The next few days for Brian were, well, running smoothly. No problems had arose yet. And he was not about to get arrested. In short, things were good. He watched from a distance Darren leave his house and return home every night at the same time. It was one of him more boring jobs he recived, but at least he was getting paid.
One week after the start of his investigation her reccived a call, "Hello I'm looking for a detective Holden?" the voice on the other end said. It was familiar, he just wasn't 100% sure on who it was.
"This is him."
"Oh good. This is Meredith, I'm one of your clients," she reminded him, "I just thought you should know this. I told you how sometimes he claimes he has to stay the night? Well, this morning he told me that he wouldn't be returning for the night."
Brian nodded, "Thanks, I was just about to head out actually. And hey, I know you said you wanted to help out one of these days, what about today? You've just got to follow my rules okay?" It was normally against rules to let the client help but, she was the Meredith Stepien after all! His stomach twisted slightly as he finished talking, like he was nervous. He had no idea what he was nervous about though, he'd done cases like this many times before.
A slightly squeel came from the other end of the phone, "Really? Oh, I will. Don't worry, I will," she repeated.
"I'll pick you up in about 10 minutes then?"
"Alright, it's a date," she said, then the line went dead. She had hung up. Brian slighlty smiled to himself. A date. No, not a date. She was married, he had to remind himself. All this was, is him bringing her alone to catch her husband that could be cheating on her even though it could result in him losing his job. There was no way he was going to end up falling for her either, not after the last time. He was just going to have tgo be very careful and not get that third strike.
"So what is it you do in here all day long, Detective?" Meredith pondered while looking out the windsheild of Brian's car.
He picked her up just like he said he would, then the two went and grabbed a cup of coffee then out to where Brian normally sat and watched. He had the perfect view of the entrance to Darren's trailer and some of the set.
"Well, Miss Stepien, I Read the the newspaper, do my job," he shrugged slightly and took a sip of his coffee while looking out the window.
"Well that sounds pretty boring. And Please call me Meredith"
Brian nodded, "It is. And call me Brian. I hate the title detective,"
"So, why don't you tell me a little about yourself, Brian. Why'd you go in to this business in the first place?" She asked curiously leaning in more towards him.
"Oh no, I don't do backstory," He said immeditly. When she gets to know him better, things become more personal and more likely for a heartbreak in the end. "Now, we can talk about you of course. What made you chose to become an actress?"
And so it began, for the next 6 hours and a lunch break, Meredith had dove in to her life story. He learned that she had a brother and that he was working as a doctor. He learned that as a child she always knew that acting was what she wanted to do. He discovered that she met Darren while on the set of her last film where it was love at first sight, and that after the wedding things started going down hill for the two. He seemed to have heard every little tihing about her imaginable.
She really was quite wonderful. There were many defining traits and qualities he had liked. Although he wouldn't admit it to himself and just kept trying to rub the feeling off, he was starting to get that feeling of falling for someone again.
He shook himself once trying to get rid of the the thoughts then looked out the window once more, "Wait, Meredith," Brian interuppted her. "Darren's leaving."
A/N: Yay new chapter! Was going to make this longer and just finish the story there, but I've decided to split it in to two parts because I like the cliffhanger there. Anyway, please keep reviewing! And thanks for the ones i've gotten already and the faves and follows!