Life Is for the Living by S. C. Stokes

Author:S. C. Stokes [Stokes, S. C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 39282742
Publisher: Prescient Publishing
Published: 2018-05-02T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Kasey looked at Bishop. Her mouth was agape and yet she couldn’t get a word out.

“Come again, Bravo?” Bishop called.

“He’s unconscious. We found him slumped behind some boxes. He’s still breathing but we have not been able to rouse him. I suspect he’s been drugged.”

“Not possible,” Bishop replied. “We saw him inside only a moment ago.”

“And I saw him out front, less than two minutes ago,” Georgiano chipped in over the radio. “I don’t know what to tell you, Bishop. We secured the exit as instructed and found him out cold. We’ve had him in hand for at least two minutes, maybe longer.”

“Why didn’t you say anything?” Bishop demanded.

“You were breaching the offices. It’s the single most dangerous point in any operation. I thought it unwise to distract you while you were storming a room filled with armed hostiles.”

Kasey bit her lip. If Bravo Team was correct in their timing, the man they had seen inside the warehouse could not have been Stevens.

How is that possible?

Kasey thought back to the encounter inside the warehouse. Steven’s had his hands up but had been looking at the ground. Kasey really hadn’t got that great a look at him. He’d been all too eager to leave as Bishop had directed.

“Bishop. Is there any chance it may not have been Stevens inside? I didn’t get a great look at him. I just saw the uniform and assumed it was him.”

“It’s possible,” Bishop admitted leaning on the van. “I’d like to think I would have noticed if it were someone else. Doesn’t explain the uniform though.”

“You’re right. He was definitely wearing an NYPD uniform,” Kasey said pacing back and forth. “Bold as brass though, whoever it was. He was willing to drug an officer and sneak into a warehouse with two heavily armed killers.”

“You think he’s the one who got the drop on Samson?” Bishop asked.

“It’s possible. Samson certainly seemed to think he’d been shot by his buddy, but I find that extremely unlikely based on how we found the scene. His friend was shot in the back of the head. Almost certainly before Samson was shot but we’ll need ballistics to confirm it for us. We have to get these bodies and evidence back to the lab.”

Bishop shook her head. “I can’t believe it. Less than an hour ago we had a talking witness in custody and a lead on the Khan. Now all we have left is three bodies, and a phantom shooter we didn’t even know was involved until he offed the Khan and our only witness.

“How do we explain this to the chief? We just tell him we let some guy playing dress up get the better of us? I don’t think so. We need answers.”

“Get me back to the lab and give me a few hours,” Kasey said, anxious to take a closer look at Samson and his companion. The crime scene made no sense at all and she wanted answers. “I’ll work out what happened here.”

Bishop nodded. “It will have to do, I guess.

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