Chapter 6

It was quite exciting to realize that she was going to be part of the investigation and the process in which to catch "El Diablo". This menace has been taking apart their city for long enough and it was time that it came to an end. It was a great honor to be asked by the Chief of Police to be part of his task force. Grace could not wait to find out who else was going to part of the team. She knew that whoever was on the team would be highly esteemed by the rest of the society, otherwise Jason would not have chosen them.
As she got closer to the police station, her heart started to race. This was really happening. She couldn’t believe that her dreams were actually come true. She could not believe that all the work that she had put in to make sure that she was well known had not worked. It would appear that it was because of her not being noteworthy that she had been chosen to work so closely on this case. She had almost had the chance to work with the police two years ago when a case that she was working on turned in a manner that no one had expected or had seen.

She had been trying to find Teresa Hardwick, 16, who was a runaway; at least that is how it appeared to her parents and all of those who were involved in the case. It had seemed that it was going to be an open and shut case. It was about two days into the investigation that the ransom note appeared on the door step of Grace’s office. It stated that if they wanted to see Teresa again alive that they needed to drop all search efforts and leave well enough alone. The next morning, Grace had turned this information over to the police and Teresa returned home, only to admit that she had written the note herself to try to get out of being in trouble with her parents. She thought that if she had been kidnaped and then returned home that her parents would not be as angry at her.

It all worked out for the best, but Grace was not allowed to have the big career break that she had been hoping for. She was glad that the case had been resolved but she had wanted to work hand in hand with the police department and it just did not work out that way. It had been a disappointment to her because of all the hard work that she had put into the case. She always gave her all in every case that she was given. She knew that someday her card would be chosen and it would appear that "El Diablo" had been the one to choose her card.

After she had parked her car, Grace noticed that Jason was waiting for her. What a gentleman he is, waiting for me like this. She could not get over how handsome he looked. "I know that I shouldn’t be looking at the Chief of Police like this," she thought, "but how can I not when he is looking like that." Jason had on a simple gray suit with a white shirt underneath, nothing too fancy but it did the job. He could have just told me where to meet everyone and I could have found my way. She quickened her step to get to his side as soon as possible. He handed her a badge and told her that she would probably have to go through a search before she was allowed into the station. "It’s station policy, you know," he stated, with a gleam in his eye. She blushed.

When they arrived to the front of the police station, he walked through the metal detectors and they asked her to open her purse so they could examine the contents. She thought that this was a bit excessive, but she also understood. Nearly six months earlier, a mad man had entered into the police station and had taken it hostage. He was not all that smart because he had not realized that there was a back entrance and everyone but the three officers that he had first seen were able to get out before he even realized that there were more people in the station house. Ever since then, the station house had tightened their security.

Jason then escorted Grace into one of the conference rooms upstairs. She quickly recognized the faces around her. William Young was an up and coming detective that was well liked by all those around him and Veronica Moore was a very well known D.A. It was amazing to her to realize that she was surrounded by people that she had looked up to as top people in their professions. She was very excited to be within the walls that contained such a wonderful group of people. She knew that together they were going to find and take down "El Diablo." This was going to be an adventure unlike any other that she had been part of.