Category : Books-Fiction

Sub Category : Suspense/Mystery

"Hey Kate. I brought by the case files."

"Good. Close the door. Please." She paused momentarily for me to close the door. "Kaya, I know you will not like this but I have to assign you a partner."

"Tell me it's not Felix! Please."

Let me pause for a moment. Felix and I haven't been on the best of terms. Haven't been for three years.

Three years ago, my partner, his best friend, was walking in the park with us, of course trying to set us up. Then Zach was shot three times. Once to the stomach, the heart, and the head. I ran towards the shooter but Felix. He just stood there and let him die.

"Yes. Felix is your partner. I don't know what exactly happened but you need to get over it." Kate, my boss and sister, told me.

"You owe me big time, Chief! I was doing great on my own. I don't need a partner!" I started towards the door when I looked over my shoulder. "If you need me I will be at the dance studio." I slammed the door shut on my out. Passing by Felix he tries to talk to me. Tries.

Thirty minutes after I left the station I notice a car following me. Luckily I had arrived at the dance studio.

So after spending two hours dancing my heart out I head out to my car. Standing against my car is the one guy I could live without seeing today. Yelling I ask "Why are you here? My sister sent you didn't she?!"

I called Jack Taylor, my FBI supervisor. "Kaya, what's wrong? You never call unless you have information for me." He answers. "Yeah I know. Jack I have been followed all day. I can't trust my sister, my new partner, or anyone else. I didn't know who else to call." I responded to his question."Crud. It could be Zalandria. He's been after you for years." He hangs up on that note leaving my mind wondering. Why? Of course! He tried to kill me three years ago when Zach was shot. He killed Zach and my parents. Why was he targeting me? Why was he going after my friends and family?

The Barista house. My parents' home for over thirty years. When they were killed five years ago, I was the one who got the house. But I don't live there. No one does.My two sisters and I cook dinner once a week. Every Sunday. That day though there was a lot of tension at the table. Mostly because of Kate and me. It all disappeared the moment my baby brother walked in the front door. He had been deployed overseas for the past year.

"Ki!" he all but sobbed.

"Colin! Been too long." No one ever called me Ki but Colin.

My phone saved me from having to answer any questions that he might have. "Hello Jack." Right as I get out the door Felix pulls up and Jack mentions him. Getting into my car I yell out my window at Felix, "Get in. Jack I can't believe this."

"Jack what is going on? Why have I been kidnapped?" Felix questions.

"Kaya. There has been another murder. You will have to see how bad it is. I can say that there is a message for you. Felix you are here because well two and a half years of work and I think that Kaya is now getting too involved. So we need someone who hasn't been working this thing for the last couple of years and isn't getting threatened.""Threatened?! What? Jack are you holding back something from me?" turning to Felix, "I have no idea what he is talking about. None what so ever."How would I be able to catch Zalandria with Felix so close to me? Could I trust him? Dear Lord please help me trust Felix like I used to. Maybe even let him close again to be friends. Please Lord. Help me catch this guy that killed Zach and my parents before he kills Felix or me.