Chapter VI
Date - Monday, 7th of October 2018.
Time - 10:12:51.
Location - Tulamull Police Station, County Meath of the West, Ireland.
Both Wheeler and Grant walk out of the station and go into a police car. Wheeler sits in the driver's seat while Grant is seated in the passenger seat.
The engine starts up when Wheeler places the key into the ignition and twists it and a few seconds later, they are off.
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Date - Monday, 7th of October 2018.
Time - 10:18:25.
Location - Somewhere in between Tulamull and Armull, County Meath of the West, Ireland.
They exited the small town of Tulamull and are now cruising through the beautiful countryside. They are heading in the direction of the town Armull.
"Tell me tho..." Wheeler begins. "I never got your name, Officer Grant," he adds through a smirk.
The slight sarcasm noticeable in his tone when he said 'Officer Grant' caused a smile to grow on Jillian's lips.
Wheeler must have noticed this when he let out a gentle chuckle.
"My name is Jillian... with a 'J'," she responds. "And if I may ask, what is your first name, Officer Wheeler?".
"Kyle," he replies. He takes a deep breath. "Kyle is my name.".
"So, Kyle Wheeler. You have a nice name," Jillian voices.
"Sure you too have a very nice name. Jillian Grant..." Kyle takes a short break. "I think that's a very beautiful name," he adds.
"Why thank you very much. I never got told such a thing..." now Jillian takes a brief break. "If you were trying to flatter me there, I want to let you know that you managed to successfully do it..." she confesses with a chuckle that instantly brings a grin onto Kyle's lips.
"Well, flattery wasn't really what I was going for... but I'll take it..." Kyle responds, briefly diverting his eyes to Jillian as he looks at her with a face that shows nothing but pride.
In return, Jillian rolls her eyes sarcastically as a big smirk grows on her face. "You boys are all the same. Taking pride in all the different ways yous can flatter girls and make them fall for you.".
"Hell yeah, we do!" Kyle replies, causing Jillian to burst into gentle laughter. "It's a huge achievement for us guys. If we can make a girl fall for us, we feel like we can rule the world. Don't you gals feel that way too?".
Jillian bits her lip. She is hesitating to nod her head. Kyle notices this hesitation by the way their conversation grew quiet. And as the conversation grew quieter and quieter, so did his smile. It only grew bigger and bigger.
"Is that I yes I hear?" he teases Jillian.
"Fine, yes," she finally gives in."We do too... especially when a guy invites us out for a date or something..." Jillian replies.
Then, they both go quiet. They both looked out the window, glimpsing at the fields upon fields they pass.
Kyle is the first one to break the short-lived silence. "Now, this may now be the most appropriate time, but do you have a boyfriend or - I am not gonna judge if you do - a girlfriend?".
Jillian raises an eyebrow at his bold question.
"Is that interest I sense, Officer Wheeler? Are you interested in me so you are trying to see if I am single or not?" Jillian asks, amused. Her amusement can also be seen by the smirk on her face.
Kyle raises a brow too as his mouth gapes ever so slightly. "I must say, you caught me red-handed on that one. I do seem to have piqued some interest in you, Officer Grant. But I have to mention, I was, and I still am, completely enchanted by your utter beauty..." he says, before once more diverting his eyes towards Jillian. When their eyes meet, that is when he sends her a wink.
Once more, Jillian replies with an eye-roll.
"Dare I remind you, Officer Wheeler, we are currently on a very important mission to find two missing officers. So I'd rather have this conversation when we both are off shift and when we are - preferably - alone," Jillian says as her smirk only grows bigger.
"Alone you say?" Kyle questions. "Why is that so?".
"Well, all I'll say is that I may have piqued an interest in you too, Officer Wheeler..." Jillian responds.
Instantly, Kyle lets out a chuckle or two. "I am not going to lie, I really like the sound of that...".
"Now, now, don't get any dirty thoughts, officer Wheeler..." Jillian replies in a comedically weary tone.
"I'll try not to," Kyle begins. "But I'm not promising anything.".
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Date - Monday, 7th of October 2018.
Time - 10:24:27.
Location - Somewhere in between Tulamull and Armull, County Meath of the West, Ireland.
"Alright..." Kyle begins. "We did say that they were two officers...".
"Yes," Jillian replies. "Officer Sulivan and Officer Radley. Officer Radley being the youngest of the two with only 28 years of age," she adds.
"And how old was Sulivan?" Kyle asks.
"He was 32. Said how he had a wife with a baby on the way.".
"Damn..." Kyle replies. "It's bad being a widower on its own, but being pregnant...". Kyle shakes his head ever so slightly in sympathy for the woman.
"Yeah, it is indeed very sad..." Jillian says.
Then she flicks through a few more files.
"There are also three other victims..." Jillian says.
"And they were the Reynolds?" Kyle asks.
"Yes," Jillian begins. "Ray Reynolds, Isaac Reynolds and Jameson Reynolds... They were all so young, they had long lives still ahead of them...".
Kyle opened his mouth to say something but with the further judgement of his words, decided against it. He got worried that what he was about to say will not sound as sensitive as he thinks it will.
"So..." Kyle begins a couple of seconds later. "Is it only the Sulivan and Radley case that we have or is it also the Reynolds?".
Jillian looks at him. "Only the Sulivan and Radley case. But, of course, if we see anything that has got to do with the Reynolds case, we will report it to the chief. From there, I guess he will assign the Raynold case to someone else, or the Armull Police Station will take on the case once more.".
A faint smile grows on Kyle's lips. "Alright, got it.".
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Date - Monday, 7th of October 2018.
Time - 10:30:04.
Location - Somewhere in between Tulamull and Armull, County Meath of the West, Ireland.
Kyle pushes the blinker down before turning into the parking of the campsite. There they both see a police car - a small Ford Focus - and a mediocrely big family car - a Renault Clio.
And just like for Officer Sulivan and Officer Radley, no further investigation was needed for both Kyle and Jillian to finalize their decision about the two abandoned cars belonging to the five victims that went missing.
Kyle parked somewhere closeby.
Powering off the engine, they both get out of the car.
Already, an uncomforting feeling welcomes Jillian, causing her to immediately touch her belt, her holster. Feeling the cold metal of her gun, she sighs with relief.
Then, Jillian looks over at Kyle.
"Did you bring your gun too?" she asks him.
"Of course I did," he replies, holding up his pistol.
"Shall we get going then?".
Kyle nods.
With that, both Jillian and Kyle begin their search for their victims...