11:45 am
FBI Headquarters
One of the agents in Jacksonville called Nikki earlier in the morning after having struck gold at a used car dealership right outside of Jacksonville. They found Philip Bernard’s Mustang and they also got a make and model of the vehicle he purchased, an older motorhome. A nationwide BOLO was issued for the vehicle but they were almost certain that Bernard would have changed out the plates by now. Regardless, they at least had something to look for and they had the make, model, and color of the vehicle.
Nikki had been reading over his comments and she had to agree with Simon that she was pretty certain he had killed someone. His last post read “I was right, you are not the only one with the power Simon, let them try to catch me. I am even better at this than you are, I will never be caught.” Unfortunately, he didn’t comment on an actual murder so there is no way to confirm if he killed anyone or not. Nikki knew after reading his comments and the longing he had for Simon’s approval that it would not be long before he made sure everyone knows what he did.
Nikki was spinning from side to side in her office chair leaning back staring at the ceiling trying to figure out what to reply to Simon’s email when there was a knock at her door. One of the junior agents handed Nikki a letter and said it was just dropped off by a courier. Nikki thanked the young man and turned to her desk and grabbed her letter opener. She slid the letter out and opened it and her heart stopped…. and then it started hammering against her ribs and she saw darkness coming at her from the sides of her vision. She was staring down at an old family photo with both of her parents, her grandparents and Nikki taken maybe 15 years ago. Everyone other than Nikki had a red X drawn over their face and there was a caption at the bottom of the photo…” One more to go agent Sebastian” ….