Hollow Point by Mike Ryan

Author:Mike Ryan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ryan Publishing

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Three days had passed since the incident at the park. Recker and Haley had successfully stopped several other criminal acts since then. They had just finished an assignment and got back to the office after lunchtime. They brought back a sandwich for Jones, and after he finished it, they got down to work again. Jones informed them of an impending situation that was all too familiar to them. As Recker and Haley sat, Jones swiveled his chair around to talk about it.

“It looks as if we’ve got another problem with Judge Rocco.”

“They going after the baby again?” Recker asked.

“Not at all. Now it seems as though they’re going to go after the judge directly.”

Recker looked confused. “You mean they’re gonna try to kill her? What sense would that make?”

Haley agreed with the assessment. “Yeah, even if they kill this judge, another one will still be assigned. It’s not like they can just kill every judge they come across.”

“It’s not quite that dire,” Jones said. “I don’t believe they plan on killing her. They know that would be a stupid move. I do believe, though, that they plan on making decisions, and life in general, very rough for her.”

“In what way?” Recker asked.

“I believe they’re going to try to scare and intimidate her.”

“How are they going to do that?”

“That I’m not yet sure.”

“What’d you pick up on?”

“Text message from the last remaining member of the gang,” Jones answered.

“I thought that was silent for the last few days?”

“It was. Until this morning. I picked up on a message between him and another number which I have not yet identified.”

“Get a location at least?” Recker said.

“Yes. It’s not much help, however. Whoever is on the other end of the line, they’re not in this city.”

“Where are they?”

“I’ve got it narrowed down to a location in Boston.”

“Boston?”

“I can only assume it’s either a superior or possibly whoever hired him,” Jones said.

“What did the message say?” Haley asked.

“It was from Ross asking how they wanted him to get to her.”

“Vague wording,” Recker replied. “Could be just about anything.”

“They indicate a time frame?” Haley asked.

Jones shook his head. “No.”

“Gonna be the same deal again. We’re gonna have to stake out her house again.”

“Maybe,” Recker said.

Just as the threesome was about to delve into things further, Recker’s phone rang. It was Malloy. Curious as to what he wanted, Recker quickly answered.

“Hey.”

“Just wanted to pass something along to you,” Malloy said.

“OK?”

“Our mutual friend wanted to have another conversation with you.”

“Our mutual friend? Are we talking about the one who has a shiny badge and lots of cool little gadgets at their disposal?” Recker asked, trying to make light of it.

“That’s the one.”

“It’s not necessary. I’ll call him directly.”

“Fine with me. I’m just passing it along. By the way, how you doing on that?”

“Who’s asking? You or Vincent?”

“Uhh, I guess you could say both,” Malloy answered.

“I didn’t know you cared so much about police problems.”

“I don’t. Just a passing interest.”

“Well just so you know, and you can tell Vincent, that we haven’t made much progress on it yet.

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