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"News reports have said that Bill Delsum, a murder criminal, has been shot in the leg while in the jail cell. By whom, it is unknown. It is said that he is currently in the local hospital under heavy police security."
Vance turned off the t.v. He sighed and covered his face with his hands. He was sitting in the dark room of his office. The blinds were closed and the lights turned off. It was raining outside. The rain splashed on the window and fell down. He hated the rain. He was tired and sleepy. It was two days after the trip to the jail. Dr. Gillian and Dr. Lightman got hurt. He suddenly felt responsible for the two adults getting hurt. He could have punched himself right there. Dr. Gillian was always nice. She cared for almost everybody. But Dr. Lightman, he looked different. He had talked to Ben once, about work. But it ended up about Dr. Lightman.
"He...cares for you. I mean I've seen the way he's talked with Loker and it's well different." He'd said.
What did he mean? Well Vance didn't hate the guy. He actually liked the Brit. He was different then others. He liked taking risks even if it meant his own life. Vance heard he had a daughter named Emily. He was divorced but he looked happy around Dr. Foster. Sometimes he didn't get the guy. He was thinking when the room burst with light. He groaned and looked up. Sean stood there with one eyebrow raised. The sight reminded him of his old friend Cal. He was suddenly swept by saddness. He knew Vance was Cal's kid. He didn't say anything though.
"Did anyone ever tell you how much you act like a vampire?" He said.
Vance was confused for a while. Sean sighed, sensing his confusion. "What do you want Sean." He asked in an annoyed tone.
Sean slumped down on the chair opposite of Vance's desk. "I was just bored and I thought I'd drop by."
"What, no going back to the Pentagon?" He twirled a pen between his fingers.
"Nope. Germone's got everything figured out for now."
Vance up at him for a second. "Germone." He laughed. "I hate that guy."
"C'mon, he's not that bad." Sean defended him.
Vance put his feet up on his desk and leaned back. "Shouldn't you be going now? I heard you had a meeting with a big company."
Sean sighed. He got up and turned to leave. "If you need anything just call."
"I can't go mom. No. Yes it's work and- Look I just can't." Gillian paced around her office. "Mom look..." She saw Cal walk around the corner, headed towards her office. "I got to go. I'll call you later."
Cal opened the door and knocked right when she hung up. "What was that about Luv?" He walked in and took a seat on the sofa. They've been through a lot lately.
"My mom." She also took a seat. "It's my dad's birthday the day after tomorrow and she wants me to be there." She sighed.
Cal saw her uncomfort. It wouldn't be right to not go to your dad's birthday party. Even if they hadn't seen eachother in a long time. "Listen Luv, you should go. I'll handle things here while your gone."
Gillian looked at him as if he was crazy. "I think you already know the answer to that." She flexed her arm. He brace was gone now and it felt good.
"Listen Gill, its' you dad's birthday. Once a year event." He pointed out.
Gillian opened her mouth to say something when Loker walked in. "Hey. This kid named Vance wanted me to tell you that he has a lead on where a guy named Evan might be. A teen said that he saw Evan walking by with another male."
Cal turned to him. "Where is it?"
"I cannot believe that Evan showed up in the same town as where my parent's house is." Gillian stated. She turned and almost looked like she was glaring at Cal, who put his hands up in mock surrender.
"Look it's not my fault, Luv. I didn't carry the guy over there so you will go to your dad's party." Cal smiled. He wished he did though. This time she did glare at him.
Gillian sighed. "Alec said he has an important meeting and that he can't make it."
Cal knew she was sad. He put a comforting hand on her shoulder. "It's alright."
She closed her eyes. The pitter patter of the rain outside was sharp in her ears. Alec was lying, anyone could see that. She just didn't know why he would lie. She was frustrated more than ever. If she went without him, her parents are going to get suspicious. She could just tell them that he had buisness to attend to but her mother could read her almost as good as Cal. She sighed inwardly. She looked up at Cal's warm eyes. She put her hand over his. "Your going right?"
Cal studied her for a moment. "I'll have to stay at a hotel but yeah."
Gillian nodded. She didn't want Cal to stay at a hotel. All by himself. She thought about asking him to stay at the house, but he'd refuse. "I'll call my mom and tell her I'm going."
Cal nodded. He slipped his hands from over her shoulders and stuffed them in his pockets. I'll be waiting outside Luv."
His phone rang while he was sleeping in his bed. He almost growled. He hadn't slept for two days and the phone was ringing. Stupid phone. He reached for it and without even looking at the caller ID he picked it up.
"This better be something important." He barked.
"Vance?"
He shot up in his bed. He knew that voice. "Mrs. Anderson?"
"Yes it's me. Why do you sound so tired? Are you ok?" She asked. Mrs. Anderson, also Dr. Foster's mom, was always concerened. Much like Dr. Foster. The three days he had spent in her house when he was 6 had been great. Almost perfect. Then he visited again when Dan, Gillian's brother, got married and had kids.
"I'm fine. What is it? Is everything alright? You called in the middle of the night." He replied in a much softer tone.
Mrs. Anderson laughed. "Vance, it's 3 in the afternoon."
Vance looked around. He got up and opened the curtains. He was blinded by the light that burst onto his eyes. Then he looked at the clock next to the bed. It was 3. He cursed. "Oh sorry Mrs. Anderson. I may have overslept a little."
"You should sleep more often Vance. Not waking up until 3." She scowled. "And call me Carol. I've been telling you that ever since you got back."
"Ok, Carol." He said uncomfortably. He could hear her smile on the other line. She always liked it when he called her by her first name and not her last.
"Oh and Vance, Gregory's birthday is the day after tomorrow. I was hoping if you can come." She asked.
He had forgotten about his birthday. Well he was going there to figure out where Evan was anyways. But he didn't want any danger in that house. Especially not on a birthday. Were Dr. Foster and Dr. Lightman going? Dr. Foster he had no doubt about it.
"Sure I'll go." He smiled.
"That's great!" She said cheerfully. "Don't tell Gregory though. It's supposed to be a surprise."
"Alright I wont't, Carol." He chuckled.
They hung up and Vance looked out the window again. The sun was shining now. No more rain. But the sidewalks were wet. He sighed. What if Gregory didn't remember him? I had been about 3 years now. He wondered if Carson was going. If he went then at least there would be someone he can talk to. Dr. Foster would be going...wouldn't she? And if she was going, then Dr. Lightman was going. He decided to call her and ask. He reached for his phone and punched in some numbers.
It wasn't her that picked up on the fourth ring. "Hello?"
"Hi. Isn't this Dr. Foster's phone?" he asked.
"Yea it is. She went out for a slushy and left her phone here." Dr. Lighman replied.
"Oh." I guess I could talk to him about it, he thought. "Dr. Lightman-"
"Cal."
"Cal," He corrected himself. "I was wondering if you were going with Dr. Foster to Greg's party... you know, while we're working."
There was a cough on the other end. "Yea. I'm going. Well not to the party but to work."
Vance noddded, then noticed that Lightman couldn't see him. He scowled himself mentally for being that stupid. "Well I'll see you outside the airport at about 3 tomorrow to pick you guys up."
"Your going there first?" Cal couldn't think of a reason why he would go there faster.
"Yea well I gotta do some stuff before." Vance answered in the most un-suspicious way. Then he thought, 'I'm just going there early because I have nothing else to do. Why the hell am I so nervous everyday!'
"Alright. 3 at the airport." Cal and Vance hung up after saying good bye.
Vance sat back down on his bed. His thoughts rambled to Amy. He wondered if she still went to school there. Amy was the only person that ever talked to him while he went to elementary school in that area. She was pretty, nice, and smart. Vance hadn't explained to her that he was going to the Pentagon when he left. He hadn't even known. Actually, he had thought that he would come back. Then after a couple of years later, he went to visit Carol and Greg and he bumped into her on the way back to the airport. They talked for a while but then Sean showed up and told him he had to go. He was only in middle school then. Then she was in high school he had to visit Gregory, they got into a fight, he stormed out of the house and somehow Amy found him. At first Vance was in denial and Amy tried to talk to him. But Vance yelled something he totally regretted, she stared at him shocked, and stalked off. He hadn't seen Amy or Gregory since.
He dropped onto the bed. And thought this over. He made up his mind and dialed the airport for tickets.
Cal told Ria and Loker that he and Gillian had a case and had to go somewhere for a few days, that Torres was in charge while they were gone. He had packed, met her at the airport, got something to eat before the ride and got on. Gillian looked nervous throughout the ride. She just kept her eyes outside the window, even when they closed it. But she didn't seem to notice. Cal sighed. By the time they were off, his whole body ached. He helped Gillian with her luggage and they got out of the busy and big airport. They immediately spotted Vance. He was leaning against the hood of his jet black Hummer. He spotted the two and waved to them. They got in, Gillian in the back and Cal in the passengers seat. Vance drove since he argued he wasn't tired at all. Gillian lay in the back and was quietly sleeping. Cal slumped down against the seat belt and closed his eyes. He was tired as hell. And he was sure Vance was too. He took a glance at Vance, who was lazily eying the road. It would take them a few hours to get to the small town called Donning Town. It was amazing how a town had a college.
Cal slowly fell asleep. When he woke up, Vance wasn't in his seat anymore. He looked out the other side of the window. They were parked next to the gas station. Cal looked out to see that Gillian was awake and talking to someone outside. He saw her come back in and pretended to be asleep. "Mornin Luv." He said sleepily.
Gillian looked up and smiled. She leaned in. "Hey. You were sleeping. I didn't want to disturb you." She handed him his phone back. He hadn't even noticed it was gone. He looked at her.
"Who was it?" He stared at her and tried to read her.
She reached for her purse. "Ria." she answered plainly.
"What did she want."
"Had some trouble with a case and called."
Cal smiled. She wasn't lying to her. A second later Cal saw Vance walk out of the store with an energy drink in one hand and an orange slushy and coke in the other. He set the slushy and coke down on the table next to him, cracked opened the drink, and swallowed it in one big glup. Cal was actually not surprised. The boy had been driving for a couple of hours. And it looked like he didn't sleep in the plane either. The thought of his own kid being tired as hell drove Cal crazy. He wanted to comfort him. Put an arm around him and say that everything's ok like he did with Emily. He missed his boy. Vance had dark circles under his eyes and his clothes were wrinkled. Cal looked down as Vance approached the car with the orange slushy and coke. He handed Gillian the slushy who thanked him and seeing Cal awake, he gave Cal the coke.
"I didn't really know what you liked so..." He gestured towards the bottle.
Cal smiled. "This is perfect."
That brought a smile to Vance's face. He climbed into the car and started the engine. Cal silently watched Vance's tired form and Gillian watched Cal's concerned.
"Do you want me to drive?" Cal offered.
"Nah I'm good." With that the car roared to life and they started driving again.
It was 6 in the after noon, Vance pulled into a familiar street. The trees waved and the cool breeze ran across his face as the car went on. He pulled over on the drive way of a big but cozy looking house. Gililan sighed. Cal stared. This was the first time he had ever seen Gillian's house before. It looked...nice. The flowers were perfect in front and made the house look brighter. The neighborhood was quiet but he saw some joggers and people walking their dogs. They climbed outand Gillian was the first to be there. Cal stayed back with Vance, they decided that he would drive Cal to his hotel. A few seconds later, the door opened to a woman that looked about in her 60's. She certainly looked motherly and had the most kindest eyes ever. She pulled Gillian into a hug.
"Gill! I'm glad you decided to come!" She beamed at her daughter. Then two kids about 10 and 11 came bouncing behind Carol and hugged Gillian's legs.
"Aunt Gilly!" they cried. "We missed you!" They smiled. Gillian's niece and nephew. He heard her talking about them once or twice at work. The older one was Brian, the younger one was Sarah.
Gillian laughed. "It's good to see you too. You guys been good?"
They nodded their heads like bobble heads. They looked around and found Vance and ran over to him, hugging him.
"Uncle Vance!"
Vance hugged them back. "Hey guys. Give Danny a hard time?" He nodded. He laughed. "Good job." He high fived them. They looked to Cal and waved at him. Who waved back.
Cal stood back and watch admired the view. He almost cried when he thought about his own mom. Carol stepped forward and hugged Vance.
Gillian stepped next to Cal and introduced him. "Mom this is Cal. My partner." She smiled at him.
Cal shook her hand. "Nice to meet you Mrs. Anderson." He smiled.
"So your the lie detector. Please. Call me Carol. Mrs. Anderson makes me sound old." she turned to Gillian. "Gilly where's Alec?"
She hesitated. Sensing her trouble, Vance stepped in. "He's away on a business trip. Won't be back for a couple of days." Gillian sighed in relief and flashed him a smile.
"Oh." Carol sounded disappointed. But Cal saw her face and she looked happy.
"Well. I should be going now." Cal said.
"Where to?" Carol asked.
"The hotel I'm staying in." He answered.
"Hotel? Oh pish posh! You are going to stay here." She said with disbelief in her eyes.
Cal glanced at Gillian first. She nodded. Carol saw the two and smiled inwardly. Without waiting for an answer, Gillian took Cal's hand and led him inside. The house looked bigger inside than it did outside.
"Cal, you can have the room next to Vance's." Carol said.
"You still kept mine?" Vance asked, coming in and shutting the door. The two kids were still hanging around his suit case. They liked him a lot.
"Of course we did! Now hurry up and get changed. We need to be somewhere in half and hour."
She walked away to the kitchen. Gillian caught up with her. "Mom. We're actually here for business too. So is it ok if we stay here a couple more days?"
"Sure it is honey." She smiled at her again. "Anything for my little girl.
Did you like it? Oh and Donning Town is a town i made up so it's not real...unless it really is real then i have some studying to do. REVIEWS make me HAPPPEEEEHHH :)))