Day 128 - There was a funeral

 There was a funeral

 Matthew Ryan Fischer

 

Kaylee tried to go back to work, just like Declan told her to. She tried to focus on waking up early and being ready before Declan got there. They walked the streets and patrolled their neighborhood. They talked about local upticks with pickpockets and loan sharks. They tracked down someone stealing card numbers from ATM machines. They did not talk about The Dragon Claw, the murder that Declan claimed had occurred, or his secret past as a gangster. Everyday she fought the urge to ask. Everyday he offered little in return. Whatever his plan was, it wasn’t happening quickly.

Then one day, out of nowhere, he told her there was going to be a funeral. He didn’t add any other details, and it was too much for her to take so she finally asked “who?” Declan didn’t know. Or wasn’t sure. Someone important. Someone high up in the organization. She asked how he knew that, and his response was vague. Something about people traveling to the city. Something about the streets being quiet. But nothing definitive.

Maybe he had a mole or an informant. Kaylee thought about tracking him at night after work and seeing who Declan spoke to. But that might ruin their relationship and any source he did have.

Declan did make one strange request. He asked her to move into a new apartment building. He didn’t tell her much, but that he was suspicious about one of the tenants and had a feeling that something may have happened there. The lack of specifics was troubling, but she had agreed to help him in his quest, so she accepted this as just one more part of the process. He warned her not to use her real name and never tell anyone what she did. He wouldn’t be meeting her at her apartment anymore in the mornings. He didn’t want to risk exposing her if someone in the building was indeed a family member.

This just gets better and better, she joked. Declan didn’t smile. At least I won’t have to wake up so early anymore, she thought. One small benefit.

Kaylee did press him on the upcoming funeral to see if there was something to be done to find out more information. He told her to be patient, but he would ask around and try to find out. But even if they learned more, they couldn’t go anywhere near it and risk exposure. Kaylee agreed. Any other day, any other case, she might have pushed for more, but not today. Apparently today she had to go home and pack.