Forceful Intent by R. A. McGee

Author:R. A. McGee [McGee, R. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Darewood Press
Published: 2018-09-05T22:00:00+00:00

Thirty-Four

“What are you talking about, Porter? Arrest him for what? You saw his record, he’s pretty clean.”

“You said he had an outstanding warrant, didn’t you? Pick him up on that.”

“It’s driving with no license. No one arrests people for that,” Rivera said.

“You have to. I need to talk to him.”

“So go talk to him. What’s stopping you?”

“Did you forget what happened last time I went to the Acres? If you want me to go back, I will, but you should tell those dopey detectives from last night to be ready for more bodies. I’m sure Jacobs would love a chance to pin something else on me,” Porter said.

“Jacobs is working your home invasion?”

“With his partner,” Porter said.

“Arrington isn’t too bad. Jacobs is a moron.”

“Okay, so do you want me dealing with them again? This time I’ll definitely be booked in and processed while they try to figure out why bodies keep stacking up around me. That’ll take time. You want this case closed, don’t you?” Porter said.

Rivera thought for a few moments. “What’s the point of arresting Hughes?”

“You get him down here, then I let him listen to the Abel Quintana recording. Once he knows I’m legit, I think he’ll listen. I have an idea that’ll work for both of us,” Porter said.

Rivera was quiet for a few more moments. Porter could see her weighing her options, probably a lengthy pro and con math problem going on in her head. He knew that at some point Rivera would decide none of this was worth it. Probably best to let the dead stay dead and just stick it out on the Long Term Missing Unit. She wanted to get promoted, but she didn’t want to get herself any further on the radar by doing anything dumb. “Fine. I’ll go arrest Jamal Hughes. But I swear to God, Porter you’d better be right about this. If you aren’t, I’ll be severely pissed off.”

Something told Porter he didn’t want to see that. “When are you going to sack him up? Who are you taking with you?” Sometimes Porter couldn’t turn it off. Now that there was an arrest taking place, he felt a tingle of excitement and he couldn’t help but try to game-plan it.

“No one from this unit. They don’t like me much and I don’t want to tip them off that I’m working on this.”

“You could call Ruas. He and his guys could help you. They’re the gang unit, it makes sense for them to be arresting gang members,” Porter offered.

“No, I don’t want him involved. He may talk. I better just do it myself. I’ll drive over to the Acres and have a couple of patrol units in the area back me up. That way no detectives are wise to it. The patrol guys are always looking for a reason to do anything other than sit at accident sites and write paperwork,” Rivera said.

“Smart plan. Safer with backup, plus the uniformed guys are always hard chargers. They want a promotion.”

“That’s what they think, until they come to the LTMU and rot.

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