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boyfriend broke up," he gave in answer with a shrug.
                 "She..." Jennifer barely contained the urge to lunge at her co-worker this time. She did not
know Marcia particularly well so this seemed peculiarly personal for the two of them.
                 Marcia shrugged and smiled trying to look demur but failing considering her back-stabbing not
moments before. "Your phone is ringing."
                 For a moment there wasn’t a sound and she was fully aware that her phone was in no capacity
ringing, but without missing a beat Jennifer’s phone rang as if on cue. Jennifer sometimes forgot that
Marcia saw things before they happened or sensed things before they happened or whatever it was
mediums of her caliber did. Without hesitating Jennifer pulled out her phone and answered, sure
enough Zip was on the line. She could picture him back at his terminals where he worked monitoring
police radios and city cameras gathering information for the purpose of finding their monster. "Ryan,"
Jennifer quickly announced in her usual fashion over the phone and nearly smacked herself in the
forehead when she remembered the stranger named Ethan was still hovering and would now know her
last name as well.
                 "I’ve got our guy," Zip’s voice was muffled by the sound of electronics buzzing in the
background but Jennifer paid close attention as he rattled off a location.
                 "We’re on our way, keep me informed if he moves," Zip did not say anything further simply
hung up and she did the same. She turned to tell Marcia that it was time to go and found that the
woman and both her drinks had already disappeared out the door. Out of habit she went to follow and
pulled up short when the stranger placed his hand on her elbow. If anyone else in the world had done
that she would have reacted differently but his hand on her made her knees feel weak and instead of
decking him like she aught have she simply froze in place.
                 "I will be seeing you soon Jennifer Ryan," he said it so matter of fact that she couldn’t dream of
denying that he was probably right, she hadn’t realized that she was nodding until he smiled and
released the loose grip he had on her. "Be safe out there in the dark Jennifer," his words probably
should have struck her as odd but she chose to ignore their meaning and instead ran out to meet the
others by the pumps. She knew for a fact that Zip would already have text the location to Malcolm so
when she stumbled out by the van she was not expecting to be greeted by a smiling Marcia and a
fuming Malcolm.
                 "What was that about?" Malcolm asked without moving, clearly furious with her although for
what she couldn’t be sure, Marcia was the one who had given Ethan her phone number.
                 "Not now Malcolm, it’s time to go," she waited praying that he wouldn’t be stubborn at a time
like this.
                 "Here you go," Marcia quickly handed Malcolm the drink that Jennifer had made for him.
"Yours tastes like shit by the way," she offered to Jennifer as she passed handing her the drink before
hopping in the van and sliding the back door closed behind her.
                 Jennifer didn’t wait for Malcolm to say or do anything she simply tossed the coffee in her hand
in the trash and made her way to the passenger side of the van hoping that ignoring him would make
him get in the van and drive. It took him a little longer than she would have liked to get over himself but
after a minute he was moving toward the drivers side door, a scowl communicating that he was far from
over the issue.
     
     
     
     
     
                    
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter 2
     
     
                 Jennifer wasn’t sure what exactly she should have been expecting, she was a fraction of the
way in her seat when Malcolm revved the van to