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Marcy:
Okay Doug, I’m going to give you hint …
This is where you are supposed to tell me that you have actually heard something,
from either Paul or Gloria, since you got our Assets liquored up on Singapore Slings …
Which ended up as a cage match between our Primary and Secondary concerns on this operation.
I just know that you and Paul have been chatting all morning,
and Gloria is still trying to get over a good weekend bender … Right?
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Doug:
Uh, no … And that is kind of like, not funny boss.
We might want to go to the conference room for this discussion.
You start acting like this is going to fall on me ...
Well, there’s some things you need to know.
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Marcy:
DOUG, No Joke … Just tell me you have made contact with the Assets since Saturday.
I attempted contact with Gloria several times, even did a few drive-bys, and I got nothing.
If you don’t have anything … We have two missing contacts, and a reason to be worried.
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Doug:
Remember on Saturday morning when I said I was handling things, and mentioned the way you looked …
Well, that was a lie and not really what was bothering me.
I had the debriefing with Director Trommel, and called him out on my assignment here.
Long story short … You’re the Donkey in ‘Pin the Tail on the Donkey’ in this story,
should things go sideways with this operation … That doesn’t sit well with me to start with.
I just stayed on mission … Kept your confidence up.
I made sure Gloria contacted you if she started questioning things.
But it was all mission … And I fumbled, thinking about crud I shouldn’t have been.
We need to locate Paul and Gloria, and before Headquarters gets wind of this.
I mean I am not ready to stick you out there on a limb by yourself, but the brass will.
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Marcy:
Well for goodness sakes Doug, I’m glad you said something now …
But you should have given me a heads-up before now.
You did a great job working Gloria and me into a complacent satisfaction ... Maybe too good.
I thought things were all gravy, and might have double checked
if I had been aware of the entire situation.
We better think of something quick.
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Lawrence:
Chief Hansen … Excuse me but I overheard a bit of what you were saying in the bullpen.
I have an idea on maybe a way to find your two missing persons.
Let’s at least ping their cell phones and see if we can get a location.
There’s a chance this can all be nothing, and it’s worth a shot.
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Marcy:
That’s really not a bad idea Agent Martin.
Beats the idea of driving around in circles waiting for one of them to show up.
The problem is, it’s not entirely legal without a warrant,
and we don’t have a warrant.
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Lawrence:
Well you know I am a trained Agent, and I kind of know that …
But here’s the good part … My brother-in –law works for Wildlife and Fisheries.
You may be wondering how that makes a difference.
Federal and State Game Wardens are some of the lucky law enforcement officers
that don’t need a warrant to conduct a search.
In fact, I got the numbers off the posted contact list, and he’s pinging them now.
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Heather:
It was kind of quick, but Lawrence’s brother-in-law pinged the phones
and got a consistent steady signal from a nearby location.
I was going to say that your Assets were most likely on a boat,
but Monty was close enough to the location that I told him to swing by and put eyes on it.
I don’t know what else to say, but the cell phone signals are about
15 yards in the water off the dead-end road out by the docks.
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Doug:
Please tell me you are certified to dive.
There are sharks out there.
We can flip a quarter … Heads you get wet, tails I stay dry.
Come-on, be a sport Agent Kindle.
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Marcy:
I have to say that I am not seeing how this is not going to be a complete disaster.
Can either of you also explain to me how the phones are still sending a signal anyway.
It doesn’t make sense if they are underwater.
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Heather:
There’s no telling Chief.
Maybe they have some of those fancy waterproof phone covers.
They could have been jet-skiing and lost their phones.
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Lawrence:
Heather is correct boss.
I use one of those phone cases myself.
There’s absolutely no reason to think the phones are sealed in duct tape and strapped to a bomb
that will turn Agent Ramsey into shark bait.
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Doug:
I have good news, and not so good news.
The good news … I found the phones, and I didn’t find the Stanbury’s
The not so good news … I found the phones, but I didn’t find the Stansbury’s.
It’s only bad because the phones were in a watertight bag with a brick and a note.
The note said, ‘Fat Chance Loser … Keep Looking!’
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Marcy:
That’s no good news Doug, and just verification our Assets have been compromised.
This is terrible in every way.
It’s my first big assignment, and I lost my contacts.
Who knows what they went through?
I have a primary suspect, but nothing concrete to pursue.
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Doug:
Slow down Chief Hansen, and we might have already played our hand too far here.
I have been at this a while longer than any of you.
The phones in the bag with a note, aren’t necessarily totally bad for the Stansbury’s …
At least not yet.
They are incentive to flush out people like us.
Let’s say someone took them … And suspects something more is at play.
This is how they get us out in the open with the ongoing Operation.
This is what they would want us to do.
If we go kicking in doors, rounding up suspects and whatnot … They have us dead to rights.
Chances are the Stansbury’s wouldn’t be somewhere easy to find ...
And any suspect wouldn’t say anything that would help us.
It’s a smart move …
We better hope whoever put the phones there, isn’t still watching.
To Be Continued …
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Thanks for stopping by and checking the story out.
Happy Simming!
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