An Offer You Can't Refuse: A Miami Mafia Crime Thriller by Sal Bianchi

Author:Sal Bianchi [Bianchi, Sal]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-04-16T22:00:00+00:00

23

Nick

“It was a clean search,” I insisted vehemently.

“Okay,” Bette scoffed. “So you didn’t kick down a locked door?”

I bit my lip in frustration, unsure how to respond to her loaded question. It was the morning after the arrest that Jase and I had made on Ian Brooks. I’d come into the SDCT office early to interrogate Ian. He’d been too drunk the previous night to be reliable, but when I’d arrived, Flint had informed me that Ian had lawyered up and was refusing to speak. Furthermore, his lawyer was claiming that the drugs we found as part of an illegal search, and therefore unable to be considered valid evidence. Their argument was that a door was found kicked in on the upper floor of the yacht.

“Yes, I did,” I retorted. “But there wasn’t even anything in there! The room I found the cocaine in was completely unlocked. And I had permission to be on the boat, so they can’t claim I was a trespasser.”

“Oh, just stop with the excuses!” Bette snapped. She’d barged into the break room as soon as I’d gotten here to yell at me for messing up the case. “You think you’re so clever that you can just do what you want and weasel your way out of facing any consequences. The SDCT is in deep crap because of you! Not only did you obtain evidence illegally, but now we have videos of you tackling a suspect to the ground circulating online.”

“I didn’t tackle him.” I frowned. “He was already on the ground. All I did was restrain him.”

“Which you don’t have the authority to do!” Bette screamed. “I told Flint this would happen, that you’d end up screwing all of us over.”

“Leave him alone, Owens,” Jase finally interjected. He’d been quiet the entire time she was reaming me out, probably because he was mad at me too. He’d been standoffish ever since the arrest, but I guess even he finally had enough of Bette.

“Wow,” she laughed bitterly. “So, as usual, you’re going to let him do whatever he wants and just clean up his messes for him? You aren’t kids anymore, Park. Can’t you see he’s just holding you back?”

“Why are you even here, Owens?” He sighed in exasperation. He’d dodged her question, but I still felt the sting. It was like she was echoing my exact thoughts from two nights ago.

“I’m on the case now,” she sneered.

I snapped my head up to look at her. Was Flint going to kick me off of the case for what had happened?

“This is our case,” Jase argued indignantly.

“And clearly, you can’t handle it,” Bette retorted. She glared at me venomously before turning back to look at Jase. “This is obviously bigger than we initially anticipated. We now have three murders on our hands, with potentially many more depending on how far back this pattern continues. The director is assigning Agent Duncan and me to assist on the case. Though it wouldn't surprise me if you two got kicked off entirely.

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