Chapter 2:
Big Apple, Big surprises
Finally in my room. Call it a sign or destiny or not, but my new case is again about a Kane. Find the murderer of Lily Kane. Invest on Jake Kane's possible fathering link. Find Duncan Kane. Help Duncan Kane to escape. Invest on the Kane's Castle secret society. And now, find Jake Kane. Is there anybody else than my life than the Kane family???
Taking a hot shower to wash off all of the flight memories, I find myself thinking of Logan again. Hotel rooms and hotel suites will never be the same, even after all those years, our laughs and fights resonating in my ears on every walls of the rooms I have been visiting.
I haven't been to NY since my graduation. I never visited Piz while he was doing is internship in NYC. I was too busy with my FBI internship myself. After graduating of Hearst, I got the offer to work for them in Washington, but I asked to stay in San Diego offices, so I could stay close to my father and keep helping him from time to time. But the main reason was that East Coast was way too close to Logan. Shaking my head to chase every memory that could lead me to him, I got out of the shower. My phone was flashing. A message from Piz. He didn't quite appreciate that I left so quickly, with few explanations, especially for NY. But he knew me. Saying anything was a waste of his time, and of my time.
Thank god to Celeste Kane and the Kane's family friends, I got easily off of my FBI duties for a few days in order to find the missing Jake Kane. I was excused more easily from my work than from my boyfriend.
Opening the envelop that was given to me by Clarence, I took a look again at the information I had. Mr. Kane reserved with his American Express card a flight to NY and a night at the Warldorf Astoria Hotel on 5th Avenue. The day after, he went to the bank and transferred $100,000 to the bank account of a certain Troy Brentwood, from NYC. He took the plane the third day, arrived at the hotel, and never came back home.
It was later discovered that the $100,000 had been withdrawn of Mr. Troy Brentwood's bank account, a man that apparently disappeared at the same time than the money. But the camera tapes showed a man looking a lot like Mr. Kane leaving the bank with a suitcase containing the money. The tapes from both of the bank and the hotel showed a Jake Kane lookalike and Jake Kane getting out of the buildings with the similar suitcase.
Tickets were purchased under the name of Troy Brentwood and Jake Kane for London and Dubai, but the passengers never made it. A tape also showed Jack Kane getting into Grand Central station, buying some tickets. The issue? Clever Jake bought 5 train tickets for 5 destinations, all leaving the same day. And apparently, ALL of them had been used. Jack was as clever as he always been.
I was still surprised that Clarence Wiedman had no information or idea about the whereabouts of his boss. To come to that extent, either Jkek was abdicating from Neptune and his life over there, or he was in troubles that even Clarence couldn't fix… if that does exist….
Celeste and Clarence were definitely conscious of the limits of an open door to the Kane's kingdom when it was coming to me. I had limited access to Jake computer files, as well of his relations and schedules. Alarming his acquaintances was the last thing they wished to do.
Dressing a list of his enemies was also a job in itself. He was a powerful man with many friends, and he could have attracted jealousy, envy and frustration from way too many people. I sat down on the floor, surrounded by files and papers, trying to think. Think Veronica. There must be something in there. Something nobody have seen. Something, someone, somewhere to start digging.