I can tell I am going to need that smilie falling off the edge of its seat for this story.
thanks,
Terie

Ditto. Great post Rosa, I can't wait to see where you take this!!!

Jen

Yes, Sue has very good intuition about people!! I'm glad Jack listened to her!!!

I'm trying to decide if it's a good idea for Sue not to tell at least Jack about the little girl!! I'm leaning toward her telling him!! There's a real mystery there!!!

Joy

Thank you

Later that night Sue sat in bed again reading, this time she prepared to read a letter which was in with the all the information from the war office regarding the death of Will. This letter was addressed to a Mrs Alexandra Kearton and dated about two months after the death of Will. Sue had made notes from the information she had taken today and planned to return it tomorrow to the house in Cleveland Park.

The paper was in good condition considering it’s age and it read

Sunday July 15th 1918

Dear Mrs Kearton,

I hope that you do not mind me writing you these few lines but I haven’t seen you in town lately. I would like to know if that’s alright, about Will. I haven’t had any letters from him for some time and one of my brothers sent me a letter to say that he had died in hospital, so I thought I would write and ask you if this was so.

Dear Mrs Kearton I thought a lot of Will, I loved him. We promised ourselves to each other. He was such a good boy and everyone loved him dearly, I missed him so much since he went away.

Well Mrs Kearton you have my deepest sympathy and from my family too. I would very much be obliged if you could clarify for me what happened to Will.

Kind regards from myself Rosie and my family sent their condolences too.

Rosie (Miss Harvey)

Sue folded the letter up and wondered how she would have felt in she had been in Miss Harveys’ shoes, if she had lost the man she loved in battle. An image of Jack came into her mind and she knew that without a doubt the pain would be unbearable and possibly everlasting.

Sue fingered the telegram which told his mother and father that William had died on the 16th May 1918. Then she looked back over all the information again, there was even a book which told you where he was buried in France and she wondered if anyone had ever paid their respects, personally to Will in France. It was sad if they hadn’t she mused, one life, so young he was nineteen years old barely a man but not a boy.

very touching post, i'm really hoping that sue will do more than think about jack and will tell him how she feels

cath

Rosa, you've got me so curious. I love the way it's slowly coming about - and of course I love the J/S interaction!

Still just as intriguing as ever. I keep formulating theories and then dashing them for differento ones.

kav

Thank you for taking the time to reply, as it is Saturday I might be able to manage two posts.

The team were gathered back in the bullpen the following morning in the middle of their meeting, Jack had just given them the run down on the meeting with Mark now it was Bobby’s turn to speak.

“Caroline only said one thing of interest and she mentioned that there is supposedly meant to be a family heirloom or jewels or treasure, that remains undiscovered. She said her brother is more than a little obsessed with finding out what this heirloom is”

“That’s interesting” said Tara “Because D and I had a similar vein of conversation with the younger brother Paul. Who like you told us of some treasure believed to be hidden in the family house and worth millions. He also went on to say that he thought Mark was slightly put out that when their grandmother died he did not inherit. Paul also said that he personally assumed that each grandchild would inherit an equal share in the property along with his Aunt Daisy who we all know died in the explosion. But the will left by the Grandmother stated that all her estate went to her grandson Robin Bakeman”

“Well if Bakeman caused the explosion it wasn’t to get at the treasure was it, if he already owns it?” said Lucy

“So why then has he disappeared if he’s innocent?” pondered Myles

“Because we’re still missing an important piece of the puzzle” suggested Jack

“Which is Sparky?” asked Bobby

“I don’t know yet” he replied running a hand round the nape of his neck and trying to unsuccessfully work out the kinks.

“What about the other sister…um Lisa?” asked Sue

“She’s abroad, on an archaeology dig somewhere in Egypt and has been there for the past three months and is not coming back for the memorial service” supplied Tara with some sign

“Has a date been set for that?” asked Jack

“No” said Lucy “It hadn’t yesterday but I am waiting for the family to inform me, the family being Robin Bakeman’s in laws, who said they would do what they needed to do”

“Did we find out if Robin had been previously married or had other children?” asked Jack

“No and yes” said Tara

“No he hadn’t any other children or no you didn’t find out and yes he has or yes you did look into it?” asked Myles

“Yes I looked into it and no his only children were with his wife Darlene”

“So where is this property that he inherited?” asked D

“Cleveland Park, Sue’s been there, I’ve been there, it’s in a bad state of decay” said Jack to the team then to Sue “Do you still want to go back there?”

“Yes, I have a hunch”

“Sue’s hunches are normally good” said Tara

“Okay well Sue and I will go there this morning, and despite the interview yesterday I want to know everything there is to know about Mark, Lisa, Caroline and Paul Kearton, plus you need to get to the software company and start interviewing them too. Sue and I will help after we’ve been up to the house”

They all nodded and as they got to work Jack went to talk to Sue she could feel the intensity of his stare and her heart jumped into her throat.

“You ready?” he asked

“Ready?” she replied disorientated by his stare

“To go, Cleveland Park. If you think you’re going there again on your own.....”

“What do you mean again…I”

“I know you went there yesterday too, didn’t you? Don’t deny it I can see it on your face and you thought that just taking Levi would be enough”

Sue blushed a vivid shade of red and he knew he had hit the nail on the head.

“This time I’m coming with you” he told her with an expression which left her in no doubt that he was serious and wouldn’t leave her side for a minute.

he knows her so well

cath

WOW I just go caught up.....This is great.....who's the girl and why do I have a feeling that she has something to do with the case.....

Please post more soon, I'm paticently waiting....well not really paticently....

~laura michelle~

Is it Robin in the house?? But, if it is, who's the little girl???

Sue certainly can't get anything over on Jack, can she?? He'll be watching her every move from now on!!! I love it!!!

Joy

I love mysterys!!!! Come on Rosa, post again, I am so hooked on this story!!

Sam

I can't even begin to formulate an idea. This is all so mind boggling!!!!!! It's the makings of a fantastic mystery Rosa!!!

Jen

Okay a second post as promised Thanks for your replies, I know this is a bit different from what I usually do.

Jack pulled up at the house it reminded him of something out of the Adams family, he sighed saddened that what was once a splendid building of it’s day was now beginning to ruin. It stood out in the street of immaculate houses for that very reason and Jack thought that perhaps before they left they would try some door to door enquires here too. With the window partially open they left Levi inside the car as they didn’t intend to be long.

Even the steps creaked thought Jack as he instinctively placed his hand on the small of Sue’s back and they let themselves into the house. It was still, no breeze fluttered the curtains, the house lay abandoned and Jack wondered what lay beneath the dust sheets, whether the furniture was all antique, he guessed it might be, but then anyone could walk off with it, the house wasn’t secured, locked and bolted.

Jack heard voices coming from another room and took Sue by surprised dragging her with him into a cupboard under the stairs and clamping his hand over her mouth should she think to speak to him. When they were safely enclosed in the small space his foot uncomfortably in a bucket, he opened the door ajar and had a good view of the rustic kitchen, he could still hear two voices, a deep voice and one which sounded as though it belonged to a child and, he let go of Sue and instead of pressing herself back into the recess of the cupboard she peered through the gap in the door too.

She saw the little girl from yesterday, still in jeans but with a sweater on instead of the blouse walking to and fro, she looked like she was chatting but she couldn't tell what was being said and from the look on Jack’s face he couldn’t hear either. One thing was certain and that was that there wasn’t much room, not for two adults in the closet, Jack shifted a little to try and quietly free his foot, but lost his balance instead and grabbed onto Sue to keep upright. How he managed not to make noise was a miracle in itself but now he and Sue had their arms wrapped around each other, he could feel her breath on his cheek and it was doing crazy things to his heart. He edged his head back and looked at her in the dimness, not that they could see at lot. Keeping in the embrace they looked through the slit in the door, the child was still in the kitchen, both he and Sue got a fleeting look of a man who was anything from 35 to 45 which brownish hair, standing approximately six foot tall and beside him was the little blond girl with the braids. The man and the child kept looking down the hall and both Jack and Sue knew that they couldn’t move a muscle, not that either of them wanted to. The seconds, minutes ticked by and they both took immense pleasure from the simple, innocent encounter which had their hearts screaming for more. Sue’s hand wandered up Jack’s shirt and rested over his thumping heart and still, they didn’t move or speak. The latter being pointless as it was too dark for Sue to read him. It was a great opportunity to kiss her though, and even as the thought went through his head he pushed it away, but she’s so close his heart replied. What can one little kiss in a dark closet hurt, there’s nobody but you. No one will find out like last time.

Sue’s hand warm from resting on Jack’s chest went to move it away but his hand closed over it and she felt the warmth spread through her hand and down her arm to her body, she could feel his cheek pressed against hers as they waited for the people to exit the kitchen. A hand pulled her closer to him and she knew that if he kissed her she wouldn’t be able to resist.

Jack moved a fraction of an inch, his mouth skimming over the corners of Sue’s lips and she gasped before settling against him, her other hand snaking around his neck as he licked, nipped and teased at her mouth, before brushing his lips across hers featherlike. Almost non existent but they were there, causing a heat to well up from the pit of her stomach and she moved her lips in time with his, he deepened the kiss and she was lost, he was lost. Time had no meaning it was only when he felt a moan well up from deep inside that he reluctantly parted from her, holding her close their breathing returning to normal and they both knew that things would not be the same between them now they had kissed, a kiss that was certainly not undercover as their previous one had been.

Turning Jack looked through the slit in the door, the people had vanished, hope of following them disappearing with it, for now at least. He opened the door and took Sue by the hand as they stepped out into the hall. He signed and said they should go but she refused and led him still holding hands up and up until they reached the confines of the attic. Sue knelt by the trunk and pulled the paraphernalia out laying it on the open lid, he sat down beside her looking quizzically, shining the torch on himself and asked “What’s all this Sue?”

you know whatever else happens in this story jack and sue have kissed and can't go back to how they were........ maybe jack should buy the house and do it up, i'm sure it would make a great family home

wonderful writing

cath

Wow! So, no backpeddling in this story. What is done is done! Yea! I do wonder, however, who the man and little girl are. This is a wonderful story and I am so hooked!

Kim

Rosa, I was holding my breath, afraid that Jack was going to let this moment slip by!! But thankfully he didn't!! I agree, there is no way they can go back now - this was not an undercover kiss!!!

Joy

Thank you


“Will’s box” she replied

“This is why you wanted to come back, for the box?”

“Yes and no” she told him before laying the borrowed items back and digging further into the trunk for more evidence of the young man’s life. “I…don’t ask me why Jack I don’t know but I want…I need to find out everything there is to know about the owner of this trunk, he died in the first world war and left his sweetheart behind and I have this urge to find out more. I don’t know why I just do” she told him

Jack didn’t reply she wasn’t looking at him for one thing and Sue showed him the pictures, they used their flashlights to read the letters which Sue had borrowed already and all the items which told of Will’s involvement in the first world war and where he had been buried, everything that she had already looked at, even the letters.

When that was done, Sue lifted the layers and they found more memories of William’s childhood. He had for four years received an attendance medal from his school, the medals were still attached to their ribbons and encased in burgundy, personalised boxes. There was a teddy bear all tattered and torn, one ear hanging off and he looked very forlorn, and photographs on the bottom of the trunk, a large stash of them, ranging from a pretty little girl with ringlets to an old crabbed woman in a chair. Family pictures, pictures of people on their own. Some had been identified by things like Aunt Victoria age 3, or Will and Ed, my brothers. Right at the bottom of the trunk was a black velvet box, although the velvet had worn smooth. Jack lifted it out fingering it gently, he glanced up at Sue and she nodded to him to open it. Inside was a ring and a tiny folded up piece of paper. The ring was perhaps 18 carat gold and held one solitary diamond. Sue took the paper from Jack and carefully opened it out, she read it and biting her lip passed it to Jack, who sighed heavily.

“Don’t you think she should have it Jack” Sue whispered

“She’s probably dead now Sue, this was a long time ago”

“But still….it belongs to her doesn’t it? It doesn’t belong to the house, the ring belongs to Rosie, the note says so”

Indeed it did thought Jack, the note said it all, so why then was the ring still here?

Sue and Jack left the house shortly after that and forgot to do what they had intended to do when they left the bullpen, the little girl and then the incident in the closet, followed by the rummage through the trunk had made them forget they were looking for the treasure. They let Levi out and Sue apologised to him for leaving him so long, it was good it was a cold day. He walked alongside them eager to be out in the fresh air as they made their way up the pathway of the immaculate house next door, rang the bell and waited for a response.

beautiful post

love the way you're weavig this story

cath

Wonderful story Rosa!!

Please keep going and the kiss

Sam

This is soooo exciting, I can't wait to find out what happens next and the kiss...
kav

the kiss was amazing i held my breath the whole time

you know maybe sue wants to know so much about the past, becuae in some way she might be related to it, maybe?????????????

I feel that someone or something is moving Sue along this path to delve into Will and Rosie's past, and maybe find Rosie and give her the ring!!!

Joy

Thanks for all your comments, they have been very encouraging

“FBI” said Jack displaying his badge “Can we ask you a few questions?”

A well dressed woman in her forties stood there and smiled at the handsome man before her, fluttering her well made up eyelashes, which Jack was oblivious to but Sue noted, she led them into to her sitting room asking if they would like refreshments. Dry from the dusty attic they nodded the affirmative, both looking round the room until the woman returned with a tray which included cookies too, Levi’s nose began to twitch and Sue had to command him to stay where he was the last thing they needed was for Levi to help himself.

“Mrs Jarvis, how long has the house next door been empty?”

“Oh” she said “Come about that place have you, it should be pulled down as long as they build something which will fit in with the houses in the rest of the street”

“Have you noticed anything strange recently?” asked Sue

“And you still haven’t answered my question” stated Jack

“It has been empty a while I think when the old lady died, that would be Lily Kearton, the house was rented out for a time but no one wants to stay there and I can’t say I blame them” she said answering Jack’s question then adding “In the last few days there have been lights at the window, or I thought I saw lights but when I looked back they had gone”

“Why are you not surprised that nobody lives there?” asked Jack

“Well because it’s haunted, didn’t you know that? Supposedly by a young man who was a tragic victim in the first world war”

“Will” said Sue almost to herself

“What did you say dear?” Mrs Jarvis asked Sue

“Nothing, sorry” she told her

“What exactly is this ghost supposed to do?” asked a sceptical Jack

“Haunts I told you”

“Specifically”

“Well you know the usual bangs, crashes, sightings of him, the family over the road, they stayed the night there last Halloween , maybe you should ask them”

“Than you maybe we will” said Jack with a shake of his head


^^^^^^

Before they knew it Jack and Sue were drinking coffee on the other side of the road, with the family who were into ghost hunting. The lounge was bright and airy which was an improvement on the hallway where a gold inlaid coffin was propped up against the wall. Jack enquired of it’s purpose in sitting there and the husband replied that he had just bought it on eBay, one never knew when it might come in handy. Jack and Sue had shared a look and he could tell that she wanted to get out of there as soon as it was convenient and he agreed with her.

“I understand” said Jack with a smile “That you and your family spent a night across the road, last Halloween”

“Oh yes” said the small balding man “We did a vigil, it’s was wonderful, we try to do one every Halloween”

“And this year?” asked Sue

“This year we are going to one the other side of the city in an abandoned church”

“Yes, well….” muttered Jack “Can you tell me have you noticed anything strange about the house or anything that you feel might help us with our enquires?”

“Well it’s haunted that’s for sure, last year spending the night there, gave me such a rush of adrenline. We were all determined that whatever happened we would stay there the night”

“Did you see anything?”

“The door shut on it’s own”

“That could have been a draught” said Jack

“It could have been but we think differently, we saw things move, like a clock it moved six inches or so we saw it , we only regret that we didn’t film the thing”

“Hmmm” grunted Jack ”What about now? Are there ever lights on?”

“I think the electricity has been cut off. The water for some reason is running as we got water to make coffee on our camp stove, but we assume that whoever owns it, pays for that to be kept on. But yes even though the electricity is out sometimes the lights are on and last night I swore I could hear the soft strains of the piano being played”

“Thank you, you’ve been very helpful” said Sue.

^^^^^

Jack and Sue stood in the entrance hall of the house and Jack attempted to turn the lights on, his finger pushed the switch down and the lights went on.

“So the electricity isn’t off then” said Sue

“No, but I tried it the other day when I found you and it didn’t work, perhaps there was a power failure”

“The place looks like it needs rewiring, maybe it’s temperamental” suggested Sue

“Good point”

They both left, Jack plunging the room in darkness beforehand and walked down the path together. The child that they had both seen and whom Sue had spoken to watched them from behind a bush, before running off to tell the man that they had gone. The man and the girl watched the couple get into the car and leave, perfectly aware that they were not the only inhabitants of the house. Jack and Sue rode back to the bullpen in an uncomfortable silence, they hadn’t said anything about their kiss and now neither of them knew where to start.

maybe they're squatters

loved the coffin on ebay, they were obviously in the boy scouts and girl guides, you know 'be prepared' and all that

guys, what's to talk about? you kissed once, just do it again, it's not like one of you slapped the other

cath

Neighbors across the street are a little scary!! I love it when women flirt with Jack and he doesn't pay any attention!!!

Who is this man and girl?? Can Jack and Sue check with the electric company and see if someone had the electricity put back on???

Rosa, don't let our favorite couple backpedal on this kiss!! They need to talk about it and move forward!!!

Rosa, have I told you lately how much I love this story???

Joy

I just caught up on two phenominal posts. I love the mysteries you have going here. I have a feeling that somehow, the man and the girl and Rosie and Will are intertwined in some way. Can't wait for more!

Kim

This is so exciting!!!
thanks,
Terie

This story is so intriguing Rosa! And this kiss in the closet

I can't wait to see how everything connects - and of course more

Em

Very intriguing. I look forward to much more.

I think talking is over rated....try kissing again, guys and take it from there.
I still haven't figured this one out yet Rosa...it's very intriguing. I love a good mystery...even with spooky coffin owning neighbours.

kav

I agree with Kav. I think Jack should kiss her again and then they can talk about it - either verbally or nonverbally (but still using their lips!)

i know..i know....points vinger in the air and jumps up and down ...jack only needs to turn and say...wow that was some kiss, wanna do it again ...that would deffinetly work

This is very intriguing Rosa!!

Are those neighbours across the way secret goths??

Jack and Sue - do not back-pedal, I repeat do not back-pedal!!!!

Sam

Thanks for all your interesting replies

As soon as they clapped eyes on the board they looked at each other, then back at the board.

Sue turned to Jack and asked “We going back there now?”

Jack shook his head and said “Let’s see what everyone else had got first but don’t take your coat off”

“What’s wrong?” asked D

“The girl..” started Jack

“Caitlin” supplied Myles “The daughter of Robin and Darlene Bakeman who perished in the explosion”

“Except Jack and I know she hasn’t” said Sue

“What?” asked Bobby

“We saw her at the house” filled in Jack

“Did you speak to her?” asked Lucy

“No” said Jack

As Sue said “Not today”

Jack turned to Sue and said accusingly “You didn’t say you saw her before. Why didn’t you tell me?”

“I had other things on my mind”

“The Rosie, Will thing, that’s not the case Sue, this is” he said pointing to the board “Maybe if you took as much interest in the case as you are on finding out about Will and Rosie, you would have remembered to tell me”

“I happen to think the Will and Rosie thing might have some significance on the case and I didn’t know who she was then and if I wasn’t interested in the Will and Rosie thing, I wouldn’t have spoken with her and.…you….and you distracted me today”

“I distracted you?” he laughed and watched a hurt expression flitter across her face and instantly regretted his words.

“If it makes you feel better, if you have more pressing business to attend to I’ll go back there now and see if she’ll come out and pet Levi”

“Oh no, you’re not going on your own not again I told you last time and still you went back there without me…or another agent. How many times do I need to stress the importance of not going it alone? I thought you have learnt from your mistakes on previous cases“,

Sue’s expression went from anger to a sudden realisation and paled dramatically “I have, and I didn’t and would not take any risks you know that Jack”

“Do I? Sometimes I don’t know if I know you at all”

“Ditto” she almost shouted back and the rest of the team had the distinct impression that this argument wasn’t just about the case but something else which ran much deeper.

“So she wasn’t alone was she? She was with Bakeman?” said Bobby trying to diffuse the emotionally charged atmosphere.

“Yes she was with her father, she told me she could hear her Daddy calling her after she stroked Levi” she whispered “But we have to find out why Caitlin is hiding out in the house with her father”

“Whom we thought was dead” added Myles

“Well she is not and she was with a man, we only saw the back of his head but the picture is the correct colour hair for him”

Jack nodded in agreement saying “We looked over that house, Sue where in hell were they? They weren’t in any of the rooms”

“I hate to be the one to mention this” said Myles cutting in

“Maybe you shouldn’t mention it then” replied Bobby

“I wouldn’t but it ‘s relevant to the case. My grandparents owned a house bigger than the said property and they had a secret room, via a door in the library which was concealed by a shelf of encyclopaedias”

“So you are saying that it is possible that Robin and his daughter are living in a secret room at the house” clarified Lucy

“Yes”

“Well I guess it’s possible, I didn’t count the windows or anything” said Jack

“That might not help in any case a secret room would probably not have any windows”

“Okay so we’ll all go down there and keep the property under surveillance , see if Sue and Levi can draw the little girl out and in turn, Robin Bakeman” Jack said, inwardly sighing knowing it could be some time before he got to spend some time with Sue alone to apologise for this outburst he wasn‘t sure what had come over him to snap and hurt her like that.

I feel like I need to wrap my arm around Jack's neck and for him! Just when I thought we were getting somewhere! Pffffffft!

jack, drag her into a room somewhere, take two minutes to say, or sign, 'i'm sorry sue, i am an idiot at times' then kiss her.

i'm sure she'll agree that sometimes you are an idiot, sexy, hunky and a lot of other very good things, but basically an idiot..............

wonderful post,

cath

They've had one "real" kiss and they are arguing already?? Would you say emotions are getting involved and coming to the surface?? This probably would not have happened if they had talked about it!!!

Jack, I'm with Cath, take a minute to at least tell Sue you're sorry, give her a quick kiss and promise more later!!!

Joy

Yeah Joy and Cath are right!!

Sam

Yep - I'm with everyone above me! We need more and less

Keep it coming Rosa!

Em

I agree. It only takes two little seconds to say I'm Sorry. However, the making up kiss might take a while.

Kim

jackkkkkkkk why did you do that, that was so wrong and you know it.

now go and appoligise to her and then go and kiss and make up

Oh my goodness! Jack and Sue are in a snit!
thanks,
Terie

Just now getting to start this story. You said that it is diffrent from what you usually write.
But it really isn't, It is just a wonderful as everything else I have read from you.
Can't wait for more.

Dianna

These lot aren't half demanding aren't they Rosa??? Great posts, I love how you're weaving this!!

Jen

Thank you very much for all the encouraging feedback It was good to read all your comments

Sue let Levi wander in the overgrown front yard of the magnificent house and followed him round looking for anything that might be deemed a clue while, the remainder of the team watched from the van, bar Tara and Lucy, the former running though files at the software company and the latter trying to get hold of Darlene’s parents.

Jack ran a finger around the neck of his shirt, he was finding the van stuffy, Myles yawned Bobby stretched when all of a sudden Jack spotted something on a monitor and the three of them sat up straight and focused.

“You’re back” Caitlin said to Sue as she knelt down in the long grass and said hello to Levi

“I promised I would be” Sue said

“I like your dog” Caitlin said remembering to look up “What’s he called?”

“Levi, he’s a special dog”

“Why is that?”

“I’m deaf, remember I told you? I can’t hear and so he hears for me, things like when the doorbell goes”

Caitlin looked towards the front door of the large house then back to Sue and said “I don’t think the doorbell works here and if it did Dad wouldn’t answer anyway”

“You live here with your Dad?” asked Sue

“Yes”

“You like it here?”

The little girl shrugged “We only just got here a few days ago”

“Where did you live before?” Sue asked drawing details from the little girl

Caitlin shrugged again and said “With Mommy and Daddy and my brother, Jeremy”

“Where are they now?”

"I don’t know. Daddy said heaven”

“Heaven is where you go when you die, you have your life to live first”

“I guess, it’s true that Daddy said I can’t go and see them?”

“No but I bet your Mommy and brother are looking down from heaven at what you’re doing now”

“So Mommy and Jeremy won’t come back in a week or two then?”

“No they’ll stay in heaven”

“And I can’t visit them, daddy said so”

Sue wandered over to a gnarled bench, tested her weight before sitting on it will all of her weight. Caitlin joined her “Daddy’s right, but you can think about them, think about…. why you loved them, remember all the happy times when you were with them”

Caitlin sighed heavily then smiled and Sue had the distinct impression that the enormity of the situation wouldn’t hit this little girl until she was much older, maybe when she was twelve or thirteen as she surely didn‘t understand atrociousness of the situation right now. Levi’s ears were on alert and he gave Sue and indication that they were not alone. She looked up as the face of Robin Bakeman appeared from what appeared to be the basement, while at the same time she was aware from her peripheral vision that Jack, Bobby and Myles were getting out of the van.

“It’s you again” he said to Sue walking round and facing her, drawing Caitlin protectively into his side. His eyes telling her he trusted no one except perhaps his daughter “Want to invest in this property? You’ve been here a lot recently”

“FBI. Hands on your head” said Bobby from behind Bakeman

Bakeman looked at Sue wondering why she wasn’t moving when Sue said “He means you”

Bakeman turned around and was suddenly face to face with the three agents as Sue took Caitlin on to her knee to shield her as best as possible from the sight of her father being arrested, but give the agents their due, they did it with tact, so not to scare the child.

“Daddy I want my Daddy” Caitlin screamed trying to wriggle free, she succeeded and ran then tripped, falling face down in the long grass. Levi was the first to reach her and as she sat up she wrapped her small arms around the dog and cried.

poor little girl

cathj

Oh, Rosa, that was heartwrenching!!!

Joy

Poor little kid I am sure that she is confused about what is happening.
More Please.

Dianna

The poor little girl - but I'm glad they caught Robin so they can get some answers.

More please!

Em