Retribution

Chapter two - You will be the bait

She drove to Mintel Greg's hospital and parked her car in the garage.

That silent night,the snow began to drop like rain, everywhere was cool and frenzy. Tapper slightly pulled on her sweatshirt and packed her hair in a soft pony style. The sizzle of night flares mixed with that awful smell of death, she retorted. Tapper alighted the car and hurried into the hospital, walked up the aisle to room 25 where Sarah had been admitted. She opened the door and was in limelight as everyone focused on her.

"Miss Tapper" the coroner Mr Mark said sarcastically.

"Please in private, can we discuss?" she said as soon as she entered the room

"We will be back Sarah" Mr Mark said.

"OK Mark, please be brief Tapper"

The door slammed close.

"I think Sarah can help us trace and get to Mr Lambert" Tapper began as soon as they were far from the room in a long passage.

"How do you mean? I mean how?"

"Here - "she opened Mr Lambert's portrait from Sarah's cellphone and handed over the text message to them. They read it through and through.

"We won't let her know about this..." the director who had been silent all along said.

"What are you insinuating Mr director?" Tapper asked wide eyed.

All the while, the coroner, Mr Mark stood looking at them incredulously.

"I think we should tell her, she will be our bait for the operation" Mr Mark said.

"Are you sure this will be good for her seeing her condition right now?" the director asked.

"Director I think the coroner is right, we should use his lover to lure him out" Tapper confirmed, she knew she would soon be rewarded for being so observant and getting such an important information for the team.

Soon they left and went back to Sarah,they had made some plans.

Tapper was in rage as they retired to Sarah. Her face suddenly became pale and stoic. Tapper sank into the soft leather chair, the only extravagance in the otherwise plain room. She took a resented look at Sarah and clenched her fists. The fool has been in contact with a serial killer and is even planning to help me out? What nuisance!

"Sarah, do you have any connection with Lambert?" Mr Mark asked as soon as he took his seat beside Sarah.

"What! How?" Sarah shot Mark an incredulous look, she did this to substantiate their claims.

"Here we found his picture on your cellphone, also a text message from him your lover" the coroner said.

"I don't have anything to do with Lambert" Sarah said yet instinctively.

"Now read this aloud" Mark handed over the cellphone to Sarah.

"Now, tomorrow the CMD agents will go to Mr Greg's apartment to arrest Lambert,your lover and you will be the bait. We will keep a close eye on you until then"

Sarah became furious. She was gob-smacked. She shot an irritating look at Tapper who was smiling but suddenly transformed her smiles to a grimace on seeing Sarah's vengeful look.

Tears welled up in Sarah's eyes and she found out that she was sobbing. She noticed a slight tremor in her arms. Soon she stopped crying, she forwarded her gaze to the ceiling and fell asleep.

"Sir, I can't go with you" Miss Tapper said when they got outside.

"You will, you got the information, so why not?" Mark asked.

"But this isn't my investigations. I just happened to find such information, it wasn't as if I worked hard to get it...

"I know about that. But now, you are the centre part of the CMD, the spy of the CMD" the director said.

"But..." Mark held her shoulders with his hands and looked straight into her eyes, "you can Tapper"

"But..."