Chapter Three
Two hours later…
Convention Center Office…
David simply couldn't believe it… Walt Merrick's nephew, John "Jack" Anders Weller Jr., was dead and it was at a comic con.
'I wonder if he was even aware that his nephew was into comic books or was going to be at the convention.' David thought to himself.
David had mixed feelings about the man, as on one hand, Merrick had him observe and report Don aka see if he threatens Merrick's job but on the other hand, he was a man who seemed to want to do right for both the agency and the people they try to protect.
Don was understanding of David's feelings, though David suspected that Don actually dislikes Merrick but his friend hasn't said anything about that or otherwise.
It was just a feeling that David had.
After another half hour of phone calls, they were finally able to reach both Merrick and Jack's mother, Amanda 'Mandy' Merrick-Weller were finally notified of the situation.
Jack's father, John Anders Weller Sr., died three years ago in a car crash and the family had never recovered from it since.
Merrick had been in high level meetings all day long in Washington DC, which was why it took so long to get the news to him and he won't be able to get to LA until later that evening, so they had other issues with Mandy as well.
Mandy was visiting Jack's sister, Ada, who had been in the hospital in upstate California recovering from a lung-related illness and David worried that the situation could make things worse for Ada's recovery.
He was pulled out of his thoughts when Charlie, who had just returned from a conference in San Diego, came running into the room with Amita and Larry right behind him.
"Hey Charlie, what brings you here?" David asked, as he didn't think there was anything math related in the case just yet.
"I heard about Merrick's nephew, so I decided to help out to ensure that Merrick doesn't try to use this against you or Don." Charlie quickly answered with a knowing look to the agents.
David and Don, who had just come into the room after finishing one of his calls, were really touched and knew that Charlie was right.
Merrick will also be a problem in this case, especially since he never seemed to have been happy with Don after the first case that Charlie worked on.
"How do we work with Merrick?" David asked Don, who merely just shrugged
"I don't know, he just lost his nephew and his family has been going through some things, so we have to actually meet with him before we actually know."
"That's what I was afraid of." David muttered, as he would have to admit that they are probably going to have to go easy on Merrick as they try to work with him.
Only time will tell.