Fighter

17

Once everyone was gone and the farm was quiet, Sophia and her colleagues set up some camera around our house, the guest cabin, Kim's house and Tomas' before they left the farm. There is still no update on Joe's location. Sophia said that her team in New York watched him walk into the airport but he hasn't arrived in Australia yet. I know that Joe has to know that he is being watched by now. He is going to try and get away in the airport when he gets here. I know that Sophia is going to be the last to know that Joe is here. He is going to want this book back and is going to do everything in his power to get it.

            The house is quiet with just Spencer and I. Hell the farm is usually quiet but now the silence is deafening. I don't know how long I can last with this quiet. I ended up ordering some pizza for dinner because even though I had no appetite Spencer was hungry and I needed to eat a little something. Even though that probably was a bad idea because Spencer just complained at nothing could compare to New York pizza. I just agreed and pushed away the slice I didn't even finish.

            When we were done eating I had some more work to do with reading over the black book while Spencer had to finish up some assignments for school. We both stayed at the table as we worked and I grew more and more discussed with I was reading. Joe has his hand in a little of everything and his black book even stated that he was scheduled to receive a new shipment of drugs today, marijuana, Molly, cocaine, oxycontin, heroin and fentanyl.

            I almost threw up. It took me a few more hours to get through the rest of the book. By the time I was done the moon is in the middle of the sky and Spencer is passed out on the couch, her laptop still sitting in her lap. I stood from the table and saved everything she was working on before locking up the house and throwing a blanket over the sleeping girl.

            After the house was locked up tight I went into the bathroom to find the pain killers and took half of one before going to sleep for the night. I thought that the drug would help me stay asleep, turns out it only lead to a nightmare of the night Dante died. I woke up sweating and reaching for the knife on my nightstand I never put away. Cassie brought me out of it when she started licking my face to help me calm down.

            Once the nightmare faded I walked into the living room and found Spencer still asleep on the couch so I took a shower to wash away the bad dream. By the time I was out and dress Spencer woke up and made me some eggs toast and coffee. I ate quietly and when we were done I told her that I needed to go to the studio to try and put clean everything up.

            I gave Sophia a call to let her know what I was up to and where I was going and she said that they still haven't seen Joe come out of the airport. I just hung up on her when she told me that. If they still haven't seen him then he's already here planning his next move.

            Spencer and I checked on Tomas to make sure he was okay and to let him know I was going into town for a while. The drive to the studio was quiet and I left the radio on some pop station. I parked in the back and let us inside to find everything was how I left it. Spencer got the broom from the apartment upstairs and started to clean up the broken glass as I called Rebecca and Melanie to let them know that I was closing the studio for two weeks. Rebecca had a lot of work cut out for herself because she now has to reschedule all of our appointments but I told her that I would pay her extra to get it done. I sent Melanie all of my current projects and told her to finish the edits to get them out to the clients they won't be waiting for their shots.

            Once the glass was cleaned up and I wiped my blood off the walls the studio looks okay. I'm going to ask Tomas one day if he can help me fix the hole in the wall once things settle down. Other than that everything looked okay.