Free Mystery: Family Ties: Mystery and Suspense by James Kipling Page A

the investigation.”
    Asa took a step back at the obvious threat behind his words and repeated once again, what the Deputy Director had told her. “No one was talking to me, when I first came here, but now things are turning around and I am making progress.”
    “What does your progress have to do with Gabriel Kimble?” The man asked sarcastically.
    “Gabriel is just a friend,” Asa was taken aback by his question. She wasn’t aware that people knew about her new relationship with the man.
    “The man is a well-known playboy, agent Clark,” Gibson pointed. “You shouldn’t waste your time with him.”
    “I don’t see how my personal life is any of your business, agent Gibson,” Asa pointed back, looking determined to defend her decisions. “Now, is there something work related you need to tell me, or should I return to my desk and continue with my work?”
    Gibson didn’t look happy with her attitude, but after a few minutes decided to let it go for now. The man sat behind his desk and opened one of the files on it. He opened the file slowly, taking his time and waiting for his heart to slow down.
    “The lab turned up something from the missing agent’s vehicle,” he finally said, without looking up from the papers. “On the gas pedal there was a distinct class of dirt, which is found in the eastern part of Kalispell.”
    “How is that going to help us?” Asa asked, still under the influence of the conversation they had before.
    “I think that we would be able to find out, which area they were investigating just before the agents went missing,” Todd Gibson looked surprised by her question, but didn’t comment on it.
    Agent Clark took the seat in front of the desk and started reading the information, given by the lab. According to them, the dirt had a specific construction, which places it in a specific area of the country. It seemed that whoever drove the car had just stepped on the dirt and then transported it inside the car.
    Both agents poured over the sediment samples and compared them with the map of the region, which was designed to show the different kind of dirt found there. After half an hour they managed to determine that the dirt was coming from a certain region and were about to call the closest police center, when agent Gibson’s phone rang.
    The man answered the phone, looking at Asa and silently asking her to give him a moment. “Gibson,” he said into the phone. “Can you repeat, please?”
    Asa could tell that whatever news he was given it was important, as Gibson stood up and looked very excited. “Okay, okay, we will be there as soon as possible.” He said into the phone, before closing it.
    “It was the local police,” Gibson said to Asa. “Two unidentified bodies have turned up near the Flathead Lake. They could very well be our agents. The area is right and according to the police they have been there for a while.”
    “No documents or other documents that can help us identify them?” She asked him, while standing up too and walking towards the door. “I will take my jacket and be ready to go.” She added, when the man just shook his head.
    Asa was still a bit confused by her conversation with Gibson about Gabriel and her commitment to the case. And now the fact that the bodies had turned up was making her think not about solving the case, but about having to go back home, as soon as the case was over. Gibson must be right, if she found it so hard to concentrate on her job right now, while thinking about Gabriel came naturally.
    Clark took her jacket and slowly walked out of the FBI office, heading towards her car, which was parked nearby. Gibson was still nowhere to be seen, so she had some time to gather her thoughts and relax before they had to go.
     
     

Chapter 18
     
    Taking his time, Agent Gibson joined her in the car and together they headed towards the Kalispell morgue. It wasn’t a long drive, but it was enough for both of them to return to their previous