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MODEL CITIZEN

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Nothing.

Jake found nothing about him.

For usual suspects, this would give them a leeway, the you’re free to go speech. But not Jesse Harding.

It’s even more suspicious that he has no record, and not to be that guy, but someone like Jesse is the exact type of person you would expect to have at least broken the law once. He has never been arrested, even for something like shop lifting.

We have less than four hours to produce results and our only suspect is as clean as a whistle.

My fingers rake through my hair, eyes boring into the sheet of paper that contained a summary of his life.

An actual model citizen would be jealous of this.

Mave saunters inside, good timing. I cannot handle this alone, and I hate that it’s beyond me, the leader of the team cannot crack one suspect.

“He didn’t say anything?” he asks glancing sideways at the holding.

His brows tug together when he finds Jake quietly cleaning up our suspect. I am even more surprised to find my stomach churning at the si
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  • The chaos of him   HIS GAME

    The only person I would admit this to would be myself, nobody else would ever find out about the fact that the one time it actually crossed my mind to call my girlfriend, is to distract myself from thinking about how another man’s lips tastes. Viv answers as the guilt kicks in, her sleepy voice coming through the speakers only makes me squeeze my eyes tight in guilt. ‘Come on, get up. This is your girlfriend’s sleepy voice, react to it or something.’“Eli?”Nothing.There’s no reaction down there, not even a stir.“Hey, did I wake you?” I think back to the last time I saw her, a few hours ago, when she drove off to meet with Diamond, so much has happened since then, it seems like weeks ago. “No, no. I am supposed to be up in a few hours anyway, what’s up?” she asks, clearing her throat. The eagerness in how she answers digs the knife further down my chest.“I just… wanted to hear your voice.” I answer truthfully.There’s a pause on the line, so much so that I think the connectio

  • The chaos of him   MODEL CITIZEN

    Nothing.Jake found nothing about him.For usual suspects, this would give them a leeway, the you’re free to go speech. But not Jesse Harding. It’s even more suspicious that he has no record, and not to be that guy, but someone like Jesse is the exact type of person you would expect to have at least broken the law once. He has never been arrested, even for something like shop lifting. We have less than four hours to produce results and our only suspect is as clean as a whistle. My fingers rake through my hair, eyes boring into the sheet of paper that contained a summary of his life. An actual model citizen would be jealous of this.Mave saunters inside, good timing. I cannot handle this alone, and I hate that it’s beyond me, the leader of the team cannot crack one suspect. “He didn’t say anything?” he asks glancing sideways at the holding.His brows tug together when he finds Jake quietly cleaning up our suspect. I am even more surprised to find my stomach churning at the si

  • The chaos of him   SOMETHING HUGE

    “Golden boy!” Jesse greets excitedly as soon as I walk into the holding cell.My stomach flipped, gentle and unexpected the kind of reaction I haven’t felt, ever– at the sound of his voice. I keep my face neutral, he can’t see how much he gets to me. “Mave, step outside for a minute.”Mave turns to me, eyes still bulging, I can smell the hate he has for the man on him. I can’t displease him, no matter how much I want to shake him until he apologizes to Jesse, he is my teammate, we are on the same side. I give him a small, understanding smile, walking towards him and leaning to whisper so only his ears could catch it,“Two minutes, gather yourself.”He grumbles under his breath, his words catching me of guard. “Good thing anyway. Wouldn’t want to catch ass licking off you.”Even after he walks away, my breathing is erratic, heart pounding in my ears. I take deep breaths to steady myself, it doesn’t work. He wasn’t even talking to me.“I have been waiting for you, I had to endure

  • The chaos of him   EVERYTHING GOING TO HELL

    ELIJAH STONE POV Everything is a mess.Phones are ringing non stop–I had to put mine on silent after the fifth call from the prime minister himself. The team is gathered here, trying and failing to hide how they really feel towards our prisoner. And him.He sits in the holding, a Cheshire grin on his face, eyes tracking my movements, almost like he is begging me to react, and I won’t give him that satisfaction. I won’t. “You searched the entire place? The rooftops, surrounding houses?” I ask again.Mave doesn't hide his irritation at my question, it’s not the first time I have asked, and it means I am questioning his detective skills, he looks at me like he is seconds from asking me even worse questions. But I wish I cared.“Everything has gone to shit now.” he casts an ugly look at Jesse, and I keep my face neutral on his, nobody had to know that the sound of his name has my stomach in knots. “We should focus on finding the item now, or else we start over.” I tell the team, ba

  • The chaos of him   NO ORDINARY STALKER

    ELIJAH STONE POV We failed.My eyes widen. The bottom drops out of my stomach as I watch him smirk, that infuriating, familiar, smirk–– before he flips the visor down on his helmet and kicks the pedal of his oversized bike. The engine growls loud enough to turn heads.And then he’s gone.He did it.He was no ordinary stalker, he wasn’t lurking around to check his painting. He came to figure out our plan, and he intercepted it, beating us to the item we were hired to steal. My blood turns fire.I climb into my car, slam the door, and tear after hum, teammates forgotten.How dare he?How didn’t I see this coming?He told the truth, manipulated me with it, how do you suspect someone who has only spoken the truth? You don’t. A cleaver bastard is what he is. He is in front of me, weaving through traffic. I turn on the police sirens, and he peeks at me over his shoulder, somehow I can already tell he is amused by it, a cheat code. A cop chasing him just cleared the road.But he cheate

  • The chaos of him   CAPTAIN STONE

    ELIJAH STONE POV“Captain Stone?” Jake calls out.I halt, pausing by the exit, hoping he didn’t need me to stay at the office, I can’t spend any more time time around this man, I need to think and he clouds my ability to do so.“The flowers you ordered arrived, it’s you anniversary with Viv remember?”My eyes widen.I forgot about it.. it’s not a real anniversary exactly, but a monthiversary. Something she came up with, we celebrated this once a month, on the date she asked me to be her boyfriend. I walk back to the central desk, where we keep all deliveries as they came, the peonies I have always given her every month, lay there, from her favorite store and everything, yet it fills me with sadness I cannot comprehend. “Thanks,” I mutter.He nods once, returning to his work.“Pretty boy?” My body tense. “Are you okay with leaving just like that? Knowing you would never see me again?”I grit my teeth, ignoring his question and the wave of protests that crash into me at his questions,

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