"Are you working today?" I ask him putting some toast on his plate
"Not that I know of" he tells me
"So your just on standby?" I ask him
"Pretty much" he says taking a bite off the toast
"How about we do something?" I ask him
"Like what?" He asks
"I dunno, I need to get out of this apartment. I need to do something im going crazy" I tell him
"Okay, how about I take you food shopping?" He asks and I laugh
"Okay, food shopping it is" i say and he smiles
"I need to tell you something" I tell Ethan as we eat breakfast on the dining table
"What is it?" He asks me
"Harriet" i begin and he nods, "is Azizis ex girlfriend"
His jaw drops, "really? How do you know?"
"Mia told me" i say and he shakes his head bewildered
"Do you think they are in contact?" He asks me
"I honestly have no clue" I say and he nod
"I'll let sanders know" he says and i nod.
I watch him as he takes his hand through his chocolate brown hair as he calls Sanders.
"Yes" he says
"Wait what?" He asks and I lean forward
"Okay, I'm on my way" he says before hanging up
"A cab driver has called in saying he dropped someone off matching his description, they want me to go have a look with the lads" he says and i nod
"Be back soon" I tell him
"Will do" he says giving me a kiss on the check before leaving out of the door.
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Ethans pov
I walk up a few flights of stairs of an abandoned building with Will, Sam and George.
We finally make it up to the top where the room has photographers taking pictures of the room.
"Someone's been a busy boy" Will tells the man dusting fingerprints and i smirk before we move along the room.
"Fuck" i say as I look at the wall.
The wall is filled with pictures of Eden, pictures of her in the army and at home. And it has a map of Denver in the middle.
"What the fuck?" Will says
"Shit" Sam says
"Don't worry boss we're going to get him for you and for her" George tells me
He's trying to track her down.
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Eden's pov
I'm currently cleaning.
I never clean it's too much effort but I'm running out of things to do.
"Eden it's me" Ethan says and I walk into the living room
"Your cleaning" he says walking up to me and putting his hand on my forehead, "are you okay? Are you not feeling well?"
"Shut up you dickhead" I saw pushing his hand off me and he laughs
"How was it?" I ask him
"He's long gone, forensics are going over all of the materials" he tells me and i nod
"Can you tell your mom to update her privacy controls on facebook?" He asks me
"Why are you stalking her you weirdo?" I ask him jokingly.
"No, not me" he says and I look up at him
"Azizi?" I ask shocked
"He's printed out pictures of you and stuck them all over his wall" he says
"Fucking hell" I say in shock
"We think we might be able to get some extra information about him through Harriet" he tells me
"What? Do I go and have a talk with her?" I ask
"Yes" he says
"Okay and what, are you recording the conversation?" I ask him
"No Sanders has told me that she's already been interviewed but we think she might say more since you know her personally" he tells me and i nod
"Okay, let's go"
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"I met him at a party" Harriet tells me, "he was on his own. He always was, every party I went to he was there. Sat in a corner not doing anything, not saying anything"
"I dunno, I guess I just felt sorry for him" she tells me and i nod
"Is that why you dated him? You felt sorry for him?"
"No!" She begins, "i would and sit with him in the canteen and he didn't say anything but the way he looked at me would tell me he was grateful for it"
"He started talking to me and we went out a couple of times to the movies or for dinner" she tells me, "before I knew it, we were a couple"
"Then he said he wanted me to take him to the mosque" she says, "I thought he just wanted to learn about the religion for me, I thought he cared so much that he wanted to know everything"
"God I sound so stupid" she says
"No, not at all" i tell her
"I just went a long with it" she says, "but he became obsessed. It was where he always wanted to go and all he'd talk about. I hinted to him maybe we shouldn't go as much and he just went mental with me"
"After he went berserk, I broke up with him and he just left" she says
"Did he come in contact with you after he went to Ethiopia?" I ask her
"He texted me on the day he left, saying he'd see me again and then my name in capital letters" she says and i nod
"Do you think he's past saving?" She asks me, "do you think he's pure evil?"
"Do you know what he did to me?" I ask her and she shakes her head.
"Do you want to know?" I ask her and she nods
"I was hooded and thrown into the back of a truck. I was beaten, kicked. Physically and mentally tortured for his pleasure" i say and she looks down
"My head was head back by my hair as they beat me, as they spat at me. They told me I was going to die" I tell her
"I was filmed begging for my life as they bribed my life to get their fighters back. They didn't know I was in the army, my comrade Kaylee. She got injured and our medic got killed. I knew basic first aid so I got in the ambulance with her. They took us both from the ambulance"
"The more pain and torment he put us though the closer he felt to heaven" i say tearing up
"I'm sorry" she says
"No, I don't want to feel sorry for me"
"You wanted to know what I went though" i say
"One of my best friends died in my arms, I'll never get her blood off my hands" I tell her with tears falling down my face
"I look down at my hands and I can imagine it there, I can imagine her falling to the ground as he made me watch her get murdered" I tell her
"My arms were chained so high that the pain was excruciating. I wanted to give up" i tell her, "they touched me, their hands were all over my body"
"But they rescued you" she says
"Yeah they did, but i always find myself wondering if Azizi, sorry Jacob. Went though with it, I wouldn't have these thoughts in my head right now" i tell her and she looks down
"So yeah, I do think he's just pure evil"