Jason was in deep thought as the warm water splattered on him. He was in the shower getting ready for his date with Tess. When she brought up the idea, he didn't believe her. He thought she was joking. She would never ask him on a date, he thought, but here he was, getting ready for what's gonna be the best day of his life.
"Are you done yet?" She called from outside the bathroom.
"Almost!" He answered, turned off the water and fetched a towel. He wrapped the towel round his waist and stepped out the shower. She was sprawled on the bed, holding a toothbrush."You can go in now," he pulled her up."I like the view," she winked at him and went in.Pink crept up his cheeks and he felt shy almost immediately. He proceeded to dry his hair and body before she was done. By the time she came out, he was almost dressed. He had his pants on but his shirt wasn't.
"I couldn't find a robe," Tess complained as she m
"So she's Hailey's step sister?" Tess asked as Jason drove them."Yeah, Hailey's father married her mother a year ago.""My first thought was that you guys dated once," she teased."How dare you think of me that way?" He scoffed."Where are we headed?""We're going shopping!" He squealed like a teenage girl."Calm down girl!" Tess joked with a weird accented high-pitched voice."I'm so hyped for the party!" He said in that exact same voice, pronouncing 'party' as 'partey'."OMG! I love your eyebrows girlfriend!""Like, I don't know what to wear. Gideon asked me to be his girlfriend and I don't know to say!""Just date him yah!" "Really?" Jason said in his real voice as they laughed."We look cute, seriously. Don't you agree?" Tess asked the attendant at the store who was trying really hard to contain her smile. Tess and Jason were dressed in jean jumpsuits. They looked like cowboys
"So, we know for a fact that Mr. Harvey is linked to the murders and the rape, right? But there's no evidence!" Caleb banged his fist on the table, giving everyone a startle. "Sorry." "Should we start investing?" Diana asked Tess."Of course, but I won't be joining you.""What? Why?" "I'm moving back to Texas," she announced."That's not possible," Mitch stood up to her level."It is. I've requested for a new team leader for you guys. If the request is granted, he should be here in two weeks. Until then, I'm all yours." "But, why?" David asked."I'm sorry?""Why can't you do it?" Eva crossed her arms over her chest."Because I don't want to. I don't want to face him all over again. The only reason I became so attached to this case was because of Lucas's picture. We've been searching for weeks and we can't find out whether he's alive or not and I'm beginning to doubt myself." "You s
"Are you done already? It's a meeting, not a date!" Jason yelled as he picked up his keys and proceeded to walk up the stairs. She appeared, wearing black ripped jeans, a black shirt and a holster, keeping her guns in. She wore a large jacket over herself."Are you wearing a nose ring?" He looked closely at her."Yeah, this is how I dressed back in highschool," she smiled. "Seeing Lucas really brought back a lot of memories.""Or does he bring back your feelings?" Jason wiggled his eyebrows at her."Don't make me take back my kiss," she teased and they walked out together."About that," he asked slowly as he opened the door. "Does that mean we're a thing now?""A thing?" She walked to the car as he opened the door."I mean,what are we now?"He entered."We're friends," she buckled up."Just friends?""What do you mean by 'just friends'?" She drew imaginary quotes around the phrase.He had already started dri
"So,he just disappeared?" Mitch asked. "Yes," Tess nodded. "And I have no clue where he is.""Are you sure it's not a prank? Jason can be a little childish sometimes," Eva said."Yeah, judging by the note too," Diana agreed. "No, this prank is too big for him to pull off," Tess shrugged. She had only one suspect in mind."C'mon Luke." Tess had no option but to go to Mr. Harvey's house. She felt that he had something to do with Jason's disappearance. This house is a city, she thought as she walked in.There he was. Standing there, looking as if he hadn't aged at all. He was coming down the stairs slowly and Tess could feel her heart pounding already. She turned around and slipped a pill into her mouth. She chewed vigorously and walked to the living room. "Detective Harvey, NYPD," she held up her badge.
"Why did you kiss me?" Tess asked Jason.They had moved away from the team."Is that the first thing you're gonna say to me? I've been here missing you like crazy." "Why didn't you scream when you were being taken away?" She hit him on the chest, hard."Ouch." "I was so worried! I kept assuring everyone that you were gonna show up and I almost became crazy! Luke was frustrating me so much and I was already having a hard time. We didn't have a clue about where you were or who took you! Then, you show up and asked if I missed you! Are you crazy? I couldn't even tell your grandma!" She was crying. "Tess, are you crying because of me?" He pulled her closer."Who's crying?" She wiped her tears. "Do you think you're that important?""I'm sorry," he pulled her into a hug. "I should have screamed and asked you to save me." She was still sobbing."I thought you had left me too," she pul
"Cheers!" They all clinked their glasses."I asked you guys to pick an expensive place and this is it?" Tess expressed her disdain."What? What's wrong with my restaurant? You're in the second angle! Celebrities come here." Johnson gently slapped Tess's head."I had no idea you were there," Tess chuckled. "You look fancy, any occasion?""I'm going on a date," he winked and the group simpered. "Let me guess, Alessia?" Tess took a wild guess."How did you know?" He was turning pink."I'm happy for you old folks too," she sipped her wine. "I'm gonna stay single forever." "Why would you? You have Jason!" Johnson said as he walked off when the waiters brought their food."We're not in a relationship!" She yelled at him and whispered a low 'sorry' to her fellow diners. "Then what do you call what you guys have?" Caleb prompted."A situationship," she forked her steak."What's that?"
"He fainted?" Caleb couldn't believe his ears the next morning. "But he was fine yesterday when we saw him.""It may be from the trauma," Eva reminded them. "Diana, the briefing," Tess said as she took a seat."Yes," she stood up and walked to the projector. "Everything started with the murder of the high school girls who lost their left breasts and eyes. All we caught on CCTV was a old person carrying their bodies around. We eventually got to Tony Stark who was eventually revealed to be a prosthetic make up artist. We searched his house and found three girls tied up and two missing body parts. We were gonna indict him but a order came from above that he should be released. We found out that he was acquainted with James Sullivan and our team leader began to tail him until he tried to turn her into a taco. After that, James has been silent. James was acquainted with Mr. Harvey who seems to be a suspect too. That's everyth
"What did you find out?" Tess asked Caleb eagerly."The connection between Cap and Mr. Harvey.""What is it?" Eva's asked."They met during a murder case that happened in Mr. Harvey's house. The murder of his wife's mother." "Grandma," Tess muttered."She was your grandma?" David stood up."Not mine exactly. She was his wife's mother. After they got married,she stayed with me for a while before she was murdered. She was a nice woman." "But did you know that Mr. Harvey was arrested as a suspect?""What?" Tess gasped."He was the suspect but he was released due to lack of evidence.""They never said that to us," Tess exclaimed. "I suffered so much after she died. She was stabbed but no DNA was found on the knife." "They also released Mr. Harvey because he had an alibi. His alibi was his wife.""Zoey? Well, she wouldn't want to suspect her husband of her mother's murder," Tess shrugged.