Author's Note: A new chapter! Just like I promised. This one is a double chapter, because I feel really bad for not updating in a while. I'm really sorry about that. I probably won't be able to update regularly like I wanted to because of finals and school junk, but I'll update whenever I can. Thank you so much for your continued reviews! I'm at twenty-five . On to the chapter! The second part of the chapter is just the same scene from the two girls' point of view.
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The Great Gallagher Heist
Chapter 6: Interrogation (Part 3)
Cameron Ann Morgan
(1st person)
Date: March 13, 2010
I don't think she gets that I know she's lying.
The girl, with very dark, glossy brown hair and deep, ocean blue eyes looked at me blankly. She looks familiar. I wonder why. Anyway, she's telling me that, no, her friends and she weren't trying to steal the Hope Diamond, and they just fell asleep in the janitor's closet. It sounds just like the book, The Orphan of Ellis Island.
"Look, Melanie," I say sarcastically, "This will all be over much quicker if you would start telling the truth. We've seen the tapes and have the prints from the museum. Now if you'd just tell me your name and your motives, I'll leave you alone." I was starting to be concerned about time. Mr. Solomon only gave us forty-five minutes to interrogate our person, and my internal clock was telling me I only about ten minutes left. But I wanted to complete this mission. I needed to. To impress my mom, Mr. Solomon, and, most importantly, Zach. To show him he's not the only "Spy" here.
Katarina Lynn Bishop
(3rd person limited omniscient)
Date: March 13, 2010
She's really good, Kat thought. She'd been telling her best lies for the last half-hour and Cameron wasn't taking any of it. Which is good for her, Kat assumed, but not for Kat. Kat tuned back into what Cameron was saying,
"If you decide not to answer to me, the CIA comes back in. And they would do anything to get answers, especially concerning the most valuable object in the world. What people do for money…" Cameron continued, almost to her self.
But what she said struck a nerve. What exactly would they do, Kat thought. Would they come after anyone affiliated with her? Would they find a way to? It was all pretty risky. Her dad and uncle could get in trouble…
"What do I do?" Kat asked herself.
The Great Gallagher Heist
Chapter 6—extended: Interrogation (Part 4)
Cameron Ann Morgan
(1st person)
Date: March 13, 2010
The look in the girl's eyes looked resolved, like the girl had made an important decision.
"I think…."the girl said in a timid voice, "that I'd prefer to tell you something, Cameron Morgan."
So maybe I scared her when I told her the slight over-exaggeration about the CIA and interrogation. Oh well, it worked! A light tap on the door from my mom signaled five minutes remaining. I wonder what she thought of my "tactics".
"And what would that be?" I asked the girl.
"My name isn't Melanie Joel Hamilton. It's Katarina Lynn Bishop. I'm sixteen years old as of today, and my friends and I attempted to steal the Hope Diamond last night, and failed." She told me. I hadn't expected her to say that much, but I should have guessed by the resolve in her eyes that she would.
Just as I was about to say something, a few rapid knocks on the door signaled me to leave the room. But that hadn't been five minutes, I thought to myself.
"I believe the CIA will be taking over from here, Katarina." I stood up, turned on my heel, and walked to the door. Before I touched the handle, though, the door swung open and my mom rushed inside.
"Mom?" I asked, slightly concerned and confused. Mr. Solomon appeared in front of me.
"Cammie, go and wait in the room for a minute, please." He ordered. I listened, but not before I heard my mom whisper to her self, staring at the girl.
"Katarina Lynn? But, that's impossible."
What in the world?
Katarina Lynn Bishop
(1st person)
Date: March 13, 2010
Let's get this over with, I thought to myself, resolved.
"I think…." I said, my voice sounding small, "that I'd prefer to tell you something, Cameron Morgan."
I really hope that I'll be forgiven for what I'm about to do. But it's for everyone's own good. Right?
"And what would that be?" Cameron asked me.
Here goes nothing.
"My name isn't Melanie Joel Hamilton. It's Katarina Lynn Bishop. I'm sixteen years old as of today, and my friends and I attempted to steal the Hope Diamond last night, and failed." That's all I'm saying. I'll promise everyone that much.
The girl looked like she was about to say something, but a few rapid knocks on the door signaled her to leave the room. That was a little sooner than last time, I think.
"I believe the CIA will be taking over from here, Katarina." She stood up, turned on her heel, and walked to the door. As she was about to exit, the door swung open, and a slightly frazzled woman, who looked a lot like the girl Cameron, came rushing into the room, staring straight at me.
"Mom?" Cameron asked, sounding worried. Mom. That would explain the similarities between the two. A tall, brooding man appeared in the door way and whispered something to the girl. She nodded her head and walked out of the room.
As I watched her go, I turned back to the women. She stared at me with a bewildered look on her face, and whispered something, as if talking to herself.
"Katarina Lynn? But, that's impossible."
Impossible? But I'm sitting right here. Her penetrating gaze didn't allow me to lose eye-contact with her, and I realized her eyes were almost the same color as mine, like the girl.
Strange.
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