Undercover Rose
Chapter 15

Copyright© 2013 by carniegirl

By Cindy and Walt

I didn't take time for breakfast before leaving Farmer's Grove, because Control made it sound urgent. The trip to Capitol City was a four hour drive. Since I did find time for take out, I was eating the egg sandwich as I waited on the park bench. The bench was in the shadow of a Civil War Soldier's statue. I think he was a Reb but there were no markings on him. With all the political correctness and historic rewrites happening lately, I expected that all the original markings had been removed.

I had finished the egg sandwich and begun my second cup of take out coffee when the woman a few years older than my 27 years appeared. I watched her sit down beside me, then raise a paper to block her face.

"I hope I didn't keep you waiting too long," Morris said. I could tell she wasn't sorry at all.

"Not really, I finished my breakfast while I waited, so it wasn't a problem." I waited a second then went on. "So what is so urgent that I had to drop everything and come to this park?" I asked.

"Well for one thing, we can't find Jeremy and Alice anywhere before they showed up in the Farmers Grove community," Morris said.

"Since they were there first, they should be more worried about me than me about them," I suggested.

"Yes that is true and they may be. If they are worried enough, then they could be a threat," she informed me. I had to admit that it did sound reasonable. "Your being out of town on business will give us a while to check on them. We do have an assignment for you.

"Okay so what do I do next," I said.

"When you get back home, get us a set of fingerprints on one of them. Both would be better," Morris said.

"I'm sure it would be. I doubt they will be happy about giving me a set of prints. I can get a coffee cup or a glass they have handled maybe," I suggested.

"That should do," Morris replied.

"Okay when I get back, I will make it a priority," I agreed. I also wanted a background check on Rachel, but I didn't want Morris to know anything about her for now. I hadn't decided yet where Rachel fit into my world, if she did at all.

"Well Rose did you shut down your house?" she asked.

"It's June, I didn't drain the pipes if that's what you mean," I replied.

"It is hot in Capitol City. I guess we can get you home by November. The almanac predicts a hard freeze early in November," Morris said.

"I'll try to keep that in mind," I said.

"Good, in the envelope is your new biography and all the details of the job. I hope it only takes a few days to get to stage one. Stage one may lead to other stages. We will just have to go where the information leads us," Morris observed.

"Then why do I get the feeling I'm the one who will be going along the trail. I also expect to be going alone," I said.

"Well, if you want to get technical, yeah," Morris said. "But we will give you all the assistance possible."

"You do know one of these days that isn't going to be enough?" I asked.

"No, I don't know that. You don't either," Morris said.

"Would you for god sake slap the bitch silly," Liam whispered in my ear.

I shook my head for his benefit, but Morris thought it was for her. "Come on you know we do all we can. You knew the nature of the job when Mission pulled you out of the Women's Correctional Institute."

"I knew, but that does not mean I like what I do. I like it even less since you became the case officer," I said.

"You tell her," Liam said.

"Well your new car is parked on Plaza and it suits you fine," Morris said. With that she stood and walked away. There was no way anyone could have known about the meeting, so I felt pretty good about staying where I was to read the file.

"So Rose, what is it this time," Liam asked.

"Best I can tell the target is named Michael Gold. He is some kind of specialty architect here in Capitol City. I'm supposed to apply for a job with the Security Company who provides security for his office complex," I said.

"Oh my, a rent a cop. Do you get one of those cute little uniforms?" Liam asked.

"I suppose so. If everything works out well, the job should be clean and quick," I said

"You don't really expect that do you?" Liam asked.

"If it was that easy they wouldn't need me at all. They could just do it themselves," I said. "At least this time I should be able to do the job without fucking him in the process."

"Well not literally anyway," Liam said with a laugh. "Is that Michael Gold."

"Yes," I said exposing a photograph to him. "He looks more like a Goldberg."

"Probably was once upon a time. Now he is an architect who has something to hide," I said.

"Well for gods sake be careful. Something tells me there is more to this than meets the eye," Liam said.

"That's what all you men say," I suggested with a laugh. The people walking by probably thought I was quite mad. I put my blue tooth earpiece in so it looked as though I was speaking to god at the very least.

"So, it looks as though Gold is mixed up in something to do with drugs coming from South America. What do you think they need with an architect?" I asked Liam.

"Obviously he is designing them something," he said.

"Yes, that would seem to make the most sense," I said. "Well the State Super Investigators think his computer will hold a clue."

"Then I suppose you need to get a job with building security at his office building," Liam said.

"I suspect that the SBI has some inside information. They gave me a list of thing to mention on the application and during the interview. According to Morris's background cover, mentioning them should get me hired, maybe.

I memorized the information in the background file, then went to the job interview. First I stopped by the apartment they furnished me which someone had made sure included everything imaginable. I didn't have time to go through it now. I have to change into something more acceptable for a security officer. What the private cops found more acceptable was supposed to be a well fitting pant power suit. I put it on with just a little make up to hide the hairline scars. Even the best surgery leaves them. The light has to be just right, and I have to be sans makeup, but they can be noticeable.

The appointment was at 3 PM so I got there just in time. The woman I met was the head of Human Resources for the Super Office Complex. I fed her Morris's shit with a spoon.

"Well Miss Anton you are certainly qualified to rattle doors for us. I just don't see why you would want to do it," she said.

"Yeah," Liam said. "I want to hear the line of bullshit as well."

"Frankly the man I shot in Brevard County could have just as easily died. I guess I was prepared to get killed doing my job. Hell I still am. I just really don't want to take a life. If I carry a badge and gun, it could happen at anytime. I really want to be a peace officer not someone who holds a gun on other people. If I find something wrong, I want to be the one who calls the police, not the one who has the responsibility to capture or kill another human being."

"That's pretty noble of you. So what would you do if some unauthorized person was trying to get into the building?" she asked me.

"If the post had a call button, I would activate it and then tap dance as fast as I could till help arrived. If the person assaulted me, I would defend myself. The intruder would have to go through me to get into the building," I said.

"Let me do the background check and if it comes back clean, you can start work next week as far as I'm concerned. You are agreeable to the pay?" she asked.

"Well I wish it were more, but I can make do," I said.

"Well let's go meet Captain Earl, he will be your boss," she said.

I allowed her to lead me and Liam into the less attractive area of the building. The security offices were in the same hallway as the housekeeping office. I found that amusing, but Liam was rolling in silent laughter after I pointed it out to him.

"Captain Earl this is Janet Anton. If her background checks out, we are going to be employing her to work the front desk," the Human Resources lady said.

"Good, I have heard a lot about you Janet. I think you will make a great addition to our security force," Captain Earl said.

"Thank you Captain. So is Earl you sire name, or given name?" I asked.

"My name is James Earl, but you should call me Captain," he said. I smiled at him as if he were joking, but said nothing. The lady from personnel smiled at me as well.

I returned to the furnished apartment. I now had time to check it out. There was a TV and a computer. I found that it had a hard drive with Windows on it. I also found that I could completely bypass the hard drive since it was set to boot first from the USB port which held my own little operating system. I could install two USB flash drives and work completely outside the computer's hard drive. That little move made it impossible to track my computer use, unless the person had my flash drives. I protected them the very best I could.

I hid them in the freezer section of the refrigerator and would retrieve them before I used the computer for any real business. I used it to slip around the Internet on its Windows program. If anyone checked they would find that I visited adult chatrooms and video TV sites. Hardly anything to make a difference.

The refrigerator was empty of course. The packet Morris gave me had a prepaid debit card so I went to the store before I settled in for the night. I drove the five year old Hyundai to the first grocery store I came to while headed north from the apartment.

It was a downtown grocery store because the apartment was almost downtown. There were some really beautiful apartments downtown and a few blocks north some not so beautiful ones. My little apartment was one of the not so nice ones. It was one of four in a big old house. It was not a big grand old house just a big one.

The grocery store had a large section of Hispanic foods. Since I had no idea how to cook them I skipped over to the frozen food section. There were just enough of those to make a few days worth of meals without repeating any of them. I was sure I could find a Walmart Store soon enough. There was always a Walmart within ten miles of a major town.

Once I got back to the apartment in the big old frame house I heated a frozen beef potpie. That and added ice to a glass of diet Pepsi for my dinner. I washed dishes and spent the rest of the evening with the computer and streaming TV shows.

I finally got bored with the TV shows and moved on to adult chatrooms. I know that they are addictive, but they are few and harmless if one is very careful. After I found a couple of people who were interesting I tried to chat for a while. One of them insisted I send him a photograph but to do so required I give him some kind of personal information. I decided against it, as I always did.

 
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