The Investigators, Inc. The Missing Relative Case. Chapter 7. Traitor Revealed.

I called ahead to Galyna right away. ”Where is Kat?” I asked. ”She is at the clinic with Dawn, Amber and Penny,” she replied. ”Is Baldwin there yet?” I asked. ”No, but Mandar is here,” she said, “his Team 6 is guarding the clinic.” ”Let me talk to him please,” I said. She turned her phone to speaker. ”How trustworthy is your Team 6?” I asked. ”Completely,” he said, “why do you ask?” 

“I have an important job for them,” I said, “I need them to arrest the person who shot Sky, and drugged her originally.” ”That person is long gone Steve,” he said, “Kat and the others searched the whole clinic.” ”Not everywhere,” I said, then I told him who I wanted arrested. ”Are you sure Steve?” he asked, quite shocked. ”Yes, I am sure,” I said, “I just wish I was not so sure. 

Annelie, switch me over to Kat.” She did so. ”Sky is in surgery right now Steve,” she said. ”Who is doing the surgery?” I asked. ”Dr. Kerstina,” she said. ”Get in there and watch,” I told her, “and do not leave Sky’s side. Please try to help her if you can, please.” ”I will try,” she said, “but I have to wait until after the surgery.” ”Also, no one, and I mean no one, is allowed in or out of that room until I get there,” I said. 

“Okay Steve,” she said, “what is wrong?” ”Give me Dawn, I will talk to you after,” I said, “I want you in that room.” She went in to the operating room while I talked to Dawn. ”Team 6 will be coming in soon,” I said, “you will have to let them in. No one else, and I mean that, is allowed to go in or out until I get there.” ”Okay, I understand,” she said. 

“Team 6 will be arresting the person who tried to kill Sky,” I said, “you and the other girls help. If she tries to run, or fight, stop her, permanently.” ”You know who it is?” she asked, surprised. So I told her who did it. ”Are you still there?” I asked. ”Uh, yeah, just a little stunned by that one Steve,” she said, “are you sure?” 

“Why does everyone ask me that?” I asked, “Yes, I am sure. She is to be kept in room 10. Do you remember what that means?” ”Yes Steve,” she said, “she is allowed to have nothing with her at all.” ”Correct,” I said, “sorry to do this to you, I know it will not be easy. She was obviously paid a lot to do this, to betray us, and I have no idea why she would do it. 

You and Marlena from Team 6 will stay in the room with her until I get there, which should be about 25 minutes.” ”Perhaps I should go back and try to get Christopher,” said Jennifer, “I can get close to him.” ”Which would make it easy for him to kill you,” I said, “do you think he would trust you now?” ”He did this to your Sky because I went with you,” said Jennifer, “I am no good to you.” I got down on my knees by her chair and took her hand. 

“I was not able to do it before, so now I will,” I said, “even though you did make me a promise, which you seem to have forgotten. I am begging you to stay with us, join us again, help us get rid of people like Christopher, help to protect me. You will be one of my bodyguards, just like Kat is, to help keep me safe. Sky will want you to stay. 

Please Jennifer, I really am begging you, not just saying words, I will do what you want, just name it, but please stay.” ”You will do what I want?” she asked, “Or do you like saying nice words to get your own way?” ”Would you call me a liar Jennifer?” I asked. ”You are a very stubborn man Steve,” she said, “always have been, probably always will be. But you are no liar. I promise that I will never leave. How many wishes do I get?” 

“You name the number,” I said. ”One year of wishes,” she said, smiling at me. ”You have it,” I said, smiling back through tears. ”Tears for me, or for Sky?” she asked. ”For Sky…and for you,” I said. ”Five minutes to landing Steve,” said our pilot. We landed at the clinic and Jennifer and I went inside. ”She is dead Steve,” said Dawn, “when we knocked on her door she said come in, so we opened the door and she immediately shot Granite, from Team 6, but he is okay, so I shot her like you said. 

She did leave a note telling why she did this.” The note said, “Steve, I have been waiting a long time to hurt you, just like you hurt me by killing my uncle. Yes, you killed him, you did not give him enough protection. I have hated you ever since and when Christopher asked me to help and offered me $500,000 I told him I would do it gladly and planned to return to China with the money where I could do some real work. Li Jing”. 

Hard to believe really, Chung was such a good man and he had high hopes for his niece that she would carry on with us and be a great help to us for a long time. We will soon learn some other interesting things…

To Be Continued.

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