The Notebook of Hope

17

"Okey Ralf, I get it. You seem to be lost right now but you need to tell me everything you know about the Machado. Who works for them, if they have other properties and if they have connections in other departments in the police" Jane said.

Ralf looked at her and just nodded.

"From what Landon told me they have a house in Mystic Falls. They got it because of Landon. They have one in here in New York and one in Seattle. They own the Ritchmond Hotel and from what I know is that they have a lot of warehouses in those city's"

"I don't really know who they work with when it comes to the police and the border. All I know is Landon used to call two guys. Clarke and Jordan. These are the names I've heard him speak to" he said.

Jane smiled at him.

"At least you got two names.. thats more then others would give us. Thank you Ralf"

Before Jane left the room she turned around and look at him.

"Hey.. did you ever heard Landon speak about someone named Casey?"

The boy looked at her and nodded his head.

"Yeah, he said Casey used to be in military but he didin't know where he went after he moved to Mystic Falls"

Of the connections that Jane knew it was Casey but she was confused as in why he would be dealing with drugs or have something to do with a family like Machado's.

She was sitting on her desk wondering what went wrong with him so she called Korsak.

The call didin't last that long and from what Korsak did find out was the same Freya had already told her but he would reach out to his friends that still was in the army.

As she was waiting she research the names Ralf had given her. When she finally found the names it was shown that this Clarke guy was a real nut job.  His rap sheat was long. He was abandoned by his parents in a church and the nun had raised him as their son. He had become difficult during his upbringing and he had started to hang out with bad crowds. Later on he left the church and started to huzzle around the area, got arrested a few times at the age of 18 and then he met Landon who became one of his best friends. Landon in return had introduced him to Mac Machado and then from there it was Mac who had offered him a job. He had been arrested a few times but they couldn't prove it was him so they had to let him go.

Hope was sitting outside the Hospital once again. Waiting for Josie to get off her class. Today she had been working from home and even nanage to finish one of her projects for Disney.

She was drawing a profile picture of her friends, she was thinking of painting it on the wall later on somewhere in the future. She was so into her art that she didin't even noticed Josie standing in front of her.

"Hey babe" the brunette said with a wide smile making the red head look up again and see her beautiful face.

"Hey baby" Hope stood up and kissed her. She packed her things and the two walked to the near by diner.

When the two of them walked in and sat down to have lunch. As they sat there they noticed a young woman walking over to them.

The girls looked at her with questioning look in their face. The woman who was about their age took a knife and was about to launch herself on Josie but it didin't happen since one of the bodyguards manage to tackle her down to the floor and they where escorted out of the diner.