parker…I remember you. Why did you kidnap me?"
He laughed again before giving her an answer:
"I'm sorry but it had to be done. You need to know the truth about everything and if I didn't do this those sick bastards would fill you up with lies. You are a good girl and I can assure you that I do not want to hurt you but I will if I have to. I'm not going back to jail because of them."
"You kidnapped a federal agent…you're going to jail for that!"
"Yes, but I'm guilty of that…I didn't kill your father, Kensi!"
Kensi frowned
"I never said that you did!"
"But they were going to tell you that. I'm innocent…"
"Please, let me go!"
"I don't think so. I'm sorry but they need to learn the harder way. Nobody messes with me and gets away with it…!"
He was yelling by then and Kensi was starting to get scared.
"Calm down…"
"Don't tell me to calm down!"
And with that, he hit her in the forehead with his gun, making her black out again.
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Callen and Sam were outside the interrogation room.
"Something about his story isn't right…If Andrew wanted to tell Kensi the whole truth a while ago, why would this David Parker guy wait this long to kill him?"
"Maybe he only found out what he wanted to do now!"
Nate frowned
"I don't think so. That guy is obviously lying. When you brought him here he seemed to be nervous, like as if he was hiding something. When you started to ask him all those questions, he wasn't trying to remember what had happened that night, he was trying to remember the lie that he had told you guys. Try to ask him to tell his story backwards…I bet that he won't be able to do so. When we reversal a lie we only reversal it in a certain order. If someone ask us to tell it backwards we can't because we're not trying to remember something that happened, we're trying to remember something that we invented."
Callen and Sam looked at each other and then Sam got back inside to do as Nate had told him to do.
Turns out that Nate was right. The man couldn't tell the story backwards. He was lying.
Sam was joining them again when Callen's phone rang. He looked at the caller ID and saw that it was Kensi's phone again so he took a deep breath to calm himself down and then answered the phone.
"Hello?"
"Agent Callen…I'm calling to receive an update. How is your investigation going?"
"Let's make a deal; I'll tell you how the investigation is going after you let me talk to Kensi."
"I'm afraid that I can't do that. Kensi was not behaving so I had to take care of that. I like silence…She will wake up soon but for now she's taking a nap again."
Callen was starting to fear for her health but tried to remain calm anyway.
"Okay then. We found out that one of the guys was lying so we're looking up for new clues on the case. It shouldn't take long. When can I get Kensi back?"
David laughed
"That depends on your behavior, agent Callen. I must warn you that she talks too much when she's awake so I will have to keep her asleep and I'm out of drugs so I'll have to use more aggressive methods. You have to hurry up…"
And with that he hang up leaving a very scared Callen to handle the case.
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Kensi woke up once again but this time, the pain in her head was much worse. She could tell that her forehead had been bleeding and it was probably bruised now, with an open cut.
David laughed when he realized that she was awake.
"Welcome back, Kensi!"
"Are you crazy? Why did you hit me with that? I wasn't even trying to escape…"
He yelled at her
"I like silence so shut up or I'll have to do it again!"
"Do you think I'm scared of you? I can handle this…I can handle a lot more than this. Besides, how long do you think that you can keep me here without anyone finding me?"
Before she could say anything else, he slapped her.
"Can you shut up now?"
Kensi felt a sting in her face. Her lip was busted and bleeding…she could feel it.
This was bad!
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Five hours later and the two men who were guilty not only for Andrew's death but also for Kensi's father's death were arrested.
Callen called David Parker and gave him enough proofs of that.
"Very well, agent Callen. I'll send you a text message with the address where you can pick up Kensi."
"Is she okay?"
David laughed
"You'll see for yourself, agent Callen."
He hang up and Sam and Callen drove to the address that he had texted them.
It was a warehouse. Both agents got out of the car and immediately raised their guns. After making sure that there was no one around, they opened the door and entered the warehouse.
They spotted Kensi right away. She was tied to a chair, with her eyes covered by a cloth and duct tape on her mouth.
Callen and Sam ran to her. They could see a dark bruise and a cut on her forehead.
She wasn't moving and they realized that the guy had put her unconscious before he left.
Callen removed the cloth of her eyes and gently took off the duct tape of her mouth while Sam cut the ropes.
Callen could now see her busted lip too along with a bruise in her left eye.
Sam called 911 while Callen tried to wake her up.
She opened her eyes a few minutes before the ambulance arrived. She looked at Callen weakly and he smiled at her:
"It's okay…We're here Kensi! You're safe now!"
She tried to give him a very light smile but Callen knew that she was too weak to do so. He took her in his arms and went outside where Sam was waiting for the ambulance. Sam gave Callen a smile.
"She's okay, G. You can breathe now!"
And he did. Callen looked down at the girl in his arms and smiled. She was in bad shape but she was safe. She was okay and that was all that mattered. They would eventually find the guy who had done this to her but at the moment, Callen breathed in relief because the woman he loved (in secret and without her knowledge) was back in his arms. He would take care of her. He would help her to heal her wounds. Everything was going to be okay.
Of course, they needed to talk first but that was just a small detail.
The ambulance arrived and Callen drove with her to the hospital while Sam followed them in the car.
The doctors assured them that Kensi was going to be okay. The drug was getting out of her system and the wounds weren't very hard to heal.
They all breathed in relief. She was going to be okay.
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X Next Chapter: The talk between Kensi and Callen
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