Superbia (Book One of the Superbia Series) by Schaffer Bernard

Author:Schaffer, Bernard [Schaffer, Bernard]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Apiary Society Publications
Published: 2012-01-18T18:30:00+00:00

9. Vic was sitting at his desk, waiting as Frank walked into the office. He smiled broadly and said, “There he is. Our Miss America. How you feeling?”

“Like hell,” Frank said. “My knee is killing me.”

“I can see the pain in your eyes,” Vic said. “It’s how I know you haven’t been taking that shit anymore. How you making out with that?”

“What I don’t understand is if my doctor says it’s okay, and the Chief of Police says it’s okay, why do I need to listen to a not-even-promoted Detective who says different?”

“How many drug addicts does the Chief know?”

“He doesn’t need to know any drug addicts. He has the Staff Sergeant at his side, who is an expert in all aspects of law enforcement. That’s a real police officer, with a real rank, Vic...” Frank stopped talking and held up his hand, “I really tried to get all that out without laughing. Let me try again.”

“No need. So how was your night, last night?”

“Good.”

“What did you do?”

“Iced my goddamn knee because I’m not allowed to take the proper medicine for it.”

Vic started tapping his pen on his desk anxiously. “Did Dez reach out to you? I figured he would because that’s his M.O. He likes nothing better than to divide and conquer.”

“Really?” Frank said.

“So did he?”

“Did he call me?”

“Do you know what the number one thing people do when they are confronted in an interrogation situation and they do not want to answer the question? They repeat it. It allows them to create psychological space and distance from the interrogator so that they can gather their thoughts. Do you know what the number two thing they do is?”

“No,” Frank said.

“They swear they are telling the truth. They swear to God, swear on their lives, swear on anything really. I once had a man swear on the soul of his dead child that he was telling me the truth. He was actually wearing a t-shirt with a silkscreen of the kid’s picture on it that said, IN MEMORIAM.”

“That sucks,” Frank said.

“So what did Dez want?”

“He wanted to know why we hadn’t signed up Billy as a CI yet, and to tell him if you weren’t going to do it.”

Vic nodded, still tapping his pen anxiously. “So were you going to tell me about it?”

“Maybe. I was trying to decide if it was necessary or not.”

Vic came forward on the desk, “Necessary? You mean a guy I introduce you to tries to cut my throat and turn you against me and you have to decide whether or not it’s necessary? After everything we’ve been through? That’s bullshit, Frank. You were waiting to see if you could play the cards in your favor. Well I’ve got news for you, pal. Dez promises a whole lot and delivers very fucking little. He creates discord and misery wherever he goes just because he likes to see people fight. And then, when you think he’s your friend, he jams it up your ass sideways and moves on to the next person!”

Frank waited to speak until Vic had finished and caught his breath.

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