A/n: Since I can't sleep with all the afternoon napping, I decided to get this posted tonight...
It's a new point of view for you all and should provide some more insight as to what's going on...
PRM ch 25
JakePOV
I had spent the past few days scoping out the suspect. I had followed my target home, to her friend's house and to the various clubs and restaurants that she visited.
I pulled up to the club and parked as I watched her walk in with a man and a woman. She was dressed like she was ready to party. I waited a few minutes until they were inside and watched as my informant walked in, as well.
Once I got inside the club, I made myself at home at the bar, careful to keep an eye on the suspect and her clan. It didn't take long for my informant to settle into the table beside her. They were leaned into one another having a conversation as her eyes flicked up and caught mine. She let out a small smirk and winked.
Trap set.
A few minutes later she sauntered up beside me at the bar. "Can I buy you a drink?" She asked and wrapped her hand around my bicep.
"Sure." I replied and kept my face stoic. She had no idea that I planned to take her down.
"How about we go somewhere that we can...talk." She said with a whisper in my ear as she handed my beer.
I nodded and pointed to an empty booth in the dark corner. I followed her around the club and settled into the seat beside her.
"So, you know what I'm looking for?" She asked me as she wearily eyed me.
"I think so. When are you looking to take the target out?" I asked somberly.
"Soon. Time is of the essence. I need to get things in place before my plans go awry." Tanya said flippantly.
"What are you thinking? Give me specifics so I know what I got to work with." I asked before I took a sip of my beer.
"Shot, side of the head, so that it appears to be a suicide." She said and pulled her phone from her purse , looked at the screen, typed out a text and looked back up at me.
"How do I know that I can trust you? My friends don't recognize you from around here." Her voice was cautious as she continued to study my face.
"I don't hang in these parts, generally. My job requires me to be where I need to be when I need to be there." I answered boldy.
"Do you have experience? How do I know that you won't try to set me up or turn me in?" Her voice held a hint of leeriness.
"I come highly trained, I have plenty of experience and I have tons of references, if you are interested." I said as my eyes scoped out the room. I noted that my informant gave me the signal that he was leaving for the night.
I gave a slight head nod and took another drink of beer before I returned my eyes to Tanya.
"When can we meet to discuss the set up?" She asked and started to fidget with the contents of her purse. Finally she withdrew a tube of lipstick and slathered it on her already overdone lips.
"Here's my card and number, call me when you are ready. I'll be waiting." I said as I slipped a card across the table in front of her.
I picked up my beer, finished it off and walked away from the table and out the front door of the club.
I got back to my car and waited to continue my surveillance.
A few hours later, Tanya left the club on the arm of some guy. I noticed that her two friends tagged along behind them, seemingly trying to stay out of their line of sight.
She was active in another set up.
This woman was diabolical and had no couth, whatsoever. I've been in this line of work for almost ten years and don't think I'd ever met anyone like her.
As I started my car to follow them my phone rang. "Speak to me."
"Did you get it set up?" Seth's voice came across the receiver.
"Yeah, good job. I'll drop by tomorrow with some cash." I replied.
"Sounds good." Then the line went dead.
Seth and I had worked together for too many years for there to be a problem now. He enjoyed the hunt and I enjoyed the kill at the end of a sting.
I parked a block away from where the Tanya and her latest prey had stopped. I watched as they entered an apartment building. It occurred to me to get as much info to hand Tanya with so I pulled out my laptop and started to research the license plate off the man's car. I would need to follow up with him tomorrow, because I'm certain there would be a blackmail scheme put in place by her so it would benefit me to possibly set up as sting for her blackmail scheme on him, as well.
The more evidence I could collect, the better the chances we had of taking this bitch down. From what Bella described, the photos she'd shown me and having seen Edward for myself in his hospital room, this woman needed some serious help and long-term jail time.
Two days later, I got the call from Ms. Denali. She requested that I meet her at a warehouse down on the docks.
I pulled up at the agreed upon time, I noticed her red BMW and another car parked out front of the address that she provided. I got out and went to the door, which opened as I approached. The male friend of Tanya's that I'd seen her with at the club approached me, patted me down and lead me into an office in the side of the building.
"You made it." Tanya said as she stood and walked around the desk where she had sat. "Have a seat, please, I'd like to get this all taken care of quickly." Her eyes were dilated, and the room reeked of sex. I had a pretty good idea what the hell went on in this room, and from the looks of things, not too long ago.
"Fine by me." I replied and crossed my hands over my chest as I sat in the chair.
"What's your price?" She said.
"Depends on what you need, when you need it and the risks involved." I answered. Her wide eyes sized me up, as she desperately tried to get a read on me.
I knew her game and she'd get nothing from me. I had the best poker face around, I learned plenty when I trained with the FBI a few years back.
When she got no clear signal from me, she continued on, although a little bit more hesitantly, "I want this man," she produced a picture of Carlisle Cullen and pointed to it as she laid it on the desk, "taken out. He'll need to be kidnapped, brought here and murdered to make it look like a suicide." She said matter of fact.
"Why here? What would be his reason for being in this particular building?" I asked, I let my eyes slowly scan the room for anything distinguishable and at the same time I tried to memorize the layout as I took it all in.
"That's none of your business." She snapped and fisted her hands.
I threw my hands up defensively and looked at her with eyes of steel. "Look, I have to know what to expect and what the plans are, if I agree to take this job. I don't do anything half-assed, so if you want my services, fork over some details." I said, my voice stern, my eyes dead locked on hers.
She got up and paced a bit before she sat down on the corner of the desk, snapped her fingers for the man to leave the room.
"This man," she pointed to the picture again, "he's standing in the way of my getting a great deal of money that's due to me. I need him taken from the hospital where he works, brought here where I will have a scene staged, then he is to be killed as I've instructed." Tanya's voice held disdain and anger.
"What exactly are you going to 'stage' once I get him here?" I inquired with a hitched eyebrow.
"I'll have a set up where it will appear he's hired a hooker, and then committed suicide." She hastily replied.
"When?" I asked as I leaned forward and put my knees on my elbows.
"Well, there's a few small details that I need to have worked out first but as soon as possible." She said as she walked back around the desk and sat down.
"How much do you want?" She asked and eyed me with an arched brow.
"The risk factor with the kidnapping increases the price." I said and sat back up.
"I can go as high as one million, but that's it." Tanya said as she crossed her arms over her chest and sat back in the chair.
"One point five or no deal." I countered. She hesitated and I continued, "You want me to take him from a public place, that alone makes me ask for more, so you make your choice."
She tsk'd her tongue and smacked her lips before she leaned forward, "Done. I'll contact you in a day or two to arrange the details." She stood up and walked to stand beside me as I stood up as well.
Apparently our meeting was done.
I knew that I'd be back to this building later in the evening to scope it out. Something else was definitely going on here.
"I'll wait to hear from you then." I said just before I shook her hand and walked out of the building.
I surveyed the area around the building as I walked back to my car. Once I got into the car and started to drive away I called Bella to check in.
"Hey Bells, how's he doing?" I asked as I heard her sniffle when she answered the phone.
"He's awake. Finally, Jake, he's awake." She said through a mix of laughter and tears.
"That's great, B...now, I need to talk to him, soon. He up for that?" I knew the more information that I got first hand was the best to get the balls in motion in order to tightly wrap this whole thing up.
"Maybe tomorrow, he's still pretty groggy right now." She replied cautiously.
"Okay, I'll give you a call tomorrow morning then. You be safe, and make sure that the security detail stays on the Cullen's, I just left Tanya." I sighed, she needed to be kept up to speed but now was not the time for details.
"We need to catch up and compare notes, I've found out a few things, too. How about we meet for breakfast here in the cafeteria say around seven-thirty in the morning?" Her voice sounded tired and weary.
"Sounds good. See ya then." I said before I hung up after her goodbye.
I got back to my office and started to add notes to the computer database where I kept my files. I would need clear documentation of all conversations with Ms. Tanya Denali before I nailed her ass to the wall.
I took the bug recorder off the button on my shirt. I needed to get this to Leah ASAP to get it saved to a CD. That way I could keep all of conversations with her recorded in one spot.
There was no way that I would let her slip through the cracks. This bitch was going down.
And, I loved being the one to do it.
A/n: So...a few more pieces of the puzzle dropped into place...stayed tuned...I'm already half way through the next chapter.