Challenge 486 - End of the road

[m_findlow]

Title: End of the road
Author: m_findlow
Characters: Suzie
Rating: PG
Challenge: 486 - Confidential at tw100
Notes: Suzie has reached an investigative dead end. A double drabble.

Suzie slammed down the lid of her laptop and slumped back against the leather seat of the booth. Damn it. Another dead end.

She picked up the half a glass of scotch and threw it back, ignoring the fact that the clock on the wall said it was after three in the morning, all on her own except for one tired bartender cleaning up. How hard could it be to find one man in a city the size of Cardiff? Especially one American man dressed like a nineteen forties soldier.

She could have the job if she could find him, that was the promise he'd made her, but every search she ran came up empty. Classified, top secret, confidential. Even the favours she'd called in had gone nowhere. Jack Harkness. According to everything she'd searched, the man didn't even exist. But he had to, at least under a different name. She'd dredged up just one photo of him, looking just the same as that day at the police station.

She picked it up and stared at it. 'Who are you?'

'He's that Torchwood fella,' the bartender replied, coming over to claim her empty glass. 'Seen him here a few times.'

Comments

[bk_forever]

That must be galling for Suzie. All this searching and she should've just asked the bartender!