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)
That was the hardest pill to swallow. That one of my own, one who’d taken the oath same as me, had betrayed that trust. Had set the shit in motion that had brought about the murder of my son.
I’ve been going after those men one by one, each one ratting out the other just before I took the shot that would end his life. This one got off easy, we had company; some of his buddies hadn’t been so lucky.
Those who hadn’t died-yet, had seen the wrong side of my fist before I brought them in. The mayor was ass deep in complaints about my misconduct; he could get fucked for all I care.
I knew there was no way he was gonna fire me. I had a get out of jail free card. I could piss on the national monument in broad daylight and no one would touch me.
I made a detour before taking the asshole back to the precinct. On a side street just outside of town, hidden by brush and a lonely dead end path, I pulled my piece and turned to face him.
“Where the fuck is he?” I pushed the nozzle deep into his forehead and smelt the fear and sweat that was coming off him in droves.
They’d all been the same. Tough guys who didn’t give a second thought to taking a life always resorted to punk ass little bitches when facing their own demise.
“I don’t know man, I told your boys before…” His eyes were wild and squirrely, like he’d been dipping into his own supply a little too much lately. I guess fear will do that to a man. I pressed the cold hard steel harder against his sweating flesh.
“Do I look like I’m playing with you? Where the fuck is he? I know you know, you two are thick as thieves you know where he is.” My finger on the trigger refreshed his memory and he started spilling. Fucking chump.
“Hey Sheridan, the task force said you left more than an hour ago.” My captain met me halfway through the bullpen.
“Uh huh.” I kept going because I wasn’t interested. It was coming on end of day and I had already wasted more than enough time on Jose Aguilar. He was just one more piece to the puzzle, but nowhere near the top of the food chain. If he had been he’d be dead.
“Listen son, I know you’ve had a hard coupla months but you can’t keep doing this. If this one is as worked over as the last few I don’t think we’ll be able to spin it. Their lawyers make a stink on the evening news and then the commissioner and the mayor get in my ass about your actions.”
He was singing to the choir. I’d already heard that and every variation on the theme and it hadn’t phased me. Maybe the day would come when they’d catch on and stay the fuck out of my way and let me do what I had to.
I kept going which made him sigh hard. I knew he knew there was nothing he could say to stop me. If he only knew what the fuck I was really up to he’d shit his pants.
A few scrapes and bruises on a perp was par for the course, and yes maybe I went a little harder than most. But who the fuck was going to lose sleep over some drug peddling asshole getting a fist to the face or a boot up the ass? Maybe if I’d played the game this way all along my son would still be alive.
“Sheridan, are you listening to me? I don’t have time to be cleaning up behind you. We’ve got to figure out who this asshole Savage guy is and get him off the streets before he makes us look like more of a fuckup than he already has. The chief wants you on that by the way.”
What did he just say? I didn’t look back at him for fear the look on my face might give something away, but this one I didn’t see coming.
“On what?” I kept my voice neutral as I finally turned to face him since he was like a dog with a bone and kept on my ass.
“Figuring out who this Savage guy is of course.” Not even by the twitch of a brow did I show my surprise at those words, neither did I slow my pace as I turned and kept going towards my office.
“You’re gonna have to tap someone else for that one Cap, I have a shitload of work on my plate already. We’ve only just tapped into the cartel. This shit is gonna take a long time to clean up. I can’t just leave things now and move onto something else.”
“This is coming from the top you don’t have a choice.” He’d lost his fucking mind.