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Gillian just stared at him with her mouth opened. What she was about to say was drowned out by Emily screaming from downstairs.
Gillian and Cal looked shocked at each other for a second. Then Cal ran out of the room with Gillian following closely behind. As they were racing down the stairs, they ran into Emily, who was running up the stairs. She has tears in her eyes and something shiny in her hand.
Cal grabbed Emily and they ran up to the study. Once everyone was in, he shut and locked the door. Emily sat on the couch as Cal took out his cell phone. As he was dialing Ben's number he asked his daughter, "What happened?"
She took a second to catch her breath and said, "A man came into the kitchen through the back door. He held his hand over my mouth and said that we had to stay away because…" She paused and looked down.
Ben picked up the phone call, "Hey Ben, it's Cal. Someone tried to break into my house. I have a feeling it has something to do with the investigation. You are, why? Oh, okay, well we are in the study. Call me when you get here. Bye." After Ben hung up, Cal looked at his phone with a funny look.
Gillian asked, "What happened? What did Ben say?"
He shook his head and said, "Ben was already on his way over here. He said that I had to stay put and that he had some questions for me." He then looked at Emily and said, "Because of what, Luv? You never finished your sentence." Emily continued to look down and didn't say anything. "Don't be ashamed or embarrassed, just tell us."
He lifted her chin and she said, "He told us to stay away because Gillian was going to die." New tears started to spring into her eyes.
Gillian sat on the couch and said, "Oh, Emily, don't get so upset by that. They have said that to me so many times that I just tune it out. Let's be honest, if they were really going to kill me, they would have done it by now. They are just trying to scare you." She started to rub Emily's back.
Emily said, "Well, after he said that I bit his hand and he let go. That was when I screamed. Then he shoved this into my hand," she showed the same "G" necklace that they gave Ben earlier, "and said to protect myself. Then he left out the back door.
Gillian took the necklace and stared at it in disbelief. "Cal, this is the same necklace as before." He nodded. "We did give it to Ben, right?" Again, he nodded. "Then why does Emily have it?"
He shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't know, Luv. Someone must have taken it from the F.B.I.. Whoever these people are, they are either very brave or very stupid. Personally, my money is on the 'stupid' side." Cal's phone then began to ring. "It's Ben. I think he is here. I am going to go downstairs and let him in. Do not leave this room." He opened the door and left. Gillian just kept rubbing Emily's back. Finally Cal came back up with Ben and a fellow agent.
Ben came up to Emily and squatted in front of her and said, "Now your dad has filled us in on what happened. Can you tell us what he looked like or what he sounded like? Maybe there was a distinguishing mark on his body or maybe a smell?"
Emily closed her eyes and slowly said, "Well he had an English accent. And I thought I saw a tattoo on his arm. They were definitely some letters, maybe Greek, but again, I am not sure. I'm sorry." She looked down.
Ben patted her knee and said, "No, Emily, you should not be sorry. You did a great job." He smiled at her and she returned a half-hearted smiled at him.
Ben got up and rounded to Cal. "We will have to take a statement from her and maybe she can get with our sketch artist to come up with a composite. There are, however, more developments, if we could speak privately somewhere else." He looked nervously over to Gillian and Emily.
Cal shook his head, "No, whatever you say to me can be said in front of everyone. Go on now, what has happened?"
Ben looked nervous but went on. "Well, before the necklace was stolen, we were able to get a fingerprint from the backside of the 'G'. Cal, it came back as your fingerprint." Cal put his hand over his mouth, like he was remembering something. Ben asked, "Where were you between 2:30 and 3:30?"
Cal started to get angry, "Are you blaming me for this? I was here, having conversation with my daughter and Gillian." Both of them nodded.
Ben nodded and then asked, "Well, how did you fingerprint get on this necklace?"
Cal shrugged and said, "I must have touched it when we found it at Gillian's house."
Gillian shook her head and said, "No Cal, it was still in its box when we found it and when we gave it to Ben." Cal looked down and flared his nose. "Cal, earlier, you recognized the necklace when I showed it to you. How did your fingerprint get on the necklace?"
Cal looked at Gillian and yelled, "I got it for you, okay? I got it when we were in England. I was going to give it to you that night I was being honest with you, but you had different ideas. So I tucked it away in my suitcase and I kind of forgot about it." He gasped and said, "They came in my house and took it." Then he started to get angry, "They were in my bloody house! I am going to kill them when we find out who they are." He started to pace back and forth.
Gillian was quiet for a couple of seconds and whispered, "You got it for me. It must have cost a fortune."
Cal looked at her with steely eyes, "I wanted to show you that I was being honest with you. I wanted you to trust me." He looked away and back to Ben, who was pretending to look at his shoes. "Well, Ben, am I going to be in trouble? Am I going to the slammer?"
Ben shook his head and said, "We just needed answers. We are still trying to figure out who took it out of the lab in the first place. We are combing through call logs, sing-in sheets and video surveillance. If it is this Alpha Omega group, tracking them down might be harder than we originally thought. Just to be safe, we will have a 24 hour surveillance team watching your house. In the morning, and from now on, you will be driven to and from work in a F.B.I. vehicle." He turned to Gillian, "Also, Gillian, you have to meet with the psychologist tomorrow. You will be meeting with Dr. Anne Simmons at 2:00. Here is her card. She is expecting you."
Gillian took the card and just nodded. She thought for a moment and said, "Hey Ben, I think by tomorrow I will be ready for that safe house."
Cal stopped pacing, "Oh, don't start on that crap again. You will be staying with us, period, the end."
Gillian rolled her eyes, "Cal, they are obviously ruthless enough to hurt you and Emily. I am not going to stand for it. I am leaving, period, the end."
Emily raised her head and softly said, "Gillian, please stay. I need you to stay."
Gillian looked at the young girl and put her arm around her. She then looked at Cal, then to Ben and said, "Okay, I will stay, but only for a couple of days. I am sorry to do this to you, Ben."
He smiled and said, "Just as long as you are okay. Don't forget your appointment tomorrow." He looked at the other agent and nodded, "Emily, the sketch artist is here. Let's go ahead and go down stairs." She nodded but waited for Gillian to get up. They walked together to the living room.
Emily gave the necklace to Ben. He placed it in an evidence bag and zipped it up. He turned to Cal and said, "I hope this guy left a finger print on it too." Cal just nodded and sat down next to Emily.
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