The Case Of The Alpha, page 14
"And what was this business he wanted you to do with him?" I ask speaking for the first time since he started explaining, I kind of already knew the answer though.
"He told me no family should ever have to go through what he has and if the official people won't help him, he will take matters into his own hands. First it was just us protecting people that payed us to, whether that be a family or an entire pack" he says taking another sip of his water, his hands less shaky this time "than he rang me up and asked why I let someone go, I can't remember his name but he had said if he didn't get a pay rise than he was gonna tell someone what we were doing. Travis wasn't happy and told me I needed to send Richard to sort him out, he said that Richard played him like fool so now it was his turn to be the puppet master" he sighs while I just have to sit there shocked, I don't remember much about my dad or any of my family members for that matter, but he was nothing like how Denton is describing him.
"The money was just another business idea for him which is going very well, whenever I ask about Taylor, he'll just say this is what she'd want, she would want him to protect other families from going through what hers has" he says which I just shake my head too, this is far from anything I ever want to happen, I wonder what he would think if he found out I'm an alliance agent and is the one hunting him down.
"Where would we find Travis and all the members of M.S.P?" I ask having to force myself not to get angry, I can't believe my dad is justifying all the horrible things he's doing by saying it's what I would want!
"I don't know, he always came to me and set the meetings up, I never not even once went to him" he says which wasn't helping us in anyway, yes he's given us so much information that's it!
"You said it was a family affair, is all his family a part of M.S.P?" I ask having to lead this while conversation, I thought he would be bursting with information.
"Yep, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles and cousins, the whole family have different parts to play in this, with Travis pulling the reigns" he says while I think back to Jasmine, she said that's what family do but I don't remember her being apart of my family.
"Wanna know what the sad thing is, when he started all of this it was just to help others, he really didn't want anyone to have to go through what his daughter did, but then he started to get greedy" he sighs which is what makes me close my notebooks, I think we've got enough from him for now "do you think his daughter Taylor would actually want him to do this and would blame me?" He asks while I just make eye contact with him, I sigh a little looking at my watch while standing up.
"Meeting paused at 10:05am by agent Taylor Westlake" I say while his eyes just hold pure shock and surprise, it was like he was going to fall off his seat again.
"You're his daughter?" he says just staring at me in total shock and surprise, I send him a slight nod before walking towards the door.
"And for record, I don't blame you for anything" I say with a slight smile before walking out the room, once I close the door I place my back against it.
The viewing rooms door opens and out walks Morgan, he looks over at me a little worried walking over to me. I walk away from the door to stand in front of him.
"Are you sure you're okay, I know hearing about the way your own dad has turned out would be hard for you to hear?" he asks placing his hand on my shoulder, I just shake my head smiling at him.
"I don't care what that man has done, he used to be my dad but I already found a better one" I smile looking up at him, I see his eyes well up slightly as I say it but shakes it off "now let's go back to the main room, see if any of the guys did any work while we were away" I smile while he just nods following me, while whispering a thank you.
The reason why Morgan is getting so upset in a happy way, when I called him dad is because he's always wanted to be a father. His mate Amelia died before they could have the chance to start a family, now he's married to his job he says there won't be another opportunity for him to be a dad. But since he found me that's exactly what he's been, he is my dad even if it's not on paper anywhere.
We continue on our journey down the corridor when someone calls our name, I turn and come face to face with the director. I immediately, stand up straight showing her the upmost respect.
"You can of course stand down Miss Westlake" she smiles coming to a stop in front of me, I smile bowing my head while placing my hands behind my back "I was just on my way to come see you, Morgan was telling me how today was your first day back at work since the accident" she smiles while I take a look over at Morgan, he was just smiling looking down at me as she spoke.
"Talking of the accident, no civilian or anyone apart from you were hurt or killed that night. That was because of you, you ran into the burning building to get everyone out" she smiles while I just shrug my shoulders, it's not a big deal.
"That's my job ma'am" I say which was true, you work in the alliance to help people get out of situations like that.
"No, you went above and beyond to ensure everybody's safety, you are one of the best agents this alliance has ever seen" she smiles which soon makes my eyes go wide, this isn't good for my ego.
"I don't think I'm up there with the best, but I will definitely take the compliment ma'am" I say which a smile but she shakes her head, reaching back in her pocket.
"No, I have seen many agents and you are by far the best I've seen while being director and that is why, I'm awarding you this" she smiles opening a little box revealing a sparkly medal, my eyes just go wide staring at the medal in front of me "this is for your continued impeccable selfless service, you are a credit to the alliance Miss Westlake" she smiles handing me the medal where I was just at a lost for words, Morgan stands on the side clapping his hands.
"Thank you so much ma'am, this is one of the greatest things I could ever be given" I say tears building up in my eyes, she just places her hand on my arm smiling at me.
"Thank you Miss Westlake, your service to this agency and the people we protect is impeccable, thank you" she smiles while I hear someone walking behind us "there will be a party held for you at the weekend, to congratulate you on receiving this medal" she smiles as Brandon appears behind us, but immediately stands to attention.
"I came here to see if Taylor would accompany us on investigating the mansion" he asks still standing up straight, I look to Morgan who smiles while I hand him my medal.
Time for the real work!
32 Chapter Thirty-Two
1402 words
We soon pull up at the huge mansion, Julian and Brandon got out first while I stay back in the car for a second. The building basically wasn't a building anymore, the front entrance was the only thing that was standing. I can't believe I survived that, with a little help from an apparent family member. Brandon looks in the car sending me a worried look due to me waiting to exit the car, I take this as my sign to get out. I open the door climbing out the car and into the fresh air, taking a deep breath in I scan my surroundings before looking down at the ground for a second. Get your head in the game Taylor, it's work time.
Once I shake off the feeling to get the job done, while moving to go stand with the guys. Julian was holding the bag of things, while Brandon held the files. The alliance had cornered all of this off with tape, outside of the remaining walls were caution signs about the unsafe structure.
"Okay, let's crack on and get this done" I smile while Brandon hands me the file, we needed to get all this completed before sundown, it would be too dangerous to go in at night.
"Morgan ordered me to stick to your side like glue, so wherever you're going so I am" Brandon tells me with a smile, I take a look up at him like really which he just nods to.
"I will take any of the work you need me to, it's my first time being in the field and I'm excited" Julian tells me jumping around a little, that's a total different reaction to what Brandon was like on his first, he was too scared to even leave the car at all!
"Me and Brandon will take a look on the inside, while I need you to look through the rubbish to see if they threw anything important away" I say closing the file, Brandon just nods as we both start to walk towards the building but were stopped by Julian.
"I have to look through the rubbish, why can't you or Brandon do that?" He asks as we reach what was left of the door, Brandon and I just look at each other smiling before turning around.
"I'm the senior field agent and as Morgan isn't here, I run this search, you don't see Morgan going fishing in a rubbish bin do you?" I ask placing my arms on Brandon's shoulder, Julian looks a bit taken back but turns to Brandon.
"And as you've just heard, I've been ordered by Morgan to be glued at Taylor's side, so if that means she's not fishing in the bin, neither I am" he smiles while Julian just looks between us, quite shocked and at a lost for words "it's your first time being in the field, that means you have to get all the experiences that it offers you, you can tick fishing in a bin off the list" Brandon smiles nearly making me laugh, Julian sighs pulling his gloves out before walking in the direction of the bins.
"I forgot how fun it was to have a trainee agent on the team" I smile before turning to look at the door, which was still open a crack from the fire, the black on the door taking the gold colour away.
"That was fun, I understand why you and Riley used to do it to me" he smiles while helping me push the door fully open, it took a big push but it finally gives way "after you" he smiles bowing slightly as he went, I just laugh taking my first steps into the building the floor crunching under my feet as I went.
The lobby didn't seem to be too damaged, the walls were black from the smoke but that was pretty much it. It was once you left the lobby and entered the ballroom, or what was left of the ballroom. There was no roof, it was completely broken and caved in, a huge hill of rumble stood at the button. There was only one side of the balcony standing, the rest had gone down with it. I just stare around at the destroyed building that stood in front of me, how much has changed in just the matter of a few days.
"It's crazy that no one died or got seriously injured" Brandon says from behind me as I begin to climb up the rumble hill, this meant I could see the whole of the wreckage.
"That would be going against what the group stands for, they wanna stop people from getting hurt or that's how they started anyway" I say looking up at the balcony, my eyes soon land on the office that I went in that night "it's clear from the markings and just from what's left, that the fire started in that office" I say pointing up at the office, they were burning all the evidence I found and the things I didn't get to see.
I turn my head to look away when I see something, I walk over carful not to fall down the rubble hill. I walk over to look at the rubble, where I spot what looks like a photo sticking out.
"Can I have some gloves please?!" I ask out loud, in seconds gloves were being placed in my hand by an agent.
I thank them before slipping the gloves on, I knell down in front of the photo moving the the heavy stones off so it wouldn't rip. Once I pick the photo up and see what it was, a tear builds up in my eye. A photo of my mum, dad and me smiling looked back at me, the edges were a little burned but the photo was intact.
"Wait that's you" Brandon says from behind, I just nod my head with a sigh "so we can confirm it's something to do with your dad" he says opening the evidence bag for me, I nod once again before placing the photo in the bag, I stand up straight just throwing my arms in the air.
"Why, why did they do this?!" I ask out loud very annoyed, my family were never like this before what happened to me happened "the people in that photo would never even think about doing anything like this, this is all because of Richard, I'm gonna find him and he's gonna pay" I say meaning every single word that came out of my mouth, I had the drive and feeling to catch him before, but this has only made it grow.
"We're gonna find him Taylor, it's the end of the road for that man" Brandon says making me turn to look at him, I send him a little smile as a thank you "maybe we should go and see if Julian's found anything, or he might have gotten stuck in the bin" he says causing me to laugh a little, he holds his hand out with a smile to help me down.
In no time we were walking back out of the building, it was nice to be out of the rubble and back to reality. I follow Brandon over to where the bins are kept, two mental huge bins stood with Julian in the middle. He was throwing things to the side when we approached, he didn't look too pleased standing there.
"There's nothing here, apart from mouldy food!" He exclaims trying to climb out the bin but falls flat on the floor, this only infuriates him more "why is it that I had to go through the rubbish, like they're gonna leave documents in that?!" He asks annoyed over at me while I just smile, Brandon helps him to stand but he just slips again.
"That's exactly why we check the bin, they could be thinking that we think they aren't stupid enough to throw those things in the bin, which would tell them to throw the documents into the bin" I explain watching him keep falling over, a laugh escaping my lips "call it work experience" I smile which he once again doesn't like, he stood but his feet starting to move like he was running.
It's like watching a baby deer learn to walk, Richard will be like this soon.
33 Chapter Thirty-Three
1681 words
~The night of the fire~
Jasmine leaps from the car before it had time to stop, she had one thing on her mind and needed to get it done before she exploded. She types the pin to the metal outside door of the warehouse, the seconds it took to open felt like a lifetime. In no time at all, she was running into the warehouse shouting Travis, who was always in his office around this time. Everyone ends up running over, Travis being one of the last to walk down the stairs.
"She's alive" is all Jasmine manages to say at first, she had all these feelings and words bottled up inside her yet, she couldn't fully get them out.
"Who's alive?" Dominic, who was Travis's brother asks, from beside Travis who also didn't understand what situation he was in right now.
"Taylor! She's alive I've just spoken to her! She was at the party!" She exclaims which does make everybody's eyes go wide and begin to look up at Travis, who had an unreadable expression "I'm not lying and I haven't been seeing things, she was there with her mate Alpha Toby" she explains just trying to prove to everyone she was telling the truth, she knew no one was believing a single word that was leaving her lips.
"You don't know for sure that it was Taylor-" Simone tries to say but Jasmine cuts her off, she knew it was Taylor with her whole heart.
"I know it was her! You know that alliance agent that fought all our guys and arrested them, that was her!" She exclaims pulling her phone out, when Taylor wasn't looking she took a photo as she knew what reaction she would get from everyone "she's human and I'm guessing it's because of Richard" she explains passing the phone over to Travis, who takes it looking down at the photo in front of him.
"My little Taylor, it is you" he mutters tears forming in his eyes as he spoke, just from looking into her eyes he knew it was his daughter "what's been happening?" He asks the girl in the photo, his tears running down his cheeks as we spoke.
"We have to know for sure it is Taylor, we can't just be chasing some random girl" Dominic says knowing how likely it was that this Taylor girl, was just another girl with the same name.
"If she's an alliance agent, we hacked into their systems a few months back, let's see if there's a Taylor Westlake" Mason, who was Dominic's son suggests walking over to his laptop, they had saved the files they managed to download before the system blocked them out.
It was silent for a couple long minutes, everyone was on the edge of their seats in wondering who this Taylor girl was. Now she did look like their Taylor, but they could be seeing similarities that aren't even there.
"I found her, Miss Taylor Westlake, let me look at her personal information" Mason says beginning to open up the information such as her age, date of birth and things "when was your Taylor's birthday?" He asks Travis who had now found an old photo of Taylor as a baby, she was around 7 weeks old in the photo.
"The 20th July, she would be 22 years old now" he says hugging the photo of his daughter, Mason stops in his tracks taking a look up, he doesn't speak but only nods his head "it's her, she's okay" Travis cries the tears just escaping from his eyes once again, his little girl was still alive out there.
"I told you! I knew it was her the minute I saw her" Jasmine exclaims getting out her of chair, she was so happy that she hadn't got it wrong after getting Travis's hopes up.
"I need to see her myself" he says standing up his tears still falling down his face, now he knew she was alive he wasn't going to wait another day to see her "find me a way to see her" he tells his family who all sat around gobsmacked, everyone just assumed that Taylor was killed by Richard and left somewhere.
"The problem I see is she's an alliance agent, the alliance is after us which means she's going to be after us" Dominic says with his hand on his chin "by the sounds of the fight she put up with our guys, she's incredible at her job which would mean, if she's sees you she's going to arrest you" he says looking up at Travis who shook his head, his daughter wouldn't want to arrest him.
"I have an idea, the alliance has took over that mansion to search for evidence, she's probably one of the agents investigating that which would mean she would go there" Mason says closing his laptop, successfully getting Travis's attention "their people are everywhere, but they don't know about the building we own just across the road, we'll be watching from across the road without anyone knowing" he says which causes Travis to quickly move from his desk and begin to gather his things, he was leaving now.
"We're moving operations over to that building for the time being, if my daughter is there I'll see her" he orders everyone before walking out to gather more of his things.
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"I'm glad you two are finding this funny!" Julian tells us while still doing the running man, Brandon pulls his phone out starting to record him.
