Escape by Ray Wenck & Jason J. Nugent

Author:Ray Wenck & Jason J. Nugent [Wenck, Ray & Nugent, Jason J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Urban Thriller, urban fantasy, Thriller, fantasy
Publisher: Jason J. Nugent
Published: 2019-04-10T16:00:00+00:00

Twenty-Two

GRANT UNFOLDED HIS body from the passenger side and stepped onto the sidewalk. It had been Vega’s turn to drive. They alternated daily. He didn’t mind being the passenger, but Vega had a heavy foot at all times. On a call, he was a NASCAR driver, often taking chances where none were necessary. At those times, Grant often closed his eyes, praying they made it to the scene and didn’t become one of their own victims to investigate.

They got a call out when the bodies of two black males were found on a city street. It had been called in by a woman who stated she’d taken a recording of the assault. He expected the men would be the latest victims in the gangland violence saga the city had been in for the last decade. It got worse every year and the powers that be were at a loss as to how to solve the problem. However, when he got there, he discovered the men had not been shot by some drive-by opposition gang. Their bodies had been beaten to death. One man had his head crushed.

He stepped under the crime scene tape and held it up for Vega. The two men surveyed the grounds. The bodies had been covered. The crime scene team was not done with them yet. Grant turned to one of the officers, a veteran named Suarez. “You first on, Daniel?”

“Yes sir. My partner and I secured the scene. Reggie’s over their with the witness. Interesting viewing. Makes it pretty cut and dry, except for one thing.”

Grant waited, but Suarez made him ask. “Such as . . .?”

“Oh, no. Those words are not going to come out of my mouth. You go see for yourself.”

The comment piqued Grant’s curiosity. He gave Suarez a sideways glance and ducked back under the tape. Suarez’s partner, a rail thin black man named Reginald Pierce, was standing with a middle-aged black woman, next to a metal shopping basket. The perturbed look on her face told Grant she wanted to be anywhere but here.

“Detective Grant,” Reggie said, “this is Tanya Forest. She witnessed the assault and recorded it on her cell phone.”

“Hi, Ms. Forest, nice to meet you. Thank you for doing this. It will help us capture the killer of those two young men.”

“If I’d a known it was gonna take this much time I’d a never called in.”

“My apologies for the delay. Once I hear your statement, I’ll have officer Pierce take you to the market.”

“Oh, hell no! I can’t be seen getting out of a cop car in this neighborhood. I’ll be a marked woman. And don’t be talking ‘bout those two like they was saints. They was bad boys to be sure, but they didn’t deserve to die. That old white man tossed them around like they’s nothing. Never saw such a thing.”

“Can you describe him?”

“Oh, honey, I got much better than that.” She lifted her phone and tapped a button. A video came to life—one that showed three black men accosting an older man in a suit.

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