Frank nods in agreement and doesn’t answer the DA. He knows a rhetorical question when he hears one. Frank knows that the DA just wants to blow off steam, so he lets him babble on some more. Frank’s not paying attention to what Eddie is saying anyway. He has too much on his mind, preferably how he is going to deal with Chase. Suddenly Frank’s trail of thought is thrown out of transit.
‘Hey Frank? Are you listening to me?’ Eddie asks.
‘Yeah boss. I’m just thinking that maybe we need to deal with this in another manner’
‘What do you suggest?’
‘Well sir, we are the ones giving Chase all of this exposure. I know we, the authorities aren’t, but the news channels are. There is a saying that people can get drunk with power, well my theory is that if we cut the press out of this then Connor and his men lose their power.’
‘I don’t know Frank. We run the risk of pissing him off. He has the hostages remember, we can’t risk their lives like that, just to save face.’
Frank pauses. He feels as if the DA is not seeing the bigger picture. Frank knows how hard it is to convince a politician of something that they can’t see. It’s Time to turn the blinders off.
‘It’s not to save face Sir. If we don’t turn the spotlight off Chase then we run the risk of inciting a following from him. A following that could get out of hand and mean that we are dealing with more than one far right group.’
‘Yeah but we could also make him extremely angry, and in turn he could take that anger out on those people Frank, innocent people at that!’
‘I disagree. The man is craving the attention. Without it, we will have him neutered’
Frank smiles to himself. He’s trying to come across as convincing as possible. He knows that he’s right, but it’s convincing everyone else that’s the problem.
‘Or we will give him motive’ says the DA, immediately breaking Frank’s hopes.
Sixteen
Jason is the sort of guy that can easily blend into a crowd. He knew that as sure as he knew the importance of this day. He was sitting on a bench on the southbound platform waiting for his train. His IPOD was blazing thrash metal into his ear drums at the much higher recommended decibel level of 10. Two girls walk by him. They stop in front of him, both talking amongst themselves. He looks at the girls, both with their backs facing him, he smiles to himself. The two girls are average looking collage girls, both beautiful beyond the usual passengers on this particular platform. He immediately feels a connection to both of them. Jason turns his IPOD off and takes the ear phones out. He stands up from the rickety platform seat he has been sitting on for the past few hours. He strolls over to the girls, both of them still laughing and joking to each other. He taps the brunette on the shoulder; her blond friend turns around before her and smiles at Jason, soon followed by the welcoming eyes of the girl he tapped on the shoulder. Jason smiles as both of the pretty college girls look at him expecting him to say something. The two girls smile at each other and look Jason up and down. Jason’s six foot frame towers over them; his jet black hair gives him a certain beach boy look that’s common in California. His lean physic visible through his tight vest, showing an abundance of toned muscle covered in tribal tattoos. To say that Jason was a good looking man would be an understatement. He knew that too, and used it to his advantage many a time. He spoke.
‘I’m sorry to bother you two lovely ladies, it’s just I’m wondering whether or not I’ve missed the 9.00 o’clock train.’ Jason said. His soft tone mellowed as he spoke. The southern accent he donned made most women feel at ease, it was no different this time.
The blond girl blushed.
‘That’s what we thought as well, but we have just come from the information kiosk and they told us that the train is late, by about two hours. We have a bit of a wait on our hands.’ The young blond said. She was staring deep into Jason’s brown eyes; he could see the attraction she felt towards him.
‘That’s a relief; I thought I’d have to stay at the station for another day or two, this train isn’t as regular as it should be.’ Jason says.
Both girls smile. The brunet girl that Jason tapped on the shoulder earlier looks confused.
‘I thought there were trains every hour to Boston?’ she says
Jason smiles at her; finally he knows what she sounds like.
‘It’s not that there aren’t any trains regularly, it’s just I don’t like traveling at night, too many weirdoes at night. I have an appointment tomorrow so I can’t miss this train.’ He says, still as smooth as leather.
The brunette nods in understanding. Her friend nudges her and signals her with her eyes the way girls do when trying to be sheepish.
‘Well we don’t like travelling at night neither for the same reasons. There are a lot of creeps out there. We seem to attract the wrong sort of attention.’ The brunet girl says, still smiling, her near perfect white teeth could be visible from the other end of the platform Jason thought to himself.
‘I do apologise Mister, my name’s Crystal and this is my friend Jenifer.’ The pretty brunette says.
‘The names Jason, I have to admit that I’ve never been called “Mister” before’
The two girls laugh a shy but forced laugh.
‘Sorry it’s just you look a bit older then us, so I thought I’d throw out the courtesy line of “Mister”’ Crystal said.
‘I’m 24, is that what the kids these days are calling old these days?’ laughs Jason.
‘I guess not, well I’m 19 and Jenny here is 21, she enrolled late. We both got to college at B-Mass’
‘Is that so? I’m going there for my meeting tomorrow. I got a job as the computer technician there a few weeks ago, the job briefing is tomorrow.’
‘Wow, you’re quite young to be a professor’ Jenifer says, cutting off her fiend crystal before she could talk.
Jason laughs giving out a twinkling gleam at Jenifer.
‘I’m no professor Jenny, I just fix the PC’s and reroute the network.’
‘Oh, I feel silly now’ says Jenifer
Jason gives her another smile and touches her on the shoulder.
‘Don’t’ worry, it’s alright.’ He says
‘You must be pretty good at fixing things then?’ asks Crystal.
‘I’m very good at what I do let’s just say that’
Jason smiles at the two girls while giving off his trade mark wink. Crystal and Jenifer look at each other and back at Jason still both smiling at him. The two girls sense an intense attraction to the man in front of them.
‘I guess you can ride with us, we could do with the company. It’s a long ride to Boston.’ Crystal says.
‘Sure. My IPOD is running low on juice; I’d be pretty bored without it, so the two of you will have to keep me entertained.’
Crystal and Jenifer giggle among themselves. Jason joins in making them feel at ease. Jason certainly is good at what he does.
Seventeen
The news room that Sandra stood in was quiet for the first time in over 6 years. It was usually a loud and energetic place where people were reeling for the next big scoop. The past 24 hours have been absolute chaos in her eyes, ever since the massacre at Rixton Stella Avenue, in the outskirts of Boston. It was big news for the community and especially big news for the station. Boston’s outskirts were well known for being their territory. All the big news channels in Boston had the big areas. The known hotspot’s for crime and all this little station was left with was the outskirts that nobody wanted. That same fact used to annoy the 20 something workforce that controlled the station. They were usually relegated to the fluffy news stories about yard sales raising money for charity and missing dogs. They were the local light hearted news channel that everybody in Boston did not watch, until today that is.