Free Personal Possessions by Tracy Lee Page A

check his
references and research if he has ever worked on any high profile
cases, then text me his number.”
    She never asked why or
what for, she just did it.
    “If I don’t answer, it’s
because I’m on the plane.”
    She was so quiet. I could
hear the pen scratching on the paper as she was writing down what I
was saying.
    “ Do I have any
messages?”
    She answered right away in
her Boston accent, “No sir, nothing that can’t wait until you get
back in the office.”
    I always followed the same
routine when I got back into town. I went straight to the office,
worked until early the next morning, and then went home to sleep.
Got a couple hours of shut-eye, showered, and returned before the
sun was up to start the next day. She knew that I would get those
messages right away.
    “Thank you, Judy” I said
before I hung up.
    I hadn’t even realized
that I was approaching the airport exit. I entered the airport, and
approached the rental car agency to return the car. My phone began
ringing again, I looked down and saw it was Greg again. I had to
answer it this time.
    “I’m returning the rental
now, then heading in the airport. Can I call you right back?” was
my greeting.
    I wasn’t in the mood to
talk about the details of the trip, as a matter of fact, I wanted
to forget the whole afternoon. I slip my arms in my Armani suit
jacket, then grabbed my suitcase and briefcase out of the back
seat.
    “I take it shit happened,
huh?”
    I didn’t answer him. I
just let the phone go silent. He had known me long enough to know
what that meant.
    “Ok, we still on for
tonight?”
    Shit, I forgot about that.
I guess I could meet with him and go eat, then come back to the
office. “Yeah, sure. We’re on,” I answered as I strode in to the
airport. Hanging up with him and checked in and found a seat to
wait for the boarding call. I heard my phone go off notifying me of
a text message.
    I saw that it was from
Judy, it was the information I was looking for. I had one more call
to make before I boarded that plane. Dialing the number, I was
surprised when they picked up after the first ring.
    “Hello?”
    I didn’t answer. I just
sat there a minute, thinking about what I was doing. This wasn’t
right. I could feel it deep down in my soul. I shouldn’t be making
this phone call, not with all the shit that went down today and
what Rachel had said to me. I could say her name, if I really
wanted to. It was a name, nothing else.
    A name that had no meaning
to me whatsoever anymore, that was spoke daily on another man’s
tongue. The more I thought about it, the madder I
became.
    I couldn’t think these
thoughts, I had to block them along with the feelings that occurred
right along with them, and hide them down where they meant nothing
to me.
    “I need to see you
tonight. Midnight. Your apartment, be ready for me.”
    I didn’t even wait for a
response before I disconnected the call.

Chapter 5
    I dialed Greg’s number,
and headed for the parking garage. I went straight home from the
airport because I knew I had plans after I met with Greg. My head
was swimming with thoughts. Thoughts of what Rachel had said to me
were blaring in my mind. Hearing her voice, saying the words over
and over were making it so I couldn’t think of anything else other
than her face.
    The way that the sun was
shining hit her skin and she didn’t look a day older than the last
day I had seen her thirteen years ago. Her smile was captivating.
Her whole face lit up, she looked so content with what life had
given her. If there was anything going on behind her front door,
you weren’t able to tell by the look on her face.
    “ Yello,” Greg’s answer
pulled me from my thoughts.
    “ I am in my car heading
for O’Malley’s,” I responded shortly.
    I wasn’t in the mood to
have a conversation right then, besides, I wasn’t able to hear him
anyways over what was going on in my head. I hit the end button and
got in my car. Driving the two blocks