Eternally Yours-chapter five

Here is chapter five:

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Benji woke up to the smell of bacon cooking. She looked at the clock and it said five a.m. "Who wakes up at five to make bacon?" She moaned to herself.

She got up, took a shower, did her morning routine and then proceeded to get dress. She went into the kitchen/dining area and saw Bobby making breakfast. "I was hungry." He said to her as he was flipping an omelet over in a frying pan. "I hope you are too. I make a mean omelet." He then set a plate in front of her.

Her mouth began to water at the meal he presented to her. Without a word, she began to eat. It was the best omelet she had ever eaten. He sat across from her and watched her intensely before eating his share. "Mmm, this is really good." She said in between bites.

"I'm glad you like it." He drank some coffee. "I really appreciate you letting me stay the night."

"No problem." Benji drank some orange juice. "You can stay anytime." And she meant it. "Do you always get up this early?"

"Sometimes. When something is bothering me, I usually do." He finished eating before her and went to wash his plate.

A girl could get use to this, she thought as she watched him moving about her kitchen. He went on to wash the pan and cleaned the counter top. "You don't have to do that." Benji said to him.

"Look, it's no problem. I want to." Bobby finished what he was doing. He was already dressed and ready to go. "Do you think we could get going? I really want to know what happened to Mr. Pickles, other than the obvious."

"Sure, I'm already dressed, so we can go right now."

Bobby grabbed his dirty clothes and headed for the door. Benji grabbed her keys and soon they wereheading to their daily jobs.

Benji told Bobby she would get the reprots and meet him later at his desk and he agreed.

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Goren walked to his desk. Since he was usually at his desk before Eames, today was no exception. Something caught his eye; it was another yellow envelope. this one was more bulky than the last one, and Goren didn't want to open it, but he knew he had to. He opened the content onto his desk. A VCR tape landed on top of his leather notebook. He sighed softly when he read the inscription. It simply said Ariana.

"What's that?" Eames asked, just getting to her desk.

Goren looked at her sadly. "I think it's a tape of Ariana."

Eames shook her head. "What did the note say?" She pointed to a note that waslying under the tape.

Goren was losing his game. He didn't see the note. He picked it up and it said now the real game will begin. "Why is he doing this to me?" Bobby picked up the tape almost afraid to watch it.

"You know we have to watch it." Alex too did not really want to see what was on the tape.

"I know." Bobby headed to the video room. "I think we better get this over with."

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Benji stopped at Goren's desk, but she didn't see him around. She sighed softly wondering where he could be. He knew she was supposed to meet him here. She was about to leave, when she thought she recognized his shadow that was bouncing off of the shade of another room. She tapped lightly on the door and Eames opened it.

Alex motioned for her to enter. Bobby was watching the tape that he had received. All Benji could hear was crying and screaming, and when she looked at the television screen, she saw Araina begging for her life. She turned her head and looked at Goren. The sadness was back in his face. He looked at Benji and smiled slightly while pausing the TV.

"What have you got for me?" He asked her.

She ahd the report in her hands. "Mr. Pickles didn't die like we thought. It wasn't the knife. The knife was post-mortem." She handed him the file.

"Really? What did kill him?" Bobby asked not looking at the file.

"Mr. Pickles died?" Alex asked shocked.

Benji nodded then continued, "He was strangled with fishing line."

Goren sighed and shut the TV off. "I guess Joey's assumption of giving this guy anickname is more than correct."

Alex and Benji agreed. For the first time, Bobby was lsot for words. He seemed lost and discouraged. He ahd lost hismother, girlfriend, and cat in just a year. He didn't want to cry anymore. He had finally come back from purgatory and all hell seems to have broke out. He held his head in his hands not wanting to face the coming weeks.

Benji gently touched his shoulder and he glanced at her. "We will catch him." She tried to reassure him and he smiled at her.

"I know, but who else will he destroy before we do." He showed her the note.

"Now the real game will begin." Benji read the note out loud. "He calls this a game. I don't like his games." She handed it back to him. "You are strong. You will catch him, I know you will."

"I have to agree with Benji," said Eames. "Don't let him knock you down."

"It could be part of his game," added Benji. "And we don't want him to win."

Goren looked at both girls. They were right and it gave him the will-power to get up and fight back.

Because the next chapter is darker and more fiercer, I will post that one on amorous intent. I will let you know when it is available.