Chapter
Five:
Chapter
Five:
78 Chestnut Sheet
Emily was caught of guard to hear Marshall's voice on the other end of the phone line, but it only lasted for a moment. She singled to get the attention of everyone and mouthed the words "it's Marshall" pointing to the phone. Lia jumped up and took off to the R-Sims room. Emily already knew she was going to try and trace Marshall's location meaning it was now up to Emily to keep him talking.
"What do you want?" Emily said into the phone.
"No warm greeting of hello. Emily didn't your mother teach you any manners" Kyle said
"Sorry. Hello, Kyle." Emily replied
"Now you're just humoring me while your computer geek friend Lia, attempts to figure out where I am. But I'm not too concerned about that. Emily, you didn't answer my question." Kyle said
"And what question was that?" Emily said she was trying her best to keep Kyle talking to give Lia more time. But the fact he knew Lia's name gave Emily the creeps.
"You can try and buy as much time as you want but you won't find me. Now I asked did you miss me?" Kyle replied calmly.
Emily was not sure how to answer that question, when it came to talking with a psychopath words could become a very dangerous thing. Just as she was about to response, Marshall cut her off. "Your hesitation is answer enough. I missed you. From the moment we met, I knew. I knew that I had finally met a woman, mother would approve off. There was the matter of your career but that was just a technicality. So I talked to you and I told you things I never told anyone else and I TRUSTED YOU AND I LOVED YOU." Marshall yelled into the phone, Emily could sense that he was becoming agitated and angry. "And you go and abandon me like everyone else in my life."
"Kyle, I did not abandon you, it was a case and I eventually had to move on to a new case. Do you understand what I'm saying?" Emily rationalized
"Just keep telling yourself that, it might ease your guilt. Just remember everything that happens from this moment on is entirely your fault. I'll be seeing you soon." click when the line
"Kyle, Kyle, Kyle" Emily said into the phone, but he had already hung up. Emily and everyone else ran out to the R-Sims room to see what information Lia was able to gather. "Ok so I was able to track Marshall to a pay phone located downtown at 78 Chestnut Street." Lia said
"Ok let’s go" Emily said
"You don't actually think Marshall stuck around do you?" Frank asked
"No. But he will have left us some sort of clue. So can we please move?" Emily replied
"What we? You are not coming" Matt replied
"Your superior told you to stay put, its best if you listen to her." Max said
"I'm coming" Emily said sternly
"Emily, just stay here" Duff told her
"Look, I'm going with four trained FBI Agents not including myself. All of you are an extremely good shot, plus Frank is a sniper who can shoot up to 800 ft away. Oh and look at that I have my own piece on my hip and I'm also an extremely good shot. I will wear a vest and will be extra careful but I cannot sit ideally by and the more time we stand here arguing about this, the bigger head start Marshall gets. So can we please move?" Emily retorted
"Let's go" Matt said. He knew Emily well enough to know that there was no way in hell she was backing down from this, he also understood where she was coming from but he still couldn't shake the bad feeling he had.
It was a twenty minute drive to the pay phone, even with the sirens going. Ten minutes into the drive, Matt looked over at Emily and said "Lehman, check your gun"
"We've been partners for almost two years and you've never asked me to check my gun" Emily said, she thought Matt's request was a bit strange.
"Just do it" Matt said
"I have four in the mag and four in the chamber. I'm good" Emily replied, she gave Matt's hand a secret squeeze. She knew he was worried about her. "I promise to be careful. Plus Marshall isn't going to try anything now, he thinks I betrayed and abandon him, he'll get more pleasure in seeing me squirm than killing me"
"Not helping" Matt replied
"We're here" Frank called from the front.
Everyone got out. They began to examine the pay phone. Emily started to take prints but knew it was a waste of time after all it was a public pay phone. She put her hand inside the slot of the phone where you get your change and pulled out a piece of paper. "I got something" Emily said. She opened the paper, "It's a picture of a computer"
"What does it say there?" Brady asked pointing to the computer screen which had handwriting on it.
"It's your entire fault." Emily said "Marshall said everything that happens will be my fault."
"Ok so a picture of a computer means what?" Frank asked
"That's not any computer, it's the new RFC-1178 modern, Lia was talking..." Duff started to say but Emily cut him off "Fuck, he's going after Lia"