A Shadow Of Doubt

A New Client

Shawna Taylor
I found a PI very quickly and for a good price. The Steeles are a father and daughter team who work fairly reasonable and have a great reputation here in Seattle. I hired them to get some dirt on my husband and possibly his boss if they can. So I give them the information and the daughter questioned me exactly what I expect to find out, because security on my husbands boss is tight. I explain that I want anything that can get me the upper hand in a divorce and custody hearing. They explain that for them to take me on as a client they need to run a background check on me first. They don't want to chance me being a stalker and find themselves in jail. So I agreed to sign the paper to do a background check on me.
A day later they agree to check my husband out, but not his boss. Seeing how it was for a divorce and custody they don't see the point of investigating his boss too. If it is for a divorce there isn't a good reason to involve anyone unless he is cheating on me. So I give them a two thousand dollar retainer to last for a week of constant surveillance.
Anastasia
Are you going to be lead on this or am I?
Raymond
I think I will take the lead on it, but something tells me that she has a tail on her already. Look at the cctv footage as she left. One car followed her out and another car checked the place out. I think they already know she is up to something. At least someone does. We need her money before we do anything. She is late by an hour.
Anastasia
I guess we won't be working for her then. Suddenly she walks in like she isn't late for an appointment with us, then tried to give us an out of state check.we already informed her it was cash only for out of state clients. She opens her purse and hands us the two thousand cash and we gave her a receipt and has her read and sign an agreement and we insist she read it all the way through. She initials all the places we need and then we explain everything further and have her sign and initial that she understands everything. Dad verifies who she wants us to investigate and explains we will only investigating her husband anyone else will be extra money. We of course don't mention she is being followed. Why should we rat out others for doing exactly what we are doing. It is a kind of code between investigators.
Raymond
Okay well I have to go start following her husband. I have his background checks as well and he is the better person. I checked the photo she gave us to what we got and headed out to our favorite car to go snooping in. It fits in nearly every environment. A common looking car in black fits nearly everywhere. So off I go to check out GEH and then Escala it is then I see Jason Taylor getting into a limousine and driving away from the building I follow him at a comfortable distance and he heads to the tarmac at the airport. I get my binoculars and watch as he opens the door for a man in the back of the car. He takes luggage out and two men join the other man going up the stairs to the plane. The Letters GEH and numbers are on the jet. Jason Taylor gets in the limo and heads back off the tarmac to where the main road is. He is heading back towards Escala. I take photos as he parks the limo in the main level of the garage. I can't drive inside because it requires a security code. He walks to the lobby and gets into the elevator and now I just wait. Anastasia brings me food and let's me take a break. She sits there and Jason comes out and he is in a pair of jeans and T-shirt and has bag with him.
Anastasia
Jason is on the move and I am following him. He stops at a gun range, I watch as he walks into the place and he waves to many of the gun enthusiasts as he walks by them. He seems well known and liked here. Not once have we seen him with a woman. I thought she wanted to check if he was cheating on her. I wait two hours and dad catches up with us at Escala and we switch places. I head back home for the night. Dad has been taking the late shift and when he thinks everyone is in for the night he comes home as well. Tonight is not like that he is following Taylor back to the tarmac and he picks up the man and a couple of other men along with a woman. He gets photos of them all, they drive to the Heathman and drop the woman off along with the man and the other two men and luggage. They wait a moment and then Taylor takes off alone.
Raymond
I have seen enough for the night and I go home to sleep. I have enough photos for the day. Anastasia is taking the day Anastasia is taking the day slot, I stop and gas the car up and throw the food containers away.
Anastasia
I wake up and head to shower and then eat as dad is sleeping soundly. I am ready by six am and head to Escala and change where we sit and watch for the limo to come out. It starts out with Taylor driving it and I follow him to the Heathman. He picks up the three men and the luggage and the woman is hugging what looks like his boss. They get in the car as he pats her ass as she gets in the car. For some reason I feel jealous and wished I were the woman.