Michael calls Jeremiah 20 times for two hours and he does not answer. Six hours later Michael receives a call from Jeremiah.
"Hello, someone called this number?" Jeremiah asked.
"Yes I did, this is detective Micael, why did you leave town so soon?"
"Because I have some business to take care of out here in New York, I'm a professor now, and there's students who I need to attend to, this is my job?" Jeremiah said.
"Im sure your your students will understand completely,we are in a slow pandemic so nothing is much important anymore than dead bodies and a missing person. You wasn't supposed to leave town until the investigation is over with," he informed.
"Yeah but..." Jeremiah said.
"It sure doesn't seem like you care about finding your missing friend," he said.
"I do, I just...." Jeremiah said.
"Just what? Is teaching really as important than finding a missing friend who is probably assumed dead, do you even give a fuck?" He asked.
"Look..." Jeremiah said, getting interrupted.
"Why did you leave Chicago anyway?" He asked.
"Look detective, I isolated myself from that city, that's a curse city, Chicago is a cursed I wanted to move somewhere where I can be me, make me feel comfortable, to get out of my comfort zone. I needed to move out," Jeremiah said.
"Do you really care about finding your friend? Come on, be honest," he said.
"Believe me detective, I care as much as my other friends do, but I have a life here in New York now, I had to leave all those memories behind me. And Timothy might be dead, I gave up that grief many years ago," Jeremiah said.
"You need to come back to Chicago and stay here until the search is completed, and that's an order, if you do not follow this through I can send someone there to arrest you," he demanded.
"You have to understand..." Jeremiah said.
"NO, I SAID GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE TO CHICAGO NOW," he said shouting.
"Okay I will book the next flight out," Jeremiah said.
"You better," he demanded.
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