The Unexpected Visitor - Chapter Two
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So far he had avoided Gillian which meant she hadn't found out about Alec's involvement in this case. Cal involuntarily gulped at the thought of her fury when she found out. If she found out, he had to remind himself.
"What's got you so worried Boss?" Ria Torres strolled into his office, stopping in front of the screen on his wall. The screen now showed a shaky image of a 15 year old girl. It was frozen on a picture of her with her eyebrows raised and pulled together, her lips stretched horizontally. She was petrified.
"Shut the door Torres. What I'm about to tell you doesn't leave this room, right?" Torres nodded after closing the door and taking a seat in front of his desk.
"Right, well I have taken a case for the State Department. You've heard about the Ambassador's daughter going missing right?"
"Ya. Is that her?" Torres pointed to the frozen image of the scared girl.
"Ya that's her. Now you and I are going to be working on it, we might bring in Loker if necessary, but Foster is not to hear about this. Got it?" Ria shook her head in confusion.
"From what I can see this video feed is not the best, you can't possibly get a great read off their faces. Surely we'll need all the help we can get, especially Foster's skills for voice recognition."
"No. Look, the liaison over at the State Department happens to be Alec Foster."
"As in Gillian Foster's ex-husband? Your business partner's ex-husband? Your-" They were interrupted by a knock at the office door, the intruder not waiting for a response before swinging the door open. Alec Foster hurried into the office looking rather flushed. Sensing Cal's anger he held up a hand and began to explain himself.
"I know you said to keep away, Cal, but we got something. You weren't answering your phone so I had to bring it down here."
"I'm sure you have a secretary that could help with that, Alec." Despite his harsh tone he took what Alec was offering him. It was a disc, no doubt another video of the young girl they were looking for. Quickly playing the video they all stood around the screen, watching as more images were displayed.
The quality of the image was so bad that you couldn't even make out if the person you were looking at was male or female, only the twang of a feminine California accent gave away the gender. There was nothing Cal could do when he could barely make out her face.
"It's unreadable." His voice was resigned and he sounded defeated. Torres glared at him and judging by how uncomfortable she was making him feel, she hadn't just been learning from him. That was a Foster glare if ever he saw one. Whose protégé was she now, Cal thought bitterly.
"For us it's unreadable." She spoke aloud now to both Cal and Alec, knowing both would understand what she meant.
"Gillian." It was Cal's turn to glare now. Angry at Alec for even mentioning Gillian's name, angry at Torres for bringing Gillian up, angry at himself for not being able to help this girl, and angry at the people responsible for her kidnapping.
"Fine, I'll bring this to her and ask her what she gets from it. You," he pointed his finger in Alec's face, leaning in to get his message across, "go back to your office and wait for me to contact you. Understand?" Alec nodded and Cal stepped back.
"I heard she began dating someone." Torres' head flew up, her mouth opening and eyes widening in surprise at Alec's words.
"Not that it's any of your business, Alec, but yes. She's been seeing someone for a few months now. And again I reiterate, it's none of your business." Alec nodded, looking as defeated as Cal had a few moments before. Taking this as his cue to leave, he turned on his heel and strolled out of the room, not even bothering with goodbyes.
"You gonna tell Foster what's going on?"
"You still here Torres?" Realising she wasn't going to get anything more from him she followed the same route Alec had taken only seconds before, leaving Cal alone with his thoughts.
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So far he had avoided Gillian which meant she hadn't found out about Alec's involvement in this case. Cal involuntarily gulped at the thought of her fury when she found out. If she found out, he had to remind himself.
"What's got you so worried Boss?" Ria Torres strolled into his office, stopping in front of the screen on his wall. The screen now showed a shaky image of a 15 year old girl. It was frozen on a picture of her with her eyebrows raised and pulled together, her lips stretched horizontally. She was petrified.
"Shut the door Torres. What I'm about to tell you doesn't leave this room, right?" Torres nodded after closing the door and taking a seat in front of his desk.
"Right, well I have taken a case for the State Department. You've heard about the Ambassador's daughter going missing right?"
"Ya. Is that her?" Torres pointed to the frozen image of the scared girl.
"Ya that's her. Now you and I are going to be working on it, we might bring in Loker if necessary, but Foster is not to hear about this. Got it?" Ria shook her head in confusion.
"From what I can see this video feed is not the best, you can't possibly get a great read off their faces. Surely we'll need all the help we can get, especially Foster's skills for voice recognition."
"No. Look, the liaison over at the State Department happens to be Alec Foster."
"As in Gillian Foster's ex-husband? Your business partner's ex-husband? Your-" They were interrupted by a knock at the office door, the intruder not waiting for a response before swinging the door open. Alec Foster hurried into the office looking rather flushed. Sensing Cal's anger he held up a hand and began to explain himself.
"I know you said to keep away, Cal, but we got something. You weren't answering your phone so I had to bring it down here."
"I'm sure you have a secretary that could help with that, Alec." Despite his harsh tone he took what Alec was offering him. It was a disc, no doubt another video of the young girl they were looking for. Quickly playing the video they all stood around the screen, watching as more images were displayed.
The quality of the image was so bad that you couldn't even make out if the person you were looking at was male or female, only the twang of a feminine California accent gave away the gender. There was nothing Cal could do when he could barely make out her face.
"It's unreadable." His voice was resigned and he sounded defeated. Torres glared at him and judging by how uncomfortable she was making him feel, she hadn't just been learning from him. That was a Foster glare if ever he saw one. Whose protégé was she now, Cal thought bitterly.
"For us it's unreadable." She spoke aloud now to both Cal and Alec, knowing both would understand what she meant.
"Gillian." It was Cal's turn to glare now. Angry at Alec for even mentioning Gillian's name, angry at Torres for bringing Gillian up, angry at himself for not being able to help this girl, and angry at the people responsible for her kidnapping.
"Fine, I'll bring this to her and ask her what she gets from it. You," he pointed his finger in Alec's face, leaning in to get his message across, "go back to your office and wait for me to contact you. Understand?" Alec nodded and Cal stepped back.
"I heard she began dating someone." Torres' head flew up, her mouth opening and eyes widening in surprise at Alec's words.
"Not that it's any of your business, Alec, but yes. She's been seeing someone for a few months now. And again I reiterate, it's none of your business." Alec nodded, looking as defeated as Cal had a few moments before. Taking this as his cue to leave, he turned on his heel and strolled out of the room, not even bothering with goodbyes.
"You gonna tell Foster what's going on?"
"You still here Torres?" Realising she wasn't going to get anything more from him she followed the same route Alec had taken only seconds before, leaving Cal alone with his thoughts.
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