The four men were now drying up after a shower they took just like the night before.
"James, Logan…I need to tell you guys something" Kendall said as he wrapped a towel around his waist.
"What is it?" James asked still drying off his body.
"I know….about L.H. Carlos does too."
Logan's eyes widened in horror as he heard that.
"Please! Please don't-"
"We won't tell anyone. We've known for a while."
"But how?" James asked.
"James, you're my best friend. I know you make faces when you lie. You made your lying face when I asked if you met someone, and when you told me L.H. killed himself, plus when you told me you had a boyfriend, I just put it all together."
"But why? I mean why aren't you going to tell your Chief?" Logan asked.
"Because it's been a long time since I saw James happy. And he's happy because of you. It would be selfish of us to turn you in just for James to be miserable again."
"Thank you, guys." Logan said.
"It's the least we could do." Kendall said.
When they were all fully dressed, James and Logan left to go home so they could get ready for work.
"Bye guys. Fuck you two later. I'll see you at work today!" James smiled.
"You too!" Kendall laughed.
When getting dressed for work, James told Logan "that wasn't so bad, wasn't it?"
"No. I just didn't expect people to put our relationship first before their job."
"Me too. But for now, let's just put that behind us and move forward." James said kissing his boyfriend.
"Sounds good to me."
About an hour later, James arrived at the station the same as Kendall and Carlos.
They did not expect what they saw right there.
"What's this red stuff on the floor?" Carlos asked.
"Guys…" Kendall said with no emotion on his face.
"What?"
"It's blood."
"From who?"
"OH MY GOD!" James screamed in shock as he saw Gustavo's body.
"What is-OH MY GOD!" Kendall and Carlos had the exact same reaction.
"Who would kill Gustavo?!" Carlos said in a panicked voice.
"There. The camera must have recorded the murder." James said as he took it off the wall.
He pressed play as they watched the murder of their Chief before their very eyes.
They heard every word of the conversation before the murder.
"Jett! That asshole killed our Chief! I'm gonna-"
"Wait! There's more!" Carlos said.
"Damn it! Jett's the one who tried to break into my house earlier!" James said kicking the file cabinet hard enough for it to open.
When it opened, a small book fell on it's spine onto the floor.
When James picked it up, he began to read some of it's pages, and soon discovered it was Gustavo's journal.
"Guys, look! Gustavo's last entry in his journal…is about me."
"What does it say?"
"I feel bad about having Jett spy on him, and am gonna have to call off that mission. I haven't been the best mentor and Chief to the guys lately. But I know who will be when I retire from the force. When I retire next year, I want Diamond to replace me as Chief." James read the exact entry on the page.
"But wait, if he wants you to be the next Chief next year, why would he tell that to Jett?" Carlos asked.
"He was lying to save himself."
"But now we need to find out where Jett went." Kendall suggested.
"Oh God." James said in shock.
"What?"
"He said he saw two cars leave my house. One car was mine on the way here, that means the other car was Logan on the way to work."
"Shit! We have to get to the diner right away! We'll worry about Gustavo's body later!" James said in a panicked voice.
"We can't just leave the body!" Kendall said.
"You're right..." James said realizing that leaving the body would not look good for any of them.
"I know who can help us. Dak." Carlos suggested.
"Yeah! We can explain the situation then he'll take care of the body, while we get Jett." James said.
"Unit 310 to 312, Zevon!" Kendall said into his radio.
"Zevon here."
"Come to the station ASAP. It's urgent."
"I'm less than two minutes away."
When Dak came, he noticed the body and screamed "WHAT THE HELL?! WHAT DID YOU GUYS DO?"
"Nothing! Watch this first!" James said replaying the security tape.
After Dak watched the tape, he asked "where do you think he's going now?"
"After my boyfriend, at that diner two blocks from here."
"You guys go, I'll take care of the body."
"Thanks, let's go guys!" James said before driving off to the diner.
Meanwhile at the diner, Logan was currently about to take someone else's order.
"Hi, I'm Logan and I'll be your server this morning. Can I get you anything to drink before you order?"
"Hi, Logan. I'll just have a coffee."
"Okay, did you need a few minutes to think about what you want?"
"Yes, please."
"Okay, I'll be right back with your coffee."
Several minutes later, Logan came back with the customer's coffee and took his order which consisted of a four-stack of pancakes with hash browns and scrambled eggs.
Just then, he got another customer whose order to take.
Logan saw the man smiling at him and figured he was being friendly.
"Hi, my name is Logan and I'll be your server today."
"Hello, Logan, I'm Officer Stetson." Jett smiled.
"Hi, you work with James Diamond right? He's my boyfriend."
"He is? Wow, he must be lucky to have such a good chef for a boyfriend." Jett said faking the compliment.
"Thanks. But I don't cook here, just at home."
"Oh, anyway, I'd like to order now. I have a big day ahead of me."
"Of course. What would you like?"
"A four-stack of pancakes, with hash browns, and sausage links."
"Okay, anything to drink?"
"Just coffee."
"Okay, I will get that as soon as possible."
"Thank you." Jett smiled. He figured he might as well eat before going through with his plan.
Logan couldn't help but wonder at how Jett broke his arm, but decided not to ask and focus on his work.
'I almost feel bad for what I'm about to do. Almost.' Jett thought.
When his food arrived about ten minutes later, he ate silently waiting for his perfect chance.
When he finished, Logan came up to him.
"Hi, so I'm gonna go on a break for a few minutes, in the meantime, my co-workers will take care of whatever you need."
"Okay. I'm finished anyway." Jett said.
"Alright I'll ring you up before you go."
"Thank you." Jett said leaving a more than generous tip.
He then waited for Logan to accept the tip, and walked outside.
He then saw Logan standing outside after exiting the bathroom and approached him from behind.
Once he grabbed him from behind with his good hand, he covered his mouth and said "This can go one of two ways. You can do what I say, and I won't hurt you. Or you can resist, and I can hurt you in a lot of ways. Understand?"
Logan nodded yes, hoping James would come quick and save him.
Jett then pushed Logan in his car and drove off, but not before leaving a note on Logan's car.
"Don't worry, Logan. I'll take good care of you. I'll even be better than James..." Jett sneered before driving off.
Logan couldn't help but worry.
Fifteen minutes after Jett left, James, Kendall and Carlos arrived to the diner.
"Excuse me, we're looking for Logan Mitchell."
"Logan? He's one of my best employees. He was supposed to be back from his break but he hasn't returned yet. Which is odd. He's never late coming back from his breaks."
James eyes widened in horror when he heard that.
" Is something wrong?" Logan's manager asked.
"Did you see another officer here earlier today?"
"Yes. Logan took his order, and when Logan went on his break, the officer paid for his food, and left a tip in a hurry, and went out the door. It was like he needed to be with Logan."
James was panicking even more now.
"Do you know which way the Officer went after stepping outside?"
"He went straight into the alley. It leads right into the employee parking lot."
"Thank you."
When they made their way to the parking lot, James found Logan's car, but not Logan.
"Shit. Where is he?"
"Guys, look on the windshield." Kendall said in observation.
James saw a note folded on the windshield and read it confirming his worst fear.
Diamond,
If you want to see your boyfriend again, come to my house and don't come in your police car. You can bring those other two friends of yours if you want, but if any of you bring any police cars, you can kiss your boyfriend goodbye. But don't worry, I didn't hurt him, and if you don't want me to, you better meet me fast. You have until 2:00pm or else...
Jett Stetson
NEXT CHAPTER: expect a bang...
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