Rachel and Santana were both awoken by the constant ringing of their phones Sunday morning. Grumbling Rachel fumbled around flailing her arm about as she tried to locate the contraption that just wouldn't SHUT UP! When she finally located her phone it stopped ringing. Of course it would! She was going to kill whoever in the hell it was that kept calling. Even if threatening to kill someone was more Santana's forte than her own.
Huffing Rachel sat up in bed to look at the screen and jeez it was bright. What time was it? It was barely dawn outside. Santana didn't even get up this early when she had things to work on outside and that was saying something because she was always up super early when she was busy. Blinking her eyes repeatedly Rachel noticed that holy shit she had five missed calls and at least ten text messages. What in the hell was going on?
"Santana, wake up." Rachel reached over and shook Santana's shoulder. Rachel shook her shoulder again when all she received in response was a grunt. "Wake up Santana, something is going on. See how many missed calls and texts you have, because your phone was going off too."
Santana grabbed her phone off the nightstand. Why in the world did they decide to bring their phones to bed with them all of a sudden? Normally they were left just laying around somewhere in the cabin but for some reason that wasn't the case last night. She unlocked her phone, momentarily blinding herself before eyes adjusted and Santana realized that she too had a bunch of missed calls and texts.
Before Santana could even get the first text open, Rachel was already on her phone calling Quinn back. She listened to the ringing on the other end.
"Rachel, I have been trying to get a hold of you all morning."
Rachel rubbed her eyes. "I can tell, what's going on?"
"Charles Porter and Ronald Adkins were arrested last night. They're both in jail with Conner at least until tomorrow. He may be coming back to New York in the morning."
"So what does all of this mean? Is it over?"
"I don't know. We still have Jasper to wor...shoot." Quinn paused she wasn't sure if Santana had told Rachel about Jasper yet.
"I know about Jasper. You haven't told Puck have you? Me and Santana didn't think it would be a good idea."
"No, I haven't told him. But do you think we should tell him now? We assumed Jasper was working for Charles but now that Charles is in jail, what can he really do?"
"Um, I don't know. Just hold off on telling Puck and I will talk to Santana about it."
"You know he's going to be upset we didn't tell him."
"Yeah, I know. Hopefully he will understand and not you know try and kill Jasper right off the bat."
"Okay, well let me know something. I have to go before Puck and Beth wake up."
Quinn hung up the phone after saying a quick goodbye. Was everything really over for Rachel, Santana and Leroy now? It could possibly be if Charles and Ronald decided to talk, but she didn't honestly see that happening anytime soon.
Rachel hung up her phone, glancing to her right to see that Santana had fallen back asleep without even really looking at her phone. She hadn't even bothered to sit up. Santana was laying on her front with her head buried underneath her pillow with her left arm hanging off the bed, her hand clutching her phone.
"Santana seriously, get up!" Rachel gave Santana's shoulder a good shake without purposely pushing her off into the floor. Sometimes Rachel didn't know her own strength.
Santana came out from under her pillow cursing in Spanish underneath her breath. "What in the hell is going on?" She still refused to make the effort to really move, simply turning her head and laying it back down on her pillow to stare up at Rachel.
"Charles and Ronald were arrested yesterday. We need to figure out what to do about Jasper now. Quinn thinks it will be okay to go ahead and tell Puck." Rachel bit her lip as she watched Santana process everything she had just said. She was left flabbergasted when Santana jumped out of bed and ran downstairs without saying anything. She returned a moment later with her laptop.
"What are you doing?" Rachel asked curiously.
"I am looking this shit up. I want to see their mug shots and what exactly got them arrested." Santana smirked as she typed in the men's names and waited for the search results. "Oh wow..what an idiot."
"What's it say?!" Rachel asked as she scooted over behind where Santana had sat down on the bed.
Charles Porter of Porter Law Firm was arrested Saturday morning at his Santa Monica beach house for harboring a known fugitive by the name of Ronald Adkins. Ronald Adkins of New York was the doctor that allegedly help Charles's son Conner Porter escape from the custody of his security guard during a brief stay in the hospital.
The two men were discovered when a citizen was walking past and noticed movement in the dark house. Assuming it was a possible intruder they called the local authorities who arrived to find Ronald Adkins hiding in a closet. It appears he had been staying there for some time before being noticed. Charles Porter had attempted to escape out of the back exit where he was apprehended by waiting officers. Both men are being lodged in the Los Angeles County jail as of this moment. No court dates have been set yet.
"Soooo, now they know that Charles has been lying about everything." Rachel spoke, more to herself than Santana.
"With them behind bars, Jasper is our only issue now. I think...we should tell Puck. But we tell him our plan too so that he doesn't fire Jasper." Santana really wanted to handle this on her own, but she knew she couldn't always be around. Puck needed to know so that he could help keep Rachel safe when she was at work.
"Do, do you want to go tell him right now?" Rachel peered out of the loft window, it was just barely dawn outside. Quinn was already up, Davis had probably woke her up and Puck would be up soon.
"No. Right now, I want some lovin' since I am already up. Then we can have breakfast and get ready to go over there." Santana closed the laptop and laid it down in the floor before she turned abruptly and pounced on an unsuspecting Rachel. Rachel squealed and giggled as Santana settled on top of her before kissing her soundly on the lips, morning breath be damned.
Quinn was finishing up the breakfast dishes in the kitchen as Puck sat at the table working on some paper work. Bringing work home was something that he tried not to do, but sometimes it was inevitable that it did happen. Luckily it was still pretty early in the morning which meant he would have all day to spend time with Quinn and Beth after Rachel and Santana left. All he knew about them coming over was them along with Quinn needed to talk to him about something. He had already promised that he wouldn't get mad before he listened to the whole story. For some strange reason he felt like this had something to do with Jasper, but one could never tell.
"They're here." Quinn said as she turned to look over her shoulder at Puck. He didn't say anything, just nodded and began to collect his papers to put them back in his leather brief case.
Quinn went to the door to let Rachel and Santana in as Puck went to put his stuff away in his office. He came back out a moment later and made a quick stop at Beth's bedroom door to make sure that she was still watching her movie. According to Quinn this was a conversation that Beth didn't need to be a part of and they would make sure she saw both of her aunt's before they left. Maybe they could have lunch or something, end a serious talk on a good note.
"What's going on ladies?" Puck asked as he made his way back into the kitchen where Rachel and Santana were already seated at the table with Quinn.
"Well." Rachel looked back and forth between Quinn and Santana. "We need to talk to you about Jasper."
Puck looked confused for a moment before he turned his head to look at Santana. "Did you beat him up or something? I knew you were going to chase after him at the dinner. What happened?"
Santana huffed and rolled her eyes. "No, I didn't beat him up. But it's not for a lack of trying. He is the nephew of Charles Porter."
"Porter...you mean?" Puck pointed his finger at Rachel who nodded. "How did you guys find this out?"
Quinn who had been quiet motioned for the paper that she knew Santana had brought with her. "I got suspicious of him when he kept asking about Rachel and Santana and he had mentioned that he had an uncle that was a lawyer so I checked up on him." Quinn pushed the piece of paper across the table so that Puck could see it. "Also Charles and that doctor that helped Conner escape were arrested yesterday."
"We think Jasper was sent here to...keep an eye on us."
"You mean stalk." Santana interrupted Rachel.
"Keep an eye on all of us." Rachel continued while shooting a glare at Santana.
"Wait..do you think I brought him here on purpose or something?" Puck jumped up out of his chair causing it to almost flip back.
"No honey! Puck sit down we aren't saying that all. We think someone pulled some strings to get him a running spot for your internship. Despite everything that's going on, the guy really is talented." Quinn tried to explain quickly, she had never seen such a hurt look on Pucks face before.
He looked at all the women warily. But come to think of it..."When I first announced that I was looking for interns I asked for a recommendation list of top students from music oriented colleges with some sample work. At the last minute Jasper's name was added and a guy was replaced. I just assumed the guy had dropped out of the running or had failed a class or something and was booted."
"I think him getting the internship was just a horrible coincidence and Charles took advantage of that when he found out. His background check was spotless and he had some of the best sample work we have ever seen." Quinn said as she opened Jasper's file that she had brought home from the office.
"I wish you guys had told me this sooner, he would be on his way home by now. Out of this town and away from Rachel." Puck sighed as he leaned back in his chair. "I want to fire him first thing in the morning."
"No! You can't do that." Rachel spoke up loudly.
"Why not?!" Puck asked incredulously. "If he is here to help them hurt you or anyone then I want him gone."
"That's what we are worried about. What if firing him sets him off? We just wanted to act like we don't know anything and see how he acts tomorrow. You know he has heard about his uncle getting arrested by now so there is a great chance that he is going to be off his game." Rachel explained. They needed a better plan than to just sit around and wait to see what happens next.
"So you want me to pretend that we know none of this. You want me to pretend that I don't know there is a chance that he could hurt someone?" Puck asked shocked.
"Basically. Just keep an extra eye on him and add a little more security around the building, because I know Rachel won't let me send one of Duncan's guys with her to work." Santana said.
"I don't need a baby sitter Santana. But I wouldn't mind someone checking on my dad a little more. Dad knew Ronald Adkins and since he is a part of this, Jasper could be keeping an eye on him as well." Rachel needed to call and check on Leroy in a little while. She had spoken to him momentarily when Santana was in the shower this morning, but he had no idea what all was actually going on.
"So the plan is this." Puck had been momentarily writing furiously on a piece of paper. "We all go about our business tomorrow like nothing is wrong. We keep an extra eye on Jasper to see if he says or does anything. I will get a security guy or two to kind of hang around close by and we just wait?"
"Waiting is the name of the game for now." Santana said as she nodded her head. Waiting...it was going to be hard not to corner Jasper and make him confess everything he knew.
I know this was supposed to be uploaded yesterday, but I was out of town for my nephew's birthday. I don't have any plans to go away again for a while, so posting shouldn't be interrupted in the near future.
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