Sitting in Lindsey Perez's hospital room was Special Agent Peter Strahm, who had managed to get out of the water box trap. His eyes lingered on her bloody pillow with anguish. His head was spinning like a hamster on a wheel as his imagination raced through pages of thoughts. Why, why, why, and why again. A door opens and shatters his train of thought. Mark Hoffman has his hands cupped behind his back as he stands at the door.
"I'm truly Sorry about Agent Perez" Since he recently lost his sister, Mark truly does understand the agony. He moves over to the chair across from Strahm and settles down. As he watches the agent, he notices that Peter is crying silently, and it makes him feel a little hurt.
"She said you name you know, the last thing she said was 'Detective Hoffman' why'd she say that? Why'd she say your name?" With an accusing look on his face, Peter wiped away a tear. Hoping the detective missed it.
"I don't know" Mark remarks coldly.
"You don't know? Really? You must think I'm stupid" Peter bites back, coughs, and covers his back door tracheotomy wound with a tissue.
"No, of course not. You're such a high officer of the fbi, clearly you aren't stupid." Mark shoots the agent a smug look as he responds with sass.
Peter gives an eye roll. He straightens his back in the chair and shoots cold glances at Mark. Whether he is hurt or not, he will get him.
"Listen Detective, I know it's you. You're the only bastard that's left of your crooked department. You can go off and act like some hero if you want to but I know it's you." With a cold stare that never leaves the detective, Peter gestures at Mark with a finger.
Mark gets up from his seat and approaches Peter. Peter stands back, remaining seated. The detective puts his hand on the agent's chin as he bends over. The agent freezes in shock as Mark gives a hard squeeze to his face. Mark slowly lifts Peter's face to meet his, giving him a cold look in return.
"Listen, you fucking cunt, if you want to keep this pretty face of yours I'd suggest keeping your damn mouth closed. I don't know how you figured this shit out and frankly, I don't give a shit but you are gonna keep quiet."
Mark gives a snarl. Naturally, he knew that Peter knew, since he had even implied that he was an accomplice when looking into Kerry's corpse. He's spent some time getting to know the agent and is aware of how quickly information can spread. Even if it means killing him, Mark will not put up with that. Additionally, Lindsey knew too much already and that the games couldn't go on until Strahm was out of the way.
"Get your hand the fuck off of me." Peter snapped. "And I'm not scared of you, or your little threat so you can cut this tough act right now." Peter stands. "Making me disappear will only be incriminating you even more, it's not just me that knows. But I'm the one that's got you and your sick little game"
Mark smiles; it's quite amusing. He follows the agent's instructions and removes his face, but not before shoving the agent away roughly. Peter coughs from the push, flashing Mark a furrowed frown while tending to his wound. With his back to the door, Mark approaches it and puts his hand on the handle.
"You sure about that Agent? I guess time will tell, but until then back the fuck off or that little hole will be the least of your worries."
Mark then leaves the room. The moment Dan Erickson steps inside the hospital, he heads out. The detective makes his way to his car and opens it. Even though he is self-assured and even arrogant about his threat, he can't help but feel a little uneasy after hearing the agent's words. Who else is aware? He thinks in his head. How do they know, too? As soon as he leaves the parking lot, his thoughts quickly return to reality.
'I don't know how you know, but I'm going to find out Special Agent..'
(Goodness this was shorter thag I wanted it lmao. But hey this is only the beginning, of course the first chapters aren't gonna start off with the good stuff but it won't take too long to get there. If you have any suggestions please let me know and I'll consider them. Thx so much for reading and more parts will come out soon. Xoxo Chichi)