Sue Thomas FBEYE short story part 3

Okay, here is Part 3! There will be alot of parts, so until the story is done, I probably won't be posting anything else :-)

Part 3:
Sue woke up to see Jack, Bobby, Tara, & Myles looming over her. "Hey slackers, shouldn't you be out chasing terrorists?" Sue joked, sitting up on the couch. She was still in the strange house, but she felt better now that she was no longer reading a death threat. Jack smiled wryly and hugged her. Tara did the same while Myles patted her on the head. "What were you trying to do? Scare us to death- I mean," Myles said, then realizing what he said. With no Lucy to smack him, he signed sorry and Sue waved her hand admissibly. "It's OK. Did you find anything?" She asked, swinging her feet onto the floor and self consciously tucked her hair behind her ears. Tara nodded and held up a blackberry in an evidence bag. "This was found on the nightstand beside his bed. Once I break the password, I should be able to see if there is anything incriminating. I also found a laptop in the library that I will get some data off of," Tara said, excitedly bouncing on the couch. Anything to do with technology got Tara's hyper level to sky high levels. "I also found what I think is the murder weapon in, wait for it, the shower." Bobby said, shaking his head in disbelief. Jack's brow arched and he snorted. "We know that Arif Dessa wouldn't do something that stupid, so what are we thinking, a henchman?" Jack asked. The group all shrugged and went outside to drive home.



Darcy and Sue fluffed pillows to outfit the guest room. "I cannot tell you how grateful I am to stay here." Darcy said, impulsively hugging Sue. "What you went through was scary, and you don't need to be alone." Sue said, tossing a pillow to her for the bed. Judy ran into the room in her tinkerbell PJs and hopped onto the bed. "Judy! You know not to jump onto the bed!" Sue said and signed. Judy looked at her mother impishly and giggled. "Oh, it's alright. That's what beds are for, right Judy?" Darcy said, picking up the flaxen haired girl and tickling her. Sue signed a few words and Darcy shook her head, "I didn't get that," Sue repeated the signs and spoke, "Don't encourage her! You're worse than Jack!" Darcy threw her head back and laughed as Judy nodded her head. "C'mon Judy, time for bed. Daddy will tell you a story!" Sue said, prying Judy away from Darcy and carrying her to the lavender room down the hall. Darcy walked downstairs to the kitchen and saw a pie on the counter with a note: Darcy, this pie is up for grabs! Grab a fork and meet me in the family room. ~Sue~ Darcy grabbed the apple pie and two forks and headed for the living room. As she walked down the dark hallway, she shivered and turned around. Out the window, she caught a glimpse of fabric. She cautiously set the pie and forks down on an end table in the family room and walked towards the door. Opening it, she saw a dark SUV speed off down the street. As her reporter instincts kicked in, she jotted down the license plate number and dashed back into the house to alert Jack and Sue. "SUE! JACK!" Darcy yelled, running up the steps. She ran down the hall where she bumped into Jack. "Jack, someone was watching the house! Here is the license plate number, and he wasn't that Arif Dessa person, he was really short and kinda chubby." Darcy's words poured out of her in a scared rush as she shook. Jack whistled for Levi and he came running. "Stay here," Jack saidm walking into Wes's room where Sue was praying with him. "Honey, Darcy saw someone watching the house," He said, pointing into the hall. Sue nodded and kissed Wes goodnight. Outside in the hall, she guided Darcy downstairs where they sat on the couch and ate pie, watching a cheesy Hallmark chick flick, Elavator Girl, and tried to take their minds off of the terrorists who may be nearer than they think.

PART 4 COMING SOON!