are ill you can go home you really didn’t need to call me down here for that.”
“Jack can you play him the message. I can’t stomach to hear it again for a third time. Excuse me while I go freshen up.”
“Excuse me but what’s going on here. Play me what? She summons me down here and then walks off without an explanation. You, Jack was it, explain your Detectives meaning?”
“Just listen Sir.”
Thankfully Jane found herself out of earshot when Jack pressed play again on the answerphone. She stepped into the ladies room and splashed her face with cold water. Her makeup that she had applied earlier that morning was already ruined from the cold sweat she had broken out in and from the exertion of being sick. She rinsed her mouth with cold water as best as she could and decided it was probably time to make her way back to her desk. As Jane re-entered the room she could feel five pairs of eyes on her. Every one of them studying for any signs that she was cracking up.
“Detective I am going to have your number and extension code changed. I have no idea how he got his hands on it. But I promise you he won’t have it for much longer. I am going to go call a judge and the chief warden in charge at the prison and see if I can get his phone privileges revoked. I will not have him tormenting members of my staff. If you need to go home for the rest of the day Amy has volunteered to drive you.”
“Thank you sir but I find it will be best to keep myself busy. But thank you for the offer.”
“As you wish Detective. I will have all of this sorted by the afternoon.”
The Superintendent stalked back off to his office looking suitably pissed off by the situation. Jane was actually feeling a little bit sorry for the chief warden at the prison. I wouldn’t want to be him when he gets that phone call. Jane was still feeling rather shaky. The unsettled feeling that she had had since the night before, the nightmare and now this message. Jane couldn’t help but think it was all mounting up to something much bigger in play. But that was just the paranoid part of Jane’s brain talking. The rational part of her knew it was silly. Thaddeus was locked away for the rest of his life with no chance of parole. He was never going to be able to get at her again. Jane again for the second time today had to admonish herself for overreacting to something that was silly. It was just his voice. It wasn’t rational to get so emotional.
“Jane are you sure you don’t want to go home? It’s completely understandable to be a little freaked out by that but everything will be ok.”
“No honestly Amy I’m fine I just want to keep busy. Thank you though sorry about throwing up. So in the mind of keeping busy what have we got to do today?”
“Well we have last weeks report to finish up. There are three men in the holding cells that need booking, charging or releasing depending and I believe you still have your internal reports to finish.”
“Well I’ll finish the report for last week and then I’ll make a start on my internal reports. If you and Ian deal with the three men from the holding cells but if you need anything…
Before Jane could finish what she was saying the Superintendent was running, actually running into the main station calling for her.
“Detective, Jane we are going to need to get you and Layla into protective custody now!!!”
“Sir what’s going on?”
“Thaddeus has escaped and we have no idea on his location at present.”
“Oh my God and he said he was coming for Jane.”
All eyes in the station were back on Jane again as the entire colour drained from her face.
“Jack can you play him the message. I can’t stomach to hear it again for a third time. Excuse me while I go freshen up.”
“Excuse me but what’s going on here. Play me what? She summons me down here and then walks off without an explanation. You, Jack was it, explain your Detectives meaning?”
“Just listen Sir.”
Thankfully Jane found herself out of earshot when Jack pressed play again on the answerphone. She stepped into the ladies room and splashed her face with cold water. Her makeup that she had applied earlier that morning was already ruined from the cold sweat she had broken out in and from the exertion of being sick. She rinsed her mouth with cold water as best as she could and decided it was probably time to make her way back to her desk. As Jane re-entered the room she could feel five pairs of eyes on her. Every one of them studying for any signs that she was cracking up.
“Detective I am going to have your number and extension code changed. I have no idea how he got his hands on it. But I promise you he won’t have it for much longer. I am going to go call a judge and the chief warden in charge at the prison and see if I can get his phone privileges revoked. I will not have him tormenting members of my staff. If you need to go home for the rest of the day Amy has volunteered to drive you.”
“Thank you sir but I find it will be best to keep myself busy. But thank you for the offer.”
“As you wish Detective. I will have all of this sorted by the afternoon.”
The Superintendent stalked back off to his office looking suitably pissed off by the situation. Jane was actually feeling a little bit sorry for the chief warden at the prison. I wouldn’t want to be him when he gets that phone call. Jane was still feeling rather shaky. The unsettled feeling that she had had since the night before, the nightmare and now this message. Jane couldn’t help but think it was all mounting up to something much bigger in play. But that was just the paranoid part of Jane’s brain talking. The rational part of her knew it was silly. Thaddeus was locked away for the rest of his life with no chance of parole. He was never going to be able to get at her again. Jane again for the second time today had to admonish herself for overreacting to something that was silly. It was just his voice. It wasn’t rational to get so emotional.
“Jane are you sure you don’t want to go home? It’s completely understandable to be a little freaked out by that but everything will be ok.”
“No honestly Amy I’m fine I just want to keep busy. Thank you though sorry about throwing up. So in the mind of keeping busy what have we got to do today?”
“Well we have last weeks report to finish up. There are three men in the holding cells that need booking, charging or releasing depending and I believe you still have your internal reports to finish.”
“Well I’ll finish the report for last week and then I’ll make a start on my internal reports. If you and Ian deal with the three men from the holding cells but if you need anything…
Before Jane could finish what she was saying the Superintendent was running, actually running into the main station calling for her.
“Detective, Jane we are going to need to get you and Layla into protective custody now!!!”
“Sir what’s going on?”
“Thaddeus has escaped and we have no idea on his location at present.”
“Oh my God and he said he was coming for Jane.”
All eyes in the station were back on Jane again as the entire colour drained from her face.
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