Reversible Error by Robert K. Tanenbaum

Author:Robert K. Tanenbaum
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Thrillers, General, Fiction
ISBN: 9781453210062
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2010-12-27T11:00:00+00:00

ELEVEN

Karp and Hrcany, dressed in sweats and sneakers, and carrying duffel bags laden with softball equipment, walked out of the Criminal Courts Building and toward Hrcany’s car, which he had stashed in the special judges-only parking on the Leonard Street side. It was five-fifteen on a Friday, and every judge in the world had been safe at home for hours.

They drove north toward Central Park and its tracts of softball fields. The D.A.’s team was playing their traditional rivals, a team from the Legal Aid Society, called the Bleeding Hearts. The D.A.’s team was called the Bullets, from the slang term for a year in the slams.

Karp seemed nervous and distracted. He kept looking out the window, checking both sides of the street, as if searching for an address. Hrcany said something, which Karp missed.

“I said, we should wrap up Petrossi next week,” Hrcany repeated.

“Good, that’s great,” said Karp absently. Then he tapped Hrcany’s arm and asked him to pull over.

“We got beer already,” said Hrcany.

“No, I got to stop in at that travel agency. I’ll just be a minute.”

Karp returned holding a ticket folder.

“Where’re you going?” Hrcany asked.

“Nowhere. This is something else.” He stuffed the ticket in his sweatshirt pocket and said, “So—Petrossi. We gonna win?”

“You have to ask? It’s a lock. By the way, any progress on this drug-lord business?”

Karp stiffened, but kept his voice casual. “Not much, I guess. Schick handles the day-to-day. Why?”

Hrcany looked sharply at his companion for a second, then turned his attention back to the rush-hour traffic. “Oh, I’ve been hearing stuff.”

“Who from?”

“Oh, around the hallways. Cops bullshitting. You know. Word is they’re looking at a cop for the shooter.”

Karp looked at him sharply.

“Yeah, I figured you’d be interested. Number one on the charts is your buddy Fulton.”

Karp looked away. Hrcany continued. “So what do you think? You know the guy. Could he be bent?”

“Anybody could be bent, Roland. But it’s a big jump between ‘could-be’ and bringing a case.”

“But you have your doubts.”

“Yeah, I’ve got to say I do. He’s been acting funny. He’s been hanging with some dirty people. And he was seen running from the scene of an attempted murder of a witness in the case.”

Hrcany said, “It’s a funny business. Considering the scumbags he’s knocking off, maybe they should give him a medal. Some of the cops I talk to think that.”

“How about you, Roland? You think that too?”

Hrcany paused significantly before answering. “There are days … but let’s face it— what we’re doing isn’t having much of an effect. A little police terror might calm things down.”

“Just like Hungary, huh?”

Hrcany flushed, and snapped angrily, “That’s not the fucking same thing at all!”

“No, I guess not, from our point of view. Maybe they feel different up in Harlem. In any case, there’s enough people on the lookout so that if it is Fulton, they’ll eventually nail him. A real shame too—he probably cracked up from the strain. It’ll be a hell of case to try, though.”

“Yeah. Are you sure that kid Schick is up to it?”

“He’ll learn,” answered Karp dismissively.

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