The Easytown Box Set by Brian Parker

Author:Brian Parker [Parker, Brian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Muddy Boots Press
Published: 2019-05-24T22:00:00+00:00

“How do you always seem to find a way to get into trouble, Forrest?”

“Chief, this wasn’t my fault,” I appealed. “I went to speak to Chris Young for another interview and those clones jumped me.”

“Any idea if they were there for you or for the reporter?”

“There wasn’t a lot of time for talking. I’ll interview them and get some answers.”

“No you won’t,” he grunted, chewing harder on his cigar stub.

“What do you mean? I made the arrest, I’ll interrogate.”

“Mayor Cantrell ordered them destroyed.”

“What?” I asked, horrified.

“The clones were euthanized this morning,” Brubaker replied. “I don’t like it, but the governor’s office granted the mayor the power to do whatever he needed to do to confront the clone threat, up to and including mobilizing the Louisiana National Guard.”

The floor seemed to drop out from underneath me. “Chief, those were human clones. Regardless of how you want to spin it, they were people. The mayor ordered a murder and we followed suit.”

“Goddammit, Forrest! I know. I don’t agree with it. I spoke to the Milneburg Precinct chief about an hour before you got here. Doctors from Sabatier Island injected both of the clones in custody with a lethal dose of potassium chloride. Then they dumped the bodies in the garbage.”

“Why the fuck would they kill them? They could have given us information about who ordered them to try and get to Chris. Or maybe they were trying to get to me, I don’t know. That is such—”

I stopped. Why would Governor Talubee allow the clones to be euthanized before they could give a statement? Based on the order to police to eliminate the clone “threat,” I knew no one had any love for clones, but even then, why would they order their deaths before information could be gleaned from them?

In my mind, there was only one answer: The two of them were part of the torture tourism ring. It was the only explanation that made sense.

For that matter, why is Chief Brubaker dead set on keeping me off the clone case?

Shit, I was beginning to get paranoid. The governor had simply granted the mayor of his largest city the power to enforce the law as he saw fit. Governor Talubee—and Chief Brubaker—were more than likely clean.

“Chief, why has the mayor declared a war on clones?”

“I’d hardly call it a war.”

“It seems like a war when we forego any attempt to follow due process and begin exterminating prisoners.”

The chief stood up and walked around his desk. I watched as he shut the door to his office and followed him as he came back to his seat. He turned on an old radio with a tap on his computer’s display. Soft sounds of oldies that my dad listened to filled the small space.

“I don’t disagree with you, Forrest,” Chief Brubaker said, leaning forward. “Something doesn’t add up. Lord knows this city already has a hard enough time with public relations. If word of this got out—this shoot first, don’t ask any questions mistake—then the department would be done for.

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