Tears of the Canary

Chapter Twelve

Laurel beat Julie back to her office like she thought she would. Then a few minutes pasted by when Julie walked in.
"Miss Lance."
"Is everything alright, Miss Martin?"
"We need to talk." Julie said as she closed the door behind her.
"My friend told me that you ran into your boyfriend." Laurel stated.
"Yes, he's probably in jail right now as we speak."
He was already in jail, but Julie didn't have to know when Benny was put in jail, all she needed to know was that he wouldn't hurt her again and that she could grantee.
"He want be bothering you anymore. I promise."
"Just like my boyfriend promise that he would never hit me again."
"This is different, my friend told me that your boyfriend killed someone this time and unless he can find a good lawyer he'll be looking at some jail time." Laurel explained.
"I wanted to talk to you about your friend." Julie tells Laurel.
"What about her?"
Laurel kept herself from looking nervous before Julie continue.
"Why does she wear a mask if she's trying to help people?"
"Because she has family and she wears the mask to keep her identity a secret so she keep her family from harm."
"That's sad." Julie stated.
"It can be, but I assure you that she's helping people."
Julie looked pleased and Laurel was relieved, but that didn't mean that Julie wouldn't ask more questions later so Laurel wasn't going to let her guard down yet.
"So what do I do now?"
"Do you have anywhere to stay tonight?" Laurel asked and Julie shook her head.
"Would you like stay at my place?"
"You're sure it won't be any trouble?" Julie asked, not wanting to cause a fuss.
"If were any trouble, I wouldn't have asked."
"Good point. I guess I could stay with you for a few days."
"There you go. Now let me close up and will head to my place."