I wrote too much, so it's in two parts :)
"Yeah...I just hope you find him before I do. I don't care if he's a hundred pounds heavier or a foot taller than me. I'm gonna rip his lungs out." I said, seething.
When I looked up at them, they were both eyeing me carefully. It was probably because I just threatened to murder someone in front of two homicide detectives, but I didn't care. I meant every word of it.
After a moment, Dean just shrugged. "If it were someone I loved, I'd feel the same way."
Taylor nodded in agreement with him, then said, "We need to notify Chief, he'll tell us what our next move should be since she can't go back home."
"I can't go back home?"
Dean raised his eyebrows at me. "Of course not, didn't you hear what he wrote? He knows where you live and where you work. You can't go back to either place, it's suicide."
"Well, can I at least go back and get Midnight?"
"Who?" They both said simultaneously.
"She's my cat, well, kitten."
Taylor stared at me suspiciously. "I was at your house all night. I never saw a cat."
"That's because she stays in her room most of the time. She only comes out when she wants to cuddle or when she's hungry, and she doesn't like strangers." I said matter-of-factly.
He kept giving me that look, but said, "Alright, we'll get her and the rest of your stuff on our way to wherever we're going."
"Okay."
Dean motioned toward the door. "To Chief, then?"
Taylor nodded and all three of us left the lab. We walked down the hallways that were becoming all too familiar to me, and followed them to the big glass office of the Police Chief. Dean went inside first, then Taylor, then me.
He looked up through his glasses and stared. "Is there a problem?"
Dean answered immediately. "Yes, this morning, Rena received a letter from the suspect." He held it up in his still-gloved hand. "The letter indicates that he knows where she lives and upon reading it, where she works."
The Chief stood and looked gravely at me. "Let me see that."
Dean unfolded the letter so he could read it. Once finished, he looked back at me with that same expression. "She needs to be put into protective custody."
Both Taylor and Dean nodded obediently.
"One of you will escort her to a hotel, while the other follows behind to keep eyes out for Lakefield. One of you will also be staying with her. You'll have to decide that amongst yours-"
Taylor cut him off by saying, "I'll do it. I'll stay with her."
"Are you sure?" Dean asked.
"Damn, sure."
"Well that's settled then. Now, get on it," said Chief.
cmmnt :)
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