Chapter 11
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Lewis returned to the station with more questions and no new answers. He paced his and Hathaway's office searching his brain for those missing answers. His eyes fell upon the empty chair of his partner. Tears of frustrations started to fill Lewis' eyes.
"Robbie, they're waiting for us," Chief Innocent stood in the doorway.
He turned to confront the person who dared to interrupted his thoughts. "Ma'am?" He barked. questioned, not knowing
Before he could ask Innocent who was waiting and why, she turned started to walk briskly down the hall. He quickly caught up with her, his legs having to work hard to keep up with Innocent. As they rounded a corner Lewis stopped to look at the people standing outside the police station conference room. "Ma'am?" was all he could utter.
"I called a conference. I wanted everyone up to date on James," she informed. He could hear the heavy emotion in her voice. He noticed her eyes were moist, but no tears escaped. Innocent was still in control of her emotions, just barely.
Lewis was having to fight and fight hard to keep his emotions under control. He so badly wanted to lash out at someone. He wanted to find someone to blame, but he was the only one to blame. James was his partner. The responsibility was his to keep James, his partner safe. A job he had failed.
Shaking his head free of the strong dark thoughts, Lewis realized there will be time later to place blame. Right now he had to concentrate on finding his missing partner, his friend. He needed to be out searching for clues, searching for answers, searching for James, not sitting on his arse in a room full of hungry heartless reporters. Without saying a word, Lewis quickly turned away from Innocent and left the police station.