Betrayal High by Mark M. Bello

Author:Mark M. Bello [Bello, Mark M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: 8Grand Publications
Published: 2020-07-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Micah Love and Zachary Blake sit in the conference room of Zachary’s mansion office, discussing the explosion. Zack’s certain that foul play is involved. Micah’s playing devil’s advocate, even though he agrees with Zack. At the end of the day, a protest and lawsuit followed by a car explosion are too much of a coincidence.

The purpose of the meeting is to plot strategy and retain experts. Zack wants the best in explosives and automobile computer systems. The Detroit Police, through Billy Ellington, offer unfettered access to the vehicle and crime scene, including all evidence collected to date.

The best development so far is the discovery that surveillance cameras were installed on the front of the buildings located on the opposite side of Michigan Avenue. These cameras provide an excellent view of the parking lot across the street. DPD advises Micah and Zack that the camera analysts are now focused on a white guy, wearing dark shades, sporting a Tiger baseball cap, and a Nicholas Castellanos jersey. He was observed walking in and out of the parking lot. No one can find, though, on any tape, a view of the guy entering the parking lot in a car and parking that car. What was he doing in the parking lot?

There was no surveillance inside the parking lot, and it is difficult to observe what the man did after he entered. The explosion occurred about an hour and a half after he entered the lot. ‘Castellanos’ was observed walking past the lot after the explosion, heading toward the Book Cadillac. While police and fire personnel and all bystanders were focused on the parking lot trauma, ‘Castellanos’ casually strolls right past the scene, jaywalks across Michigan Avenue, and disappears from view. Most citizens do not behave like he did in the face of such chaos.

Micah believes ‘Castellanos’ was headed toward the Book Cadillac Hotel. He’s so confident that he places a wager with Zack for what he calls ‘lunch on a hunch.’ If Micah’s hunch about ‘Castellanos’ is correct, Zack has to buy lunch at the restaurant of Micah’s choice. Their meeting breaks up with Micah offering to pay a visit to the Book Cadillac and use his connections to locate experts in miniature explosives and automobile computer technology.

Micah decides to take the ‘scenic route’ Downtown; Woodward Avenue all the way from Bloomfield. Woodward cuts Detroit and its’ suburbs in half, east to west. From Bloomfield, it’s about a twenty-mile stretch heading south, and Micah enjoys the fact that the route takes him through multiple towns along the way. After leaving Bloomfield, he travels through Birmingham, Royal Oak, Berkley (where the Burns family once lived), Pleasant Ridge and Ferndale, before crossing Eight Mile Road and entering the Detroit City limits.

As he continues south past the beautiful Palmer Park/Palmer Woods neighborhoods, Detroit becomes Highland Park for about a mile. Once part of the auto boon, Highland Park is now in deep decline, but attempting a comeback of sorts. Continuing on, Highland Park becomes Detroit again, and Micah drives through the New Center area, home of the fabulous Fisher Building.

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