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achieve that goal.  It was my form of punishment for completely manipulating me. 
    We drove back to the hotel after we finished eating.  We had a case to solve, and now that Jane was here, we had an extra set of arms and legs to get some work done.

-Chapter 7-
     
    We all had a restful night, and Jane and I finally reconnected after our initial awkward faze. The case in Greenland was now on our mind. It had to be easy. I mean, what could be so hard about finding out about a group of thugs in Greenland. It didn’t seem to be that tough.
    We started the same as every other case; research, research, research.  I made a few calls to the Dutch embassy in Washington D.C. to try to get a starting point.  They were nice enough, but they weren’t very forthcoming with helpful information.  Galveston was striking out too.  He tried to get information on people entering the country of Greenland but hit a dead-end at every turn.
    The answers just weren’t coming, and we were running out of options. 
    “These legal ways just aren’t cutting it are they?” Galveston asked me as I searched through a list of companies that did business in Greenland.  There weren’t many, so it was an easy search.
    “ I have to agree.  It’s time to get you-know-who involved,” I replied.
    The you- know-who we were speaking of was our resident computer expert, Alex Judokowski.  He was an ex-NSA employee and our man for acquiring information by less than legal means. 
    Alex still lived in San Diego, in a mansion overlooking the Pacific Ocean.  We knew we would never convince him to move to Nashville; he wouldn’t be pried from that area without a nuclear explosion taking place.
    Judokowski was a connoisseur of the finer things in life; fine wines, food, art, music.  He had the money to do it, and we hated him for it.  As much as we berated Alex about his lifestyle, he was still a good friend and very reliable.
    Galveston gave him a call, and Alex was excited to have the opportunity to break some new laws.  He told us he had never infiltrated a computer system in Greenland.  There was always a first time for everything. 
    We gave Alex two days to locate information to help our case.  He was confident he would have some answers for us, and hopefully, a credible lead.
    Over the next two days we wiled away the time searching for a new office.  There wasn’t much more for us to do until Alex informed us of his search.
    Alex called as the second day of his work drew to a close.  We huddled around Galveston’s phone with the speaker turned on, eagerly awaiting Alex’s results from his search.  To this point, Alex never failed in bringing us a vast amount of useful information.  But then again, everybody has an off-day once in a while.
    “ What did you find?” Galveston asked with an air of anticipation that we could finally begin our case.
    “ Well,” Alex began, “I found…” He paused, which only made us lean closer to the phone to wait for the juicy morsel of information that was sure to follow.  “Nothing.”
    Galveston scrunched his face as if he had just eaten a bad piece of fruit.  “Nothing?  What do you mean, nothing?”
    “ Just that…nothing.  I’ve looked everywhere.  Heck, I even broke some Dutch laws hacking into their systems and still found nothing.”
    “ You didn’t find anything?  No names, dates, or unusually activity?” I asked with pure surprise at Alex’s failed attempt.
    “ If the definition of nothing is something that is nonexistent, then yes, I found nothing,” he replied with annoyance and sarcasm.
    “ Well, that’s not good,” Galveston replied looking at me.
    “ Greenland doesn’t have that much of a sophisticated computer network.  I don’t even have the tools anymore to access some of their networks, since they are so old. The Dutch government systems were of no help too.  I even resorted to calling people on the phone for information.”
    “ Oh, the horror,”