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Silent Secrets
Chapter 3
Sharni quickly changed into her new clothes from the escape bag that Narelle brought to the shopping mall. She gave her old clothes to Narelle and waited while Narelle activated the fire alarm. Hearing the shrill whistle Sharni blended in with the large group of other shoppers as they made their way outside, hoping that if her brother was indeed watching her as she feared, then she may not be noticed as easily and the escape she had long craved was now in her grasp. She caught got in the rented car Narelle had arranged earlier to take her to the address Casey had given her. Anything she could do to try to stop Glen was the only thought in her mind, no matter what the price may be.
NCISLA OSP CENTRE
Callen, Sam and Kensi were already at their desks, finishing up the last half dozen files Hetty had given them when Deeks strolled in. He quietly walked up to Kensi's desk and placed a white box in front of her and walked over to his own chair and sat down without a word. Kensi curiously opened the lid and a huge grin appeared on her face.
"My hero thanks Deeks!" Kensi smiled.
"Welcome, partner!" Deeks replied with a goofy grin.
Looking in the box, Callen saw 6 fluffy donuts all Kensi's favourites of course and shook his head.
"Where's ours Deeks? We don't get one?" Callen asked.
"Sorry, Callen that box is for PPP" Deeks replied.
"What the hell is PPP Deeks?" Sam grumbled.
"Partner Protection Purposes. You see I learnt the hard way that Kensi is really antsy it she doesn't get her sugar rush first thing in the morning and believe me sitting in a car all day with an irritable Kensi Blye is not something I want to go through again or would wish on anybody!" smirked Deeks.
"Mmm, you are so dead later Deeks" Kensi mumbled between bites.
"I see what you mean, Deeks" laughed Callen.
"What, so no whistle from Eric yet?" Deeks asked.
"Nope. Nothing yet", Kensi said.
"Don't jinx us Kensi" Sam sighed.
"Sam, we've been sitting here twenty minutes and nothing's happened" retorted Kensi.
A funny ringtone sang out from Deeks' bag. He had two cell phones, one used for work purposes only and a personal one for private calls. The personal one was the one he heard as he dug through the bag, looking for it.
"Marty Deeks here!" smiled Deeks, "Hey Shelby! How are you? Okay calm down. You found what? A dead body? Where?"
All three agents looked up concerned about the phone call Deeks was having.
"When was this Shelby? This morning. What makes you think he's a navy guy? Okay what's your address? Right I'll be there soon. Yeah, don't worry, bye". Deeks shut off the call and saw the others all eagerly awaiting the news.
"Deeks? What's happened?" Kensi asked concerned.
"That was Shelby Carter. She's an ex-girlfriend of mine, we dated for a year back when I was on the dark side playing lawyer. Shelby was also a lawyer and we broke up because she decided to move back to San Francisco to look after her sick parents. We keep in contact every few months. Shelby gave up law and became a hairdresser soon after moving up to San Francisco. I told her I gave up law too and I'm now a cop so that's why she's contacted me".
"What about a dead body she mentioned Deeks?" Callen asked.
"Oh right. Shelby said when she got to work this morning, there was a whole pile of new stock arrived, shampoos and stuff. Anyway she emptied the boxes and took the empty boxes down to the alley a few stores down from hers to put them in the dumpster. That's when she saw the dead body near the bin next to a warehouse".
"Where does the navy part come into it?" asked Sam.
"Shelby said she recognised the guy because he quite regularly came in to her shop to get a trim. She said he took a few calls every now and then as he was getting a cut and he used to apologise to Kelly, her apprentice and mentioned the calls were from a navy friend of his, so Kelly asked him if he was in the navy and he said he was. Shelby wasn't certain of dead guy's last name, but thinks his first name was Rowan" answered Deeks.
"Seems like we may have a case then" said Hetty, seemingly appearing out of nowhere.
"Do we get to whistle Eric instead of him whistling us then?" laughed Kensi.
"Go for it Kens!" Callen chuckled.
Kensi did her best loud whistle and a confused and hurt Eric and Nell quickly appeared over the iron balcony. "Hey! Who stole my whistle?" Eric called.
"Eric we are off to 5685 Chester Avenue, give us a layout of buildings nearby including an alley and a warehouse and check for cameras".
"You got it!" Eric nodded heading back to his computer.