Chapter 31


It's late night at Forrester, at night security guard named Tim is doing his rounds in the building. So far it's been another uneventful evening. He thinks to himself what an easy job he has, no one ever breaks into this building, it's in an upscale nice area of LA, ever since Felicia Forrester took over he has gotten a raise. It was a good job to support his family. As he walks through the hallway outside the main office he hears something get knocked over in Felicia's office. He stops in his tracks and opens the door. The room is pitch black, he shines his flashlight in the dark room and spots a picture frame knocked off the desk in pieces, he walks over and picks it up. It's a picture of Steffy and Thomas. As he looks at it he hears a shuffle behind him. He turns but all he can see is a blade coming at him. After several stabs Tim lies dead on the floor. The dark figure stares at the body on the floor and wipes off the blade.

The next morning Felicia is walking towards her office when she sees a large group of police officers crowded around her office door and police tape blocking their access. She sees Eric and Brooke standing behind the police tape, "What's going on?" Felicia asks as she approaches her father and Brooke.

"We're being told someone was murdered in the building last night." Brooke says horrified.

"Murdered! Who? How?"

"Our night security guard Tim," Eric informs a terrified Felicia, "He was stabbed to death in your office."

Felicia can't believe what she is hearing. Tim was murdered in her office. Lieutenant Baker makes his way over to Felicia, "Good morning Ms. Forrester. I'm sure by the look on your face you've been informed there was a crime committed here last night."

"Yeah, Brooke and Dad just informed me. Do you know who could have done something so horrible?"

"We don't have any leads yet. We need to take a look at your security cameras."

"Of course." Felicia lead the way to the security room.

"Felicia? How are you this morning?" Charlie cheerfully greets Felicia.

"Good morning Charlie, you remember Lieutenant Baker. He needs full access to our security systems."

"Of course, what's going on?" Charlie asks confused. Felicia hates that no one has told him. As head of security Charlie knew everyone on the security team very well.

"I'm so sorry to be the one to tell you this," Felicia gentility puts her hand on Charlie's shoulder, "Tim was murdered last night, in my office."

Charlie stands stunned, tears start to form in the corners of his eyes. "Come with me," Felicia says to Charlie, "Lets go get some tea. Please come find me if you need anything else Lieutenant Baker."

"Thank you Ms. Forrester."

The footage proved to be useless, whoever did this erased all the footage from the previous night. They were back to square one.

The whole building is buzzing over this tragic news, gossip is in over drive. Everyone was speculating over who could have possibly done such a horrible thing. Was this someone attached to Forrester? Was it a robbery gone wrong? Felicia sent out a company wide message that the Forrester building would be shut down until deemed safe for everyone to return.

After driving Charlie home to Pam, Felicia decided to stop by S.T. Marone to make sure her niece and nephew were ok.

Steffy and Thomas are going over their latest numbers, "These are better than we thought." Steffy says smiling ear to ear.

"I know, that last show was so successful, I'm so proud of everyone. I think bonuses are in order." Thomas laughs.

"I agree." Before the conversation can continue there is a knock at the door, "Aunt Felicia." Steffy happily greets her aunt.

"Hey Steffy, Thomas."

They can sense her grim tone, "Is everything ok?" Thomas asks.

Felicia takes a deep breathe, she's not quite sure how to tell them so she just gets straight to the point, "One of our security officers, Tim, was murdered in the building last night."

Steffy and Thomas' jaw drops. "Do they know who did it?"

"No, the investigation is on going." Felicia says, "I just don't know if it was a robbery gone wrong or personal. So I wanted to make sure you guys increase your security at work and at home."

Steffy and Thomas quickly get on their phones to contact their kids schools, Steffy calls Finn at the hospital. Thomas calls Charlotte. They both call their security teams at home to make sure they are on full alert and get extra security. They issue a company wide statement to make sure their employees take all necessary precautions. 

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