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Post by margaret1234 on Aug 17, 2008 4:11:26 GMT -10
Great Chapter Lucy........I am entirely with Em.......my thoughts exactly as to the reason Andy wants a favour from John. So Frances is well and truly agitated now....I knew Andy would get to her.......she is starting to draw far too much attention to herself again. she now looks very suspicious doesn't she?? So just what does she have to hide that makes her refuse to have her fingerprints taken........me thinks this whole business of her hiding is not just due to her husband.
Margaret
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Post by pinkyster on Aug 17, 2008 4:16:18 GMT -10
So she won't exclude herself with providing fingerprints? That's because with fingerprints, her past will come out! Yes, I do believe John will help to get those prints somehow. Great Chapter and Great Wallpaper. Atleast Frances agreed to come back, that is a start.
Jen
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Post by gonsy on Aug 17, 2008 8:54:28 GMT -10
Lucy, wonderful chapter (and wp too Chris)! I'm with the others, John will help with the fingerprints. I want Andy putting pressure on her and know more about her past. But I don't think she is a bad girl at all. Gonsy
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Post by margaret1234 on Aug 17, 2008 9:39:52 GMT -10
Oh! Gonsy......I wish I had your faith. ;D Margaret
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Post by NV Oracle on Aug 17, 2008 13:41:44 GMT -10
No, she definately has something to hide, with that kind of a reaction. It'll be interesting to see what kind of favor Andy could possibly want from John, but I'm sure he has his own sources for finding things out.
Great chapter Lucy, and, spiff, that was a great wp too.
Your friend NV Oracle
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Post by lucymalta on Aug 18, 2008 3:36:03 GMT -10
Well - what could Andy possibly want John to do for him.... Well..... Btw.. Oracle... great to have you back - but just so you know... Chris and Spiff are not the same people... Not that I think either would mind.... They're both FAB at what they do... Lucy & Chris Chapter 3 Part 4 John smiled to himself, for the last week he had been carefully watching Frances, monitoring her routine and found that it matched what she had told Andy almost to the letter. He had noticed that her favourite place was the park, which she visited every day, either during her lunch break, or when she had a break between classes. She never went to the park after 4pm and when working at the gallery, only walked home during the daytime. At night she always called a cab which dropped her off directly outside her apartment. He also found out that her apartment looked out over the street – something that the real estate agent had said she had stipulated on her arrival. Building up the information had not taken that long in his experience; Frances was very much a creature of habit, using the same deli to buy her lunch – and the same grocer for her shopping. During that week, he had seen her talking with colleagues from the school and the gallery but also established that she had no close friends. Andy had asked for his help as the gallery case had hit a brick wall. No further leads had been found and the prints on the frame had been matched to two people – Mrs van der Zandt and the gallery manager – both of whom had alibi’s and clean records. However, there was a third print that had not yet been matched to anyone. The only suspects were another full time employee – whom Andy was also having watched – and Frances. By helping Andy out with a current case, John could expect some form of payment for his work, though not as much as it would be for a private client. It didn’t bother him or Mike, it was not the financial reward they wanted from Andy, but the information he could provide them if they needed it. Glancing over at the school from his vantage point, his smile deepened as he saw Frances coming out of the door, “Punctual as always Frances.” Checking the schedule she had given Andy, he knew she had no further classes that day and would probably head home as she wasn’t scheduled for work at the gallery. However he was surprised when she took a different direction to the one he expected. Intrigued, he began to follow. Sanders grinned, he had managed to collect a lot of information from the clerk at Scotland Yard and had slowly begun to sift through the information. He was surprised to find out that there were not many women of around Sarah’s age on the files at the Yard and slowly began to sort them out. More than half were actually hidden around London and he started sending out people to check on them, Phillip Michaels would expect clear information, not just a list of names. Very few of the files had pictures which he ignored anyway, pictures could be misleading. Habits and routines gave a far better picture of person’s character which was difficult to break. Sarah was quite a spontaneous person, which Phillip had loved about her, but he had found out to his cost that she also had a very high social conscience. It was great while he was able to use it to maintain a caring public profile, but when Sarah had found out about the business and the people he had hurt, she had turned on him instantly. Reaching a halfway point in the files that he had been reading carefully, he paused for a break. He hadn’t spotted anything that gave a clue to Sarah’s whereabouts yet, but knew it was only a matter of time.
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Post by pinkyster on Aug 18, 2008 4:44:15 GMT -10
Great chapter. So where is Frances going? Not like her to break habit. Awesome WP, needed a warning though LOL. John looks good in those shades. So I wonder if Sarah is among those files?
Jen
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Post by sanne on Aug 18, 2008 4:47:19 GMT -10
Frances is giving more info with her behaviour than with the things she told Andy....but she doesn't know.....Not sure to bet the 3rd set of prints found on the frame are hers, but I wouldn't be surprised...... Sandra
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Post by margaret1234 on Aug 18, 2008 4:50:07 GMT -10
So Sarah is supposed to be ( or was) a spontaneous person........doesn't sound much like the nature of the person we know as Frances does she? Rather the extreme now.....very rigid in her timing and her actions. This is a dangerous change of character Frances.........if someone is watching you......they will learn too much about your routines and you are sure to get caught out. But, for once you are going in a different dirction to normal ........ so what is John going to discover today and us for that matter.
Great Chapter and WP.
Margaret
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Post by gonsy on Aug 18, 2008 5:47:46 GMT -10
Lucy and Chris, I love this chapter and wallpaper a lot! (What sunglasses girls.... ) So... John is watching her, ;D naughty boy....I wouldn't mind if he watched me.... Gonsy
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Post by lucymalta on Aug 18, 2008 6:17:46 GMT -10
John suits those ray-bans rather well don't you think.... as for him watching me...? Nah... I want him to be doing a LOT more than that - and a lot closer..... Lucy
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Post by tanyadell on Aug 18, 2008 6:37:06 GMT -10
How much closer Lucy!?? ;D
awesome ch and that wall is to die for!....I would like to be the one watching John!
tanyadell
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Post by lucymalta on Aug 18, 2008 6:58:38 GMT -10
Tanya.... You should know the answer to that one....
Lucy
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Post by NV Oracle on Aug 18, 2008 16:29:51 GMT -10
Thanks for the welcome back, Lucy. Now that my PC's back up, I should be able to add my two cents worth in on a more regular basis.
Oh, yeah. I wouldn't mind him watching me either. LOL
Sorry for the mix up Chris (and spiff). Of course you're the one doing Lucy's story wp's. I must have been looking crosseyed at something else. I'm sorry.
I kind of agree with everyone else, though. I'm wondering what else John could find out about her, but if she's going another direction, than she has in the past, she has to be up to something else. I'm not saying she's up to no good, but she is up to something.
I am also wondering, though if Francis and Sarah are in fact the same person, although I would give her an Oscar, not only for her performance up to this point, but also for changing herself so completely around. It's really hard to make those kinds of life altering changes, but I'm sure that she had enough motivation, especially if he was either abusive, or was into Organized Crime, which is what it sounds like to me, and if she feared for her life, that would be big enough motivation in alot of people's books.
Anyway, I can't wait to see where you take it next. Terrific chapter, Lucy, and Chris, I loved that wp. Him and those shades. (sigh factor off the charts).
Your friend NV Oracle
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Post by Dragon on Aug 18, 2008 17:39:50 GMT -10
wow very awesome chapter girl.... Donna
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