Chapter 4

"Breakfast was good," admired Tom. There was no reply. "You're oddly quiet, is everything alright," still no answer. "Ava!" Ava quickly came back to her senses. "Uhm yes, yes...you were saying something." She answered quickly. "Where are you lost these days, you seem pretty distracted. Are you okay?" Tom seemed concerned not in a loving sort of way but in a 'I'm talking to you' way. "No I'm fine, totally fine and okay," Ava lied. She wasn't fine at all, Tom was here after all what did he expect.

"I'm leaving for work," announced Tom hoping for an answer. "I said I'm leaving for work."

"Uhm yes, yes. Bye," Ava replied.

Tom left and Ava was all alone, 'why not spend this time Tom free' she thought. RingRing!!! Ava's phone rang, it was Lana. She was the only true friend Ava had who actually loved and supported her. Whenever she was with Lana, Ava could just be Ava and not Mrs Thomas Grey.

"Hey bestie"

"Hey Lana"

"I have bad news."

"What's wrong"

"Well I'm not feeling so good so we'll have to cancel our lunch date for later today"

"Well then I come visit with a bowl of tomato soup."

"No you don't have to come, in fact you shouldn't, wouldn't wanna infect you or anything."

Ava instantly felt disappointed. Now she'd be all alone with no one,but what could she do, Lana's sick after all and she doesn't want to force anything on her with all the drama her friend's been in she didn't want to make matters worse.

"Ava honey, are you there"

"Yeah I'm here and it's okay. We can always have another lunch date some other time. You just take care of yourself okay and I'll come see you tomorrow.

"Byee"

"Bye"

Ava hung up.

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"Detective, we have a mission for you in New York," said Miller. Mark took a sip of coffee as he listened attentively to Miller assigning him his new mission. "We've received information from our reliable sources that an illegal drug shipping is happening at NY harbor and Grey Industries is part and parcel of it." Mark almost choked on his coffee. "Wait! You mean Grey Industries owned by Thomas Grey?"

"Yes, exactly." replied Miller. "Wow,that's... interesting." Mark was shocked. "And that's why we need you to go undercover as an employee at Grey Industries to go find out more information, all the details." Miller seemed quite hopeful about this. "Well I..."

"Listen,I know this is your first big mission since we lost Detective Carlos, but hey life goes on and maybe this is a sign that you should move on." Miller was starting to sound soft and caring instead of rude and bossy. "I'm sure your brother would have wanted you to move on and become The Best."

Mark got up from his chair. Miller gave him the file and he left. He was now off. Off to New York City.