Total pages in book: 62
Estimated words: 57240 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 286(@200wpm)___ 229(@250wpm)___ 191(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 57240 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 286(@200wpm)___ 229(@250wpm)___ 191(@300wpm)
“It was another cop. At least, he was part of it.” I saw shock and disbelief on her face as she tried to come to grips with what I was saying. “But, why? I don’t understand why would he…?”
“I guess we’ll find out when the case goes to trial. Right now I have to distance myself. I can’t have any part in it or his lawyer can use that against us. For now all I know is that he was in bed with the men who we were sworn to take down.”
“I was getting too close and they decided it was worth their while to get rid of me. They used him because he was on the inside and could feed them information, keep tabs on me and where I was in the investigation.”
Some of that I’d learned from my own research but she didn’t know that and never will. I won’t ever tell her what I’d done, what I’d had to do to avenge my son and take my life back. Now it was she offering comfort. After the way I’d treated her on that bed upstairs, she still had it in her to show me her heart.
“That’s no excuse for the way I just…” She placed a finger across my lips and shushed me. “It’s okay, I understand. Everything just hit you all at once and you needed an outlet.” Her next words floored me.
“And you were right. It was my fault that we were torn apart. If I hadn’t been so pigheaded, if I hadn’t thrown that ring back in your face and stormed out after saying all those horrible things we never would’ve broken up and you never would’ve had any reason to turn to Dee in a drunken stupor.”
“Still, it wasn’t all your fault and I had no right.”
“Leave it Nicky, I understand. I can’t imagine it can be easy knowing that one of your brothers in blue betrayed you. Did you know him? This cop I mean.” At least that part was true; Rogers had betrayed me. So I wasn’t lying to her on that score.
“Yes, he was part of my team, worked with me on trying to bring those guys down.” I couldn’t bring myself to call him ‘Savage’ to her. Soon enough, it will come out that the crusader everyone thought was trying to clean up the streets was really eliminating anyone who could expose him.
At least, that was the way I’d set it up to look. Simms and Rawlins, if they followed the breadcrumbs I’d left in place should be coming to that conclusion on their own soon.
We sat out there for a long time until we were both too tired to push the swing with our feet. “You’re not going into work today.”
“I’m not?”
“Nope, I need you here, with me.”
“Well, I do have a few sick days left and I just closed on the last deal I was working on so I don’t see why not.”
“Good, let’s go inside so I can make up to you for being such an asshole.”
19
Shelly
The last few days have been…crazy to say the least. After the night Nick told me about the dirty cop, the night he’d finally told me the truth about how he felt about my part in our breakup, we’ve been bombarded.
The media has been camped out in front of the house twenty-four seven, which was making Nick nuts. We were on our way back from work, where Nick had picked me up since he refuses to let me drive in or back by myself until things get settled again.
I could see that he was at the end of his rope by the tic in his cheek. When the male reporter approached with the microphone in my face, I didn’t think anything of it. He was no different to all the others who’ve been hounding us for days.
Nick on the other hand saw red. One minute the mike was in my face and the guy’s lips were moving, and the next he was airborne. I had to literally drag Nick away when he went after the guy and the other reporters and cameramen just stood around snapping away.
“No Nick, let’s just go inside.” He didn’t exactly shake me off, he still held my hand in his, but he didn’t listen to me either. “You come near her again I’ll make you eat that shit you fuck.”
The reporter held his hand up as he laid on the ground, his eyes wide and a bit stunned. I was finally able to pull Nick away and drag him into the house.
“I can just imagine the evening broadcast.” I said it lightly but he wasn’t in the mood for fun he was steaming mad.
“Nick, what’re you gonna do?” I didn’t trust the look on his face.