I Detest All My Sins by Lanny Larcinese

Author:Lanny Larcinese
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Intrigue Publishing
Published: 2018-10-22T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE

The litigation against the Department of Corrections moved slowly pending numerous court motions. Jericho was persona non-grata and unable to get inside information, but he put Sam in touch with Ralph Imhoff, deputy-assistant-to-the assistant-deputy-of-somebody-or-other in the Office of General Counsel, the state office that oversaw the Department of Corrections. Going through channels would take until the End Times to discover anything useful. Besides, for now, everything was off the record. Sam Lanza was a lone bloodhound. This was his personal investigation, and nothing would be officially tendered to his bosses until he had things straight.

Meanwhile, on other cases, he posted innocuous busy-work memos to the file, so he had more latitude to go wherever he pleased and sniff the ass of any big-dog he wanted, as long as he showed some results on the twink murder before the gays took to the streets again.

According to Imhoff, the only thing that set the food case apart was its scope. Individual prisoners or groups had always filed against their institutions which were usually successfully defended by establishing the state’s food purchasing, preparation, and serving protocols. This case was different. The state had chosen to deal with a single purveyor, ServMark Hospitality, and all the complaint allegations arose after it became the exclusive supplier of food to the system.

“Is anybody looking into the history of how the contract was secured?” Lanza asked the distinguished-looking, white-haired, cigar-smoking, nine-to-five lawyer.

“That’s a separate matter under the umbrella of the Deputy Secretary for Administration. That’s their turf. We don’t want to open any cans of worms, especially since it might undermine our defense to the specific allegations. Besides, I don’t want feds involved. Hanky-panky with bids is a federal offense.”

“Who would I talk to over at ServMark who would know anything about the contract?”

“You won’t talk to anybody at ServMark. We don’t want you mucking things up. You could hurt our case.”

“Excuse me, Mr. Imhoff, but this is a homicide matter and I’m the police.”

“No, you excuse me, Detective. The Office of General Counsel reports to the governor. I don’t want to make a phone call and have your badge, or have the State Police lock you up. I gave you the courtesy of discussing the case, so don’t go being an asshole. Understood?”

“Yeah. Okay. But I got homicides on my hands.”

“You let us do the thinking. After this case resolves, you can work your homicides.”

“Understood.”

Sam got up and left, but Imhoff had pushed a button. Maybe he had a point. Maybe he wanted to preserve the integrity of the defense or, maybe he wanted to cover something up. The charitable view was that somebody, maybe a group of somebodies, was careless or even negligent. Lanza’s view was that somebody was on the take.

Why else would there be corpses?

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