On the run

Chapter 19

Back in London, Yvonne had been busy after her hurriedly put together meeting when she'd found out Pete was absent and had called her inner circle, noticing Gwen's absence.

"Where is Gwen?" she asked one of the others.

"She got a call from her husband, she went home."

"Is he ill or something?" Yvonne wanted to know.

"She never said."

"Never mind, she'll be out when she does come back if she does it again. I have tasks for each of you," she told those remaining. "Please yourselves who does what. First, this folder contains information about a cousin of mine who went missing the night the Cybermen invaded. Find out where he was that night, who he was with and the second folder contains stills from Pete Tyler's house that night. I want to know who the man is and who is hidden from view. Now get on with it."

She held the folders out and one of them took them, opening the folder containing the photos of Rose and the Doctor.

"That looks like Rose," one of the women said as she glanced at the blonde hair.

"Well it's up to you to prove it, she denies she was there that night. Find out who's with her, if it is Rose. Call all the staffing agencies and see who Mrs Tyler used that night."

"Why not ask Mrs Tyler?" one of the men suggested.

"Because she lost her memory, when she was taken by the Cybermen. I saw her running off that night on the video, she escaped somehow but she was wearing earpods, there's no way she didn't get herded to Lumic's factory. I want one of you to find out who was there that night, see if there were any other survivors and if you find any, show them the photos, see if they know who that man was."

One of the others had opened the other folder. "Yvonne, are you joking with us?" he dared ask.

"What are you talking about?" Yvonne huffed.

"Is this your cousin? He looks a bit like that man in the other photos."

"I already know that but why would James be posing as a waiter? He had a very good job at the university. Well don't just stand there, get to work on it and while you're at it, see how many more men look like them but don't include that actor, I don't want his agent onto me."

She got annoyed as they all left, could she trust them to find out? Just how many more men looked like her cousin but if she could get to the bottom of it, it may lead to what happened to James. Two hours later, while Rose and Alec had been talking on the beach, Yvonne got some news.

"Yvonne, there's a detective down in Dorset, he looks like both the men you asked about."

"I've already seen him on TV, he's not James, trust me but he could be the other man we've been looking for. Find out if he still works down there and where he was that night."

"Yes Yvonne, I'll get on it and Gwen called, seems she's been summoned back to Cardiff."

"What? Who authorized that? I ordered a block on all transfers without my say so."

"She never said but maybe it's just as well, she may have made friends with Rose again?"

"That or Pete's eliminating my followers one by one? If he thinks he's going to keep doing that, he can think again. Pass that job you were doing to someone else, I've got another for you. Find out how many people were asking for transfers, I'm going to call personnel and find out when Gwen's went through because Pete Tyler can't have arranged it so fast if he'd taken Rose somewhere. I bet he did it through Jake."