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As those words left Pete's lips my heart shattered. Here was the one thing I wanted more than anything, and it was literally inches away from me and I still couldn't have it. He left shortly after telling me and I sat there trying to put things together. But the only thing that came from my thoughts was the nagging feeling that I needed to know more about her. Reluctantly I sighed and picked up my cell phone.
After nearly three years of never speaking to the people I used to know, I looked up a guy named Joe. He was one of mine and Pete's best friends and the guy we all knew to go to when we needed information on someone. Let me tell you, this guy was good. If you got an F on your report card in the second grade he would find out. I sighed softly as I reached his apartment door and knocked softly. I heard a few noises before he opened the door slowly.
"Well fuck me...if it isn't Wendy Taylor" he smirked and opened the door wider.
I smiled a bit and looked around the trashed apartment. My smile grew wider, he was still the same messy stoner kid he was three years ago.
"Yeah it's nice to see you too Joey" I said as I threw my jacket on the couch.
He closed the door and walked back over to the table picking up a pipe and starting to pack a green bowl of weed.
"What brings you back around? I thought you were done with all this shit" he asked as he grabbed his lighter
"I am, it's just that an unexpected event occurred and I now I'm in need of your assistance" I stated as I pulled out a plain white envelope with five hundred dollars cash in it. I threw it on the table and looked back at him
"Five hundred in cash, up front"
he exhaled some smoke and looked up at me.
"Who says I still track people and shit? You can't just come in here after disappearing for years and expect me to help you."
I ran a hand through my black hair and sighed in frustration
"you've never let me down Joey don't start now..."
He stood up and grabbed my jacket and the envelope and pushed them both into my arms
"Wendy, I'm not letting you get involved with any of this shit anymore. You said you were done when Angelo was dead. You killed him yourself, I was there. Now just go home and forget whoever your looking for."
I shook my head and threw my jacket and the envelope down. Sending the money scattering across the floor. I swallowed hard and looked him in the eyes.
"I can't just forget it, I need to know things about this person. They have what I want and I want to make sure that if I can't have it, at least it's in good hands."
he sighed when he realized I wasn't going anywhere. He moistened his lips and spoke again softly
"so this isn't in anyway linked to anyone we've dealt with in the past right? I mean this isn't someone that your gonna go cause trouble with?"
I shrugged and sat down with a sigh
"joe, I really don't know, I have no idea who this girl is"
he rubbed the back of his neck and nodded
"Ok, lemme see what I can do" he walked over to his computer desk and pulled his keyboard to him. He lit a cigarette and looked over at me.
"Do you at least have a name?"
I nodded "yeah, Beth, her name is beth"
He looked at me in shock and his mouth dropped sending the cigarette falling to the floor. He muttered a soft curse word and picked it up quickly. Before looking back at me.
"Wendy does this have anything to do with peter?"
I nodded and bit my lip
"he was at my apartment for the past few days, I found him in the park and he was beaten up..." I began but he cut me off
"Wendy, forget him and beth." he took a quick drag off his cigarette "she's bad fucking news, I mean I knew he was alive and still around this town but I didn't think the rumors of him and beth were true"
I sat there slowly going crazy on the inside while I listened to Joe go on about the girl named
Bethany Andrews.
He told me how she was linked to the guy that named Angelo, that had threatened and stalked me after my last night with Pete. He told me that she knows who I am and that she wants me dead. I sat there completely silent as he continued.
"Wendy, don't let her find out where you are or that you've been with Pete, it's bad enough she wants you dead over that shit with Angelo, but Pete is like property to her. Anyone that she doesn't want around him ends up missing or found dead. Why do you think he's never tried to come for you. He knows what would happen"
joe stood up and walked to his kitchen and I silently stood up and made my way to the door.
I took one last look at Joe before sighing and walking out the door.
After nearly three years of never speaking to the people I used to know, I looked up a guy named Joe. He was one of mine and Pete's best friends and the guy we all knew to go to when we needed information on someone. Let me tell you, this guy was good. If you got an F on your report card in the second grade he would find out. I sighed softly as I reached his apartment door and knocked softly. I heard a few noises before he opened the door slowly.
"Well fuck me...if it isn't Wendy Taylor" he smirked and opened the door wider.
I smiled a bit and looked around the trashed apartment. My smile grew wider, he was still the same messy stoner kid he was three years ago.
"Yeah it's nice to see you too Joey" I said as I threw my jacket on the couch.
He closed the door and walked back over to the table picking up a pipe and starting to pack a green bowl of weed.
"What brings you back around? I thought you were done with all this shit" he asked as he grabbed his lighter
"I am, it's just that an unexpected event occurred and I now I'm in need of your assistance" I stated as I pulled out a plain white envelope with five hundred dollars cash in it. I threw it on the table and looked back at him
"Five hundred in cash, up front"
he exhaled some smoke and looked up at me.
"Who says I still track people and shit? You can't just come in here after disappearing for years and expect me to help you."
I ran a hand through my black hair and sighed in frustration
"you've never let me down Joey don't start now..."
He stood up and grabbed my jacket and the envelope and pushed them both into my arms
"Wendy, I'm not letting you get involved with any of this shit anymore. You said you were done when Angelo was dead. You killed him yourself, I was there. Now just go home and forget whoever your looking for."
I shook my head and threw my jacket and the envelope down. Sending the money scattering across the floor. I swallowed hard and looked him in the eyes.
"I can't just forget it, I need to know things about this person. They have what I want and I want to make sure that if I can't have it, at least it's in good hands."
he sighed when he realized I wasn't going anywhere. He moistened his lips and spoke again softly
"so this isn't in anyway linked to anyone we've dealt with in the past right? I mean this isn't someone that your gonna go cause trouble with?"
I shrugged and sat down with a sigh
"joe, I really don't know, I have no idea who this girl is"
he rubbed the back of his neck and nodded
"Ok, lemme see what I can do" he walked over to his computer desk and pulled his keyboard to him. He lit a cigarette and looked over at me.
"Do you at least have a name?"
I nodded "yeah, Beth, her name is beth"
He looked at me in shock and his mouth dropped sending the cigarette falling to the floor. He muttered a soft curse word and picked it up quickly. Before looking back at me.
"Wendy does this have anything to do with peter?"
I nodded and bit my lip
"he was at my apartment for the past few days, I found him in the park and he was beaten up..." I began but he cut me off
"Wendy, forget him and beth." he took a quick drag off his cigarette "she's bad fucking news, I mean I knew he was alive and still around this town but I didn't think the rumors of him and beth were true"
I sat there slowly going crazy on the inside while I listened to Joe go on about the girl named
Bethany Andrews.
He told me how she was linked to the guy that named Angelo, that had threatened and stalked me after my last night with Pete. He told me that she knows who I am and that she wants me dead. I sat there completely silent as he continued.
"Wendy, don't let her find out where you are or that you've been with Pete, it's bad enough she wants you dead over that shit with Angelo, but Pete is like property to her. Anyone that she doesn't want around him ends up missing or found dead. Why do you think he's never tried to come for you. He knows what would happen"
joe stood up and walked to his kitchen and I silently stood up and made my way to the door.
I took one last look at Joe before sighing and walking out the door.
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