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Stayed

Author: Angelique
last update publish date: 2020-10-12 14:12:36

While Kim stood rooted to the spot and was stunned by the fact that this song meant nothing more than that her plan had already been seen through in advance, the men of the emergency team rushed towards her from all sides, especially Tom.

"Damn it, what were you thinking?" He snapped angrily.

She looked at him irritated, first pulled the earplug of the Walkman, then the one of the radio out of her ear.

"Can you tell me what that was about?" Tom raged on. "Why are you defying my instructions?"

"Nothing happened," Kim said meekly, "But ..."

Tom interrupted her. "I don't want to hear any more, you can discuss this with Charlie later."

He turned away and took out his cell phone, and Kim knew he would call Charlie and tell him everything.

Meanwhile, the men turned the entire area around the crypt upside down. They had brought in searchlights and combed every inch of the surrounding area, but to no avail. Aside from a plethora of footprints that could take months to analyze, the blackmailer's only legacy was the small playback device that Kim was still holding in her hand.

"You'd better give that to me, I'll take it with me to the lab," said Tom, who had finished his call, and took the Walkman from her.

"You're going to get in your car now and drive back, Charlie is already waiting for you."

Kim grimaced and started back. A little later she was sitting in Harvey's car and driving back to the villa, still disturbed by the find she had made and in anxious anticipation of Charlie's lecture.

Frustrated, she parked the car in the usual place, and then went into the house, slowly climbed the stairs, took a deep breath, and went into the study.

Her first glance fell on Luke, who was sitting on the sofa. When he saw her, a relieved smile slipped over his face, he jumped up and gave her a brief hug. Then she looked at Charlie, who was leaning against the desk with his arms crossed and scowling at her.

"I'm sorry," Kim said contrite before her boss could say anything, but he immediately raised his hand and made a defensive gesture.

“We'll talk about that later. - First of all, I would like to know how the mission went. Tom only gave me a few key words in the short time it took. ”

Kim nervously told what had happened in the cemetery and reported on the Walkman she had found in the bushes , and the song that was on the tape.

"You can't fool me ... you can't fool me ..." Charlie said thoughtfully. "That means the blackmailer knew in advance that we had no intention of paying."

Kim nodded sadly. “Yes, it looks like it. So it has to be someone who knows exactly what is going on. "

" It depends, "Charlie said." I think the tactic of handing over paper instead of money is well known from film and television, maybe

That's why he expected it. ” “ Or someone knew it was me and not Luke… Mr. Summer. ”

“ Nobody but us knew about it, ”Charlie said with a shrug.

He thought for a while, then went to the door and motioned for Kim to follow him.

"Anyway, we'll find out, but now I have a word to say to you."

Luke, who had been listening until now, stood up and frowned at Charlie.

"Wait a minute, do you intend to blame her now?"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Summer, but this is a matter between Mrs. Tremaine and me."

Without waiting for an answer, Charlie pushed Kim out the door and in your room.

Embarrassed, Kim stared at her toes while her boss looked at her waiting.

"Well, I'm listening?"

"I'm sorry," Kim repeated again, "I know I should have listened to Tom, but ..."

"No buts," Charlie interrupted her vigorously. “You defied the operations manager's instructions and put yourself in unnecessary danger, do you think that is professional behavior?”

“No, it is not, and of course I know it, but I had to do something . We can't just stand by and watch this bastard play his games. ”

“ That might be an argument for you, but it's no reason to act so unreasonably and jeopardize an entire mission, ”Charlie said.

“The mission was almost over anyway.”

“ Anyway , I'll refrain from reporting it to save you further consequences. However, I feel that for some reason you are unable to keep your personal feelings under control. I asked you about it once earlier today, and you denied it, but that rash act of yours clearly proved me wrong, so I'm going to take you off this job. "

Kim looked at him, shaken. Just a few days ago she would have given anything to not have to come here, or at least to be able to leave as quickly as possible. But now everything was suddenly different, Charlie's words made her panic, she was afraid for Luke and didn't want to let him down.

"You can't do that," she said flatly. "So far everything has gone well, and I promise you, I won't go it alone any more."

"And whether I can do that, your insight comes a little too late, unfortunately. We're going over now and I'll let Mr. Summer know that someone else will be coming over tomorrow to replace you. You'll stay here tonight and tomorrow you'll pack your things. ”

Charlie's conversation was over, he went to the door and Kim followed, disturbed.

“Mr. Summer, I'm going to take Mrs. Tremaine off the case and send one of my men over to you tomorrow, ”he said straight away when they were back in the study.

Luke raised his eyebrows in disbelief, first stared at Charlie, then glanced briefly at Kim's unhappy face and shook his head vigorously.

"No," he said firmly. "She risked her life for me, and if I have to call Albert Wainsworth to sort it out, I'll do it - I wish she stayed."

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