Silver Justice by Russell Blake

Author:Russell Blake [Blake, Russell]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
ISBN: 1480170445
Publisher: Reprobatio Ltd
Published: 2012-07-11T12:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

When Richard and Silver turned the corner onto her street, they were jarred out of their exhausted glow by the harsh flashing lights of the squad cars gathered in front of her building. Richard pulled to the curb, double parking in the red zone.

A uniformed officer approached him, waving him on.

“Hey, buddy. Move. You can’t park there.”

Richard held out his badge.

“What’s going on?” Silver demanded from the passenger seat, holding up her badge as well.

“Robbery, assault, kidnapping–”

“What? In my building?”

The cop leaned down and gave her a long look. “You live here?”

Something about his tone chilled her. She swung the door open and stepped out onto the sidewalk. Police were milling around, and a crime scene van pulled up behind them as Richard was getting out of the car. Badge aloft, she pushed through the gathered officers and moved into the familiar ground-floor lobby, increasing her pace as she got to the stairs, taking them two at a time. Richard struggled to keep up, until their way was blocked on the third floor by a tall man in a cheap jacket and rumpled slacks.

“Sorry, lady. Crime scene. You can’t come any farther.”

“I live here. Who are you? And what the hell is going on? What apartment got hit?”

He gave her a hard look. “I’m Detective Aaron Baker. Who are you?”

She held up her badge. “Assistant Special Agent in Charge Silver Cassidy. FBI. Now are you going to answer my questions?”

The detective’s face fell. “Cassidy? I think you should probably have a seat over here–”

Silver’s eyes were already looking past him at the crime scene tape across her door. Sarah was seated in the hallway on a chair, a blanket over her shoulders, an ice bag on her face, as another detective spoke with her and a paramedic dabbed at her head.

“What happened?” Silver’s voice had climbed in pitch and had the distinctive edge of panic now. “Someone tell me what the hell is going on here.”

Detective Baker took her arm and led her towards her door. “There’s no easy way to say this, so out of professional courtesy I’m going to level with you. About an hour and a half ago, someone broke into your apartment and robbed it at gunpoint, assaulting the young lady over there,” he gestured at Sarah, “and then kidnapped the girl she was watching. I’m assuming that’s your daughter.”

The world tilted for a second, then Richard’s arms caught her. She felt him steady her as she fought to process the words she was hearing.

“That’s impossible. My daughter? Someone kidnapped my daughter? But she’s only a baby. No. No, you must have it wrong.” Silver began glancing around frantically. This was a mistake. Some kind of horrible mistake. Kennedy couldn’t have been kidnapped. That was ludicrous.

“Agent Cassidy, I know how hard this must be for you. Believe me. I wish it was a mistake. But I’m afraid it isn’t. The girl there has been hit pretty hard and injected with some sort of sedative, so she’s out of it.

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