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Chapter 16

'What is the procedure for us now that the case has turned cold?' Kensi asked Hetty a little harshly. 'Are we really supposed to turn Narah back to Social Services?' Hetty looked at Kensi for a few seconds with her eyebrows raised.

'Miss Blye, there is absolute no reason for you and mister Deeks to return Narah back to Social Services,' she slowly and calmly said. 'Unless you want to. But I have noticed how you and Mister Deeks care for the girl so I assume she has a permanent place with you.'

'She sure has,' Kensi answered.

'Then I suggest you tell the girl the same,' Hetty replied. 'Now go to the team. They seem to be waiting for your return.' Kensi looked over her shoulder and saw Callen, Deeks and Sam looking at the office. She smiled and turned back to her boss.

'Thank you, Hetty,' she said.

'No need to thank me, Miss Blye,' Hetty smiled. 'We should be thanking you and Mister Deeks for taking such good care of our witness.' Kensi nodded and she left the office.

'Hey, estranged friend,' Emily greeted Narah who was sitting behind a computer. 'What ya doing?' Narah clicked on a few links before turning to Emily.

'Not much,' she lied. 'Just some looking into something for an assignment. Why were you looking for me?' Emily raised her eyebrows.

'Who said I was looking for you?' she asked and Narah smiled. Then Emily laughed. 'Well, doesn't matter. I just wanted to ask you if you want to go to out for awhile? Miss Trausure is sick so we don't have English...so we have an hour off and Ming and I thought we could do something. Something fun like we used to...before all turned crazy?'

'Things were never normal,' Narah laughed.

'Just grab your bag and let's meet Ivan and Ming,' Emily instructed. 'They are waiting for us at the entrance.' Narah glanced at the dimmed screen of her computer for awhile, longing to continue with what she was working on. But Emily's begging eyes forced her to grab her bag. Laughing the two girls walked to the school's entrance. Their friends Ivan and Ming were happy to see Narah.

'The return of the Lost One!' Ivan joked as he put his arm around Narah's shoulder. 'Don't tell me those foster people locked you in the house.' The smile disappeared from her face.

'Can we just drop the foster parent situation?' she asked bluntly. 'Let's talk about the fun.' Ivan and Ming laughed but Narah saw Emily's worried look.

'Of course, Lost One,' Ivan said. 'Shall we go to the gym and shoot some hoops? They have practically been begging for your return.'

'Then what are we waiting for?' Narah replied smiling and the four of them walked towards the gym. Narah listened to Ivan's and Ming's storied about what they have been doing in the time Narah had been on her own and she felt strange. It felt all different. In front of the gym entrance Narah stopped in her tracks.

'Are you coming, Narah?' Ming asked confused.

'Could we do something else as well?' Narah asked and her friends shrugged.

'Sure, what do you want to do?' Emily asked.

'Play detective,' Narah answered.

'What did we miss yesterday?' Deeks asked Callen and Sam at a quiet moment during their workday, which seemed to be the entire day. Sam pointed at the papers in his out-box.

'Just some plain old paperwork,' he answered. 'And some working on the cold cases like always on a quiet day.'

'Nell got a hit on the description Narah gave us from the guy looking around your place,' Callen said, glancing at Kensi. 'LAPD got a case where a man with a similar description robbed an elderly couple downtown. They have not yet got an ID or found the man. They did promise us the first go once they caught him.'

'Was the elderly couple able to give us a better description of the man?' Kensi asked hopefully.

'I have not yet seen the sketch,' Callen answered. 'But it was similar enough for a match. LAPD is sending it to Eric and Nell and hopefully they can find him.' Deeks and Kensi nodded and they all went back to their files until Kensi's phone started to vibrate. The caller ID showed that Julia was calling and seeing the time, Kensi answered it quickly.

'Hey mom, everything okay?' She listened to Julia speaking quickly and had to concentrate to understand what her mother was saying exactly. Hearing and registering the words, she rose from her seat. 'What do you mean Narah isn't on the school grounds?' Deeks looked worried at Kensi and Kensi herself began to pace. 'Have you asked the principle or the janitor if they have seen her?' When Kensi ran a hand through her hair, Deeks' phone started to vibrate. His heart stopped for a moment when he saw it was LAPD. Slowly he answered the phone, fearing of the news he could hear.

'Deeks.'

'Ah, the famous detective Deeks.' Deeks sighed when he heard the voice of Belgerson, one of the many cops who did not like him.

'Belgerson, please not now...I...'

'Well, you might like to know we have someone in here claiming to know you...one Narah Monero.' Deeks waved his hand at Kensi to get her attention.

'Why is Narah at the precinct?'

'Maybe it's better you come yourself and talk to us in person, if that isn't too hard and below your standard. Oh and maybe it would be wish to bring a lawyer along...one that actually is one.' With those words Belgerson hung up and Deeks turned to Kensi.

Deeks was relieved to see officer Raulin behind the counter, seeing that he was one of the few cops Deeks could get along with. Raulin already rose from his seat when he saw Deeks and Kensi walking into the precinct.

'What is going on, Raulin?' Deeks asked worried. 'Why is Narah here?' Raulin looked a little uncomfortable before he answered.

'We were performing a raid downtown...at a know drugs dealer. Your girl...Narah...she was there with three of her friends. They were caught with nothing on them but they are minors who were "visiting" a drugs dealer.'

'Can we see her?' Kensi wanted to know. Raulin nodded and let them to an interrogation room. Inside the gray room Narah was sitting, looking annoyed. It reminded them of when they had her in the boatshed.

'I will see if we can take her home soon,' Deeks told Kensi. 'If you try to find out what happened...maybe get some pizza if necessary.' Kensi smiled weakly at him and he touched her hand as he walked passed her. Kensi nodded at Raulin, who opened the door. Narah looked shocked when she saw Kensi.

'Shit.'

'Thank you officer Raulin,' Kensi said and he walked out of the room. She sat down in the chair opposite of Narah, who avoided her look. Kensi tapped with her fingers on the table and the teenager nervously shifted on her seat. The door was opened, breaking the silence. A man in a suit with a file and cup of coffee in his hands walked into the room. He looked like an average detective. He glanced surprised at Kensi, who was sitting in his seat.

'Umm...good afternoon,' he said and he turned to Narah. 'Are you ready to talk now, Miss Monero?' Narah glanced carefully at Kensi, who was still watching her. The detective dropped the file on the table and grabbed a chair to sit on. He then slowly opened the file, took a sip and sighed. 'It would benefit you to talk. I think your mother would agree.'

'She is not my mother,' Narah said and the coldness in her voice surprised Kensi. The detective raised his eyebrows curiously.

'Special Agent Blye, Narah's foster mother,' Kensi introduced herself and she showed her badge. 'Are you charging her with anything or are we allowed to go home?'

'We would like to know why four teenagers were at a drugs dealer during school time,' the detective answered. 'But she did not have anything on her so we're not charging her...yet.' Narah looked relieved and ready to leave, but Kensi had other plans.

'If she does not speak, I would like to speak to the drugs dealer in question,' she told the detective. 'Maybe he can give us the information we need.'

'It was crazy, bro!' the drugs dealer named Ice Cool, real name James Roxburgh, exclaimed. 'First some chick walks inside with her friends and then...wow shit bro...hell breaks loose! Shooting, smoke, flashes! All that shit.'

'Well you decided to take a shot at one of our officers,' another detective told the drugs dealer. 'Then we tend to shoot back.' Ice Cool shrugged.

'Why was the girl in the building?' Kensi asked him. Ice Cool smiled and he leaned over the table, closer to her.

'TV-shows are true: female cops are hot!' he smirked. Kensi leaned in closer as well.

'Well, I am not a cop,' she told him. 'I am a Special Agent. So tell me why the girl was in the building, looking for you.'

'Special Agent indeed,' he said while he leaned back. 'Special Hot Agent...And because you are the spicy hot agent I will tell you what she was there. She was looking for Sleazy Alice.'

'Sleazy Alice? Who is that?'

'She is the bitch who owns me six thousand dollars for the d...umm loan I gave her. Never saw her again after that...still missing my money.'

'What is her full name?'

'Sleazy Alice...Bitchy Alice...Hooker...'

'Okay we get it,' the detective interrupted and Ice Cool smiled.

'Look, I told the girl the same thing I told you: I don't freaking know where Alice is and if I know...I would already been there and got my damn money!'

'I heard enough,' Kensi said while getting up and she headed to the door. Outside Deeks was waiting for her. He looked annoyed.

'I really should have done more effort to make some friends in here,' he sighed. 'But we can take Narah home after we are finished questioning people. Her friends are already picked up by their parents. Also no charges.' He stepped closer to her. 'Did you get anything from Narah?' Kensi shook her head. 'Anything from the drugs dealer.'

'Narah was looking for a woman called Alice,' she told him. 'Ice Cool used to know her but hasn't seen her since a long time or knows her location. She used to be one of her costumers and still owns him six thousand dollars.'

'Who is Alice?' Kensi shrugged.

'Maybe Eric and Nell can cross reference Narah's contacts and Ice Cool's costumers and hopefully find out whoever Alice is,' she suggested while they walked towards Narah's interrogation room. When they arrived Narah's eyes were filled with tears, threatening to fall.

'She is allowed to leave whenever she wants,' the detective spoke and he gathered his papers. Narah whipped her eyes and got up.

'What happened?' Kensi asked worried, placing her arm on Narah's arm.

'Can we just go home?' the teenage girl asked in a small voice.

'If you call my mother on the way home, we can go,' Kensi told. 'She was really worried when you did not show up when the school day finished...'

'Add Callen and Sam to that list as well,' Deeks added. 'You got us all worried for disappearing like that!' He put his arm protectively around her shoulder while Kensi went to receive her personal belongings.

'Can I go into my room?' Narah asked carefully after a long silence. 'I am tired.' Kensi nodded without looking up and the girl hurried to her room. They had been home quiet awhile but still Narah did not want to tell them who Alice was and why she was looking for her. Kensi hoped Deeks had more luck getting answers as he was on the phone with Eric for the results of the search on Alice. She glanced up when he walked back into the room and sat down, still holding his phone. He looked so worried it worried Kensi.

'What could Eric tell you?' she asked.

'Eric told me he found a match in the cross reference,' Deeks answered slowly. The slow pace meant it wasn't good news. Not combined with the serious look on his face. Despite how much she wanted to know, she did not press him. Deeks took a deep breath and fully faced Kensi.

'Alice's full name is Alice Monero. She is Narah's mother.'

TBC.

What kind of trouble will Alice bring along? What do you think?