Find It Inc.

Chapter 20

The police and ambulance finally arrived to the office of ‘SoilCoal’. The two dead bodies were taken out and went to the morgue. Pineapple was taken into police custody and she would await trial for her sanity to be tested which is what the other three of them agreed as being the most logical conclusion. They told the police that she can vibrate through everything and the way to stop her is to hold her while moving your hand around. Richard told her to keep still and do what she was told which she agreed upon. The three of them were standing outside wrapped in blankets because police always wrap people in blankets. Want a free blanket? Call the police. You do not even need to call them just find a building on fire or a dead body and stand next to it or around it and boom instant blanket.

As the three of them took the elevator to their floor not a word was passed between them. They were all thinking about what just happened and how the mind is wonderful yet absolutely terrifying. The doors open and they step out to neaten up the place. Darryl stayed behind with Richard to sort out all the stolen money and get what was taken from the company. If there is bank interest Darryl insists that they donate it. Buy good karma after the last few weeks they had. Jo says her good byes and went home but not after stopping off at her real, true workplace: ‘Find It Inc.’

Jo arrived to her correct office only to be greeted by who she did not know. Donny. Donny was sitting at a desk with a computer screen in front of him while he stares at the beeping light of Frankie in the mansion and the other blinking light of Caz who seems to only move from one spot to another and back. Donny has yet to figure out that Caz sleeps, eat and sleeps. Jo has a smell at this new man (as she always does with everyone she sees in her office space or anywhere else) but this new man has a familiar scent on him but she could not point out the smell. She knew it was a smell on him and not his own smell. This happens a lot when people spend too much time with some people they get their smells stuck on them. I mean Jo, Caz, Frankie smell like each other. Jo greets Donny and introduces herself. Donny stands up from his desk with an out stretches nervous hand. He knows who she is. He knows who she is in relation to T which means he must be careful around her. They shake. His hand is sweaty. They talk for a bit as you do when you meet a new person in a room with very few people.

Donny explains that Boss K and Boss J went out to do some work in an attempt to get more business into the business and that they will be back soon. The company is still in trouble but because Jo finished her job they should be getting paid in a few days as is their way of business. Jo asked about Caz and Donny told her that she is at home since nothing has been sent to her to tell her to leave. Frankie is still at the mansion so Jo is the first one to finish. If this was a race she would have won and this makes her happy. She grabs a cup of coffee and realizes that she has not slept for two nights straight. She thinks the adrenaline of finishing a job is keeping her up.

Jo brings a cup of coffee to Donny who is watching the screen with his chin resting on top of his hand on top of the table. He is grateful for the coffee and company since he is bored and lonely. Jo pulls up a chair besides Donny to watch the screen or take a nap while watching the screen. She has to wait for Boss K and Boss J to return so she can give them the details and they can put it in another one of their books. They keep a collection of the details of the jobs the treasure hunters have experienced. They say it is to be used for referencing but the treasure hunters think that the two Bosses are going to publish all the books and sell all of these books for all of the money. Come to think of it maybe they should to get the company up to a better spot?

While Jo is daydream about what is in those books and if they would make a good read or not she gets a text. A text on her real phone that she only turned on, on the way to ‘Find It Inc.’ which comes as a shook to her that she even would get a message. She thinks it’s her Dad so she decides to answer it a bit later. Donny and she carries on watching the blinking spots of Caz and Frankie when Jo gets another text. Okay, now she should check.

The two messages were from a number she does not have saved. They are from Richard and they say:

“Hey, Richard here. We met at SoilCoal and Darryl gave me your number,

If that is a problem I can delete and not talk to you again but I hope it not a problem and we all good,

It was great working with you on the case and in office. It was cool. Hope I helped. Sorry if I did not.

I was wondering if you wanted to go for coffee with me? To say thank you from me to you? Let me know or not. Cool. Bye”

That was the first message and the second message was this:

“From Richard”

Jo smirks. She likes coffee and she likes free coffee even more. But she is not sure when; because Frankie may need help or Caz may need company so she will have to wait for what is what from Boss J and Boss K. Plus Jo really does not want to run out on a date. Haha Jo has a date, Caz is going to love that and Frankie will blush on behalf of Jo. Ghosts can blush… not sure how since they have no blood, unless the blood is ghost blood? Jo does not reply back since there is no hurry and she does not like wasting texts. Texts are free but that does not mean they should be wasted.

The whole day has pasted by the time Boss K and Boss J get back to the office. Donny is still watching the screen while Jo is napping with her head on his desk. She is going to feel a bad back when she wakes up. Boss J enters first and sees a sleeping Jo sleeping. Boss J decided it is time to wake her up and she does it with style, elegance and grace. She drops heavy books in front of her face which makes Jo jumps up out and behind the chair she was sitting on. Jo looks around and is ready to fight. Boss J has a laugh and her creepy smile is back while Boss K just shakes her head and goes inside Boss J’s office to put down some papers. Boss J follows as does Jo.

Once the click of the closed door is heard, Donny takes out this home and quickly types a message. He presses send and the text travels to T’s phone in half of a split second. Donny goes back to watching the screen more out of a habit than anything else.

Jo goes into all the details of the job as well as says sorry for the way she acted the last time she was in this office when she got the assignment. All was well and more chapters were added to the book. Jo went home and when she arrived she cleaned herself with the help of a hot shower. While painting her toes nails (she felt like it, I think she gets high off the flumes) she replies to Richard’s texts and all is a go for Sunday afternoon. Since today was only Friday she had time to rest up and catches up on more sleep. The nap in the office was needed but more sleep will do Jo’s soul good.

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T reads the text sent from her insider, Donny, about the fact that Jo has just completed her task. T is not pleased about this because Jo may be a rose by Caz’s side while a thorn in hers. The one task that was not set up by T was already completed. T knew she should have added more like she did with Frankie’s one. Any way Caz is the important one as she reminds herself. She is watching as her workers work on a maze like jungle for Caz to “walk through” and wonders how long until it is ready to go? It looks good and with the right bad lighting it will look so much better, so much more real.

The work is coming along well but T would never say that. But everyone else knows and do say it. The workers are growing proud of their creation and do not want it to end. However, it ends when T says it ends. Even if it is not finished she says when it is ready to go. This annoys those who wish to do good work.

T thinks Donny is doing an okay job giving what he has to work with. No one suspects anything and he is able to get a lot of information majority of which is not needed but at least he tried. He can try less but he is who he is thinks T. Although, T is beginning to notice something in Donny that she has not seen before and this makes her… worried? Is that the correct word? Must be. She cannot remember the last time she felt that so it must be it. Donny is getting too confident. T does not need that. Less confidence means more control over people and T adores control. But T is smart and Donny is not; she kindly reminds herself. So he is not going to do anything so no more worries. And just like that she worries no more. If only it was that easy for me.

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Donny returns home after the day looking at a screen. On the bright side: he did not go to his real job with T since she said he is not needed. He wonders what is up with that? He always went even when he was not needed? Is she being nice or playing? Playing. Yep. But Donny is too tired to figure out her games so he climbs into his bed and reads a bit from his book. He finds that reading paper relaxes his eyes after screen staring and this helps him sleep better. He thinks he should buy those glasses that people wear to watch a screen and not feel… this. Donny’s mind does a little race with thoughts which are happening more and more often which he kind of likes. In the book he is reading an active mind is a healthy body which is a healthy soul. I mean those are not the exact words but they are close enough and he is too tired to worry about what words go where and when. Or why. Or how. Or anything likes that. Donny drafts off into a land of relax sleep where time is not a matter and where he can be in control. Well sometimes he is in control but majority he is not but convinces himself that he was in control. Donny is strange but I like him. So, anyway, Donny goes to sleep and he dreams dreams about staring at screens. But in this dream he is wearing glasses to protect his eyes.