Spencer Charnas Love story: The Things I Can't Explain

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Spencer's POV
"Oh my God. Ok, I'm coming in. Should I bring, Spencer?" I wake up to hear Angelina on the phone. With who? I don't know but it sounds intense. "Sure boss, I'll see you then bye. " she then hangs up the phone. I slowly sit upward as she puts her duty belt on. "Everything ok, baby?" I asked making her look up at me quickly. "No, not really. Doctor Palm didn't show up at work yesterday or the party. Ryan can't get ahold of him either. It's not like him, so Ryan and I are gonna go to his house. Talk to the family and see what's going on. " I nodded in response. Should I tell her? No don't she'll find out. Maybe I should tell her so she's not searching for a dead man?
"Spencer, did you hear what I said?" I jump slightly as Angelina breaks me from my thoughts. "No, I'm sorry baby. I was just thinking about this whole thing." She puts her hair back as she comes to stand in front of me.
"I was saying that Ryan and I are gonna go to his house then court for a robbery last week. I'll be home at 5:00 ok honey?" I nod as she tightens her ponytail then leans in to kiss me.
"I love you" I whispered as she says the same then heads out for the day...

Angelina's POV
I see Ryan standing outside Doctor Palm's home with his arms crossed and the look of doubt on his face. He looked very unsettled. I open my squad car door and put one boot on the concrete before removing my keys and my seatbelt. I then climb out and shut the door, now approaching Ryan.

"Good morning, boss " I greet as he nods. "Good morning, Jon. Thanks for getting here quickly. " he says with a certain tone to his voice, making me feel more concerned about this situation. "Oh of course, boss. "
"Alright, let's go see if he's home."

KNOCK KNOCK
"Yes?" A short haired blonde woman answers the door. Wearing a blue nightgown and a confused smile on her face. She must be the doctor's wife. "Good morning, Mrs. Palm. I'm Chief Ryan Browne and this is Detective Angelina Jon." I smile at her as she returns the gesture before welcoming us inside. She didn't even ask us why we were here, she was just so welcoming.

The three of us sit at the dinner table to discuss this case. As Mrs. Palm pours us a glass of coffee, she sits down and sips her glass before leaning in to hear what we had to say.
"So, what brings you two here today?" Ryan sips some of the freshly brewed coffee before him, then clears his throat. "Well, Mrs. Palm, Jon and I are here because your husband hasn't showed at work or made any phone calls calling out. We were just wondering if you knew where he might have gone? " I nod then look at Mrs. Palm who looked kinda shocked.
"Oh well, he should be at work right now. I was just with him yesterday. We ate dinner, watched some TV, then went to bed." I look at Ryan as he furrowed his brows. "Did you see him leaving this morning by any chance? "
"No, but I almost never do. He's always up before me. He did I believe leave last night for a call. Sorry, I suffer from memory loss" I cross my arms over my chest before standing up. "Mrs. Palm? Is it possible to take a look upstairs. " she smiles and stands up with me. "Of course, right this way." I look at Ryan as he too was standing up from his seat, of course, he had to bring the coffee up with him.

Slowly we follow her up the stairs to where the bedroom is. They had a nice house. Dark red walls in the hallway while the railing was a bright white color. Grey carpet ran across the floors and into their bedroom. The bedroom was pretty too, gray walls and a big wooden bed set sits in the center of the room. The TV up on the dresser before the bed.

"I love the bedset Mrs. Palm " I said as she smiles and says "why, thank you! It was for my birthday. "
"Oh, very nice!" I complemented as Ryan too was looking around the room. "Mrs. Palm? Would you try calling your husband for us. We may be able to track his phone if he doesn't respond. " she puts a hand up before she runs to go get her phone, which was in the connected bathroom. I don't follow her in cause I still have eyes on her from where I was standing. "Ok, here it is!" She says in excitement as she unlocks it and goes to find her husband's number. "Here we go" she then clicks "call"

Ryan and I stood beside beside her as she holds the phone up to her ear.
"It's ringing " she whispers as all of the sudden, we hear vibrations. We all look to the left and see that the phone she's calling is lying on the floor, underneath the bed. "His phone's here!" She says in disbelief as she goes over to pick it up. "He never goes anywhere without his phone. In fact, he has to keep it close so the hospital can call him." I look at Ryan again as he shakes his head. "Mrs. Palm thank you for your time. We're gonna go back to the PD and makes some phone calls. If you'd like to report your husband's disappearance, feel free to call us. Here's my card." Ryan says as she nods. "If he's back tonight which he probably will be, then I'll give you a call. " we both nod before making our way downstairs and out of the house.

As Ryan and I get down to our cars, we look at one another. "This is really strange. " he says as I nodded. "I agree, Sir. Let's see if we can get anything from the PD Maybe camera footage or something." He nods as we both hop into our cars and head back to the Police department.

AT THE PD
Ryan and I sat in the office where all the cameras were located. We hopefully can get footage of Dr. Palm and see where he went. The cameras go back a month before that footage is erased and new footage is restored.

Ryan types in the password, something with four digits before submitting it. Sure enough, it pulls up the screens of footage from yesterday at 7AM "ok, he wasn't here yesterday either. " I furrow my brows in confusion. "I thought his wife saw him yesterday?" Ryan nods. "Yeah, but what if it was the night before? She said she suffers from memory loss and probably can't remember the exact date. She may have mistaken yesterday for the previous night." I was just confused now and Ryan could tell. "Here Angelina, think of it this way. Richie comes home two nights ago, he sees his wife. They hang out for a little bit then go to bed. Now if this is accurate information, then we can be sure that Richie left in the middle of the night to respond to a call... but where is he now? Where did he go after that emergency call?" I think I knew where he was getting at now. We need to find out where he went when he left that night for the emergency call..

TWO HOURS LATER
Ryan and I had gathered a lot of information in the last two hours. We found out that one of our dispatchers named Jackie Dunbar was working the night Richie had left for an emergency call. We'll see if she saw him or knows anything that may be helpful for our search.

The next thing we found that was straight up suspicious, was that an unidentified officer left this room the night of Richie's outing. It appears to be a male, but they had sunglasses and a hat on, making it almost impossible to identify the subject. Ryan and I are gonna look deeper into this but we are expected at court in a half hour, so we need to close out this case for today.

I stand up and was about to leave the room when Ryan calls my name. "Hey, look. Whoever this is here has a tattoo behind their ear. " Ryan says as he zoomed in on the paused footage of this officer. "Tattoo?" I questioned as he nods then points his index finger to the screen. "Right here, see." I lean in, trying to make out what the blurry tattoo was or said. At first I didn't think anything of it, but then it hit me... I know someone who had gotten a tattoo say 9/22/2000 behind his ear. That day was the day he and his mom moved out here to California. That someone is my best friend, well now my lover, Spencer Charnas. My heart starts racing as my eyes go wide. "What do you think, Angelina? " Ryan asks as I look in his direction. "Uh, well, what do you think, Sir? " I honestly couldn't say what I thought cause what I thought and know, is that the man in the footage is Spencer. If I say a word about the tattoo, I may accidentally slip and say something I'd never forgive myself for saying.
"Well, I think we better check our entire staff first to see who that was, I mean I can't think of anyone with a tattoo behind their ear. " I nodded trying to act as normal as possible.
"Yeah, I'm with the same opinion, boss" he hums in response before he sits back at pats his thighs. "Well, at least we have some helpful information. I'd love to keep digging into this, but we need to get to court. " nodding I stand up straight as so did Ryan. "Well, boss, I guess I'll see in court. " he chuckles while stepping around the chairs and opens the door for me. "I'll see you in court, Jon" we shake hands before going our way.

I need to focus on this upcoming court trial, but when I get home, I'm having a serious talk with, Spencer. I'm so pissed with him right now....