[Kane and Thorne 01.0] Creatures of Appetite by Todd Travis

Author:Todd Travis [Travis, Todd]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781489539045
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Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Published: 2013-05-22T06:00:00+00:00

21

An hour later, Thorne and Kane entered the anteroom to interrogation, where Gilday and Scroggins watched Forsythe and Hairston question Robertson through a one-way mirrored window. A video camera was placed right up against the mirror-window of the anteroom to record everything inside interrogation.

Robertson, handcuffed to a chair inside the stark room and very angry, screamed at Forsythe. Kane wondered about a briefcase Thorne held in one hand. She’d asked him about it but he avoided answering.

“So your pal the governor came through,” Thorne said.

“He did,” Gilday said. “But you should have heard the screaming from this end.”

“How they doing?” Thorne gestured to Forysthe.

“Not good.”

“He still says he’s innocent and being framed,” Gilday replied. “Blames the government for everything.”

“Me too,” Thorne said.

“Hey, Emma,” Scroggins smiled.

“Hey, Emma,” Gilday followed suit.

“Jeff, Gerry. How’s the arm doing?”

“Still attached,” Scroggins wriggled his fingers at her.

“Everybody back at HQ is avoiding us like we have anthrax. And they weren’t all that friendly to begin with. What’s going on?” Kane asked.

“Welcome to the Captain’s Permanent Shit List,” Gilday replied. “He’s spread the word on you two, he’s very displeased with the latest turn of events.”

“Displeased? He wouldn’t even have this guy if we weren’t here!”

“And that’s why he’s pissed off,” Gilday replied. “His people are supposed to make the collars, not you.”

“He’s not too happy with the two of us, either,” Scroggins said. “If we didn’t have friends in high places, we’d be completely out of the loop.”

“What kind of bullshit is this? We’re only here to help, how are we supposed to help if nobody gives us any information?” Kane demanded.

“Typical jurisdictional dispute. Forsythe wants the headlines. State case until the Iceman crosses state lines,” Gilday said.

“Notice how he’s been careful not to do that,” Thorne said without turning.

“I mean, officially he welcomes federal support, he has to. But unofficially the policy is ‘fuck you’ without any ifs, ands or buts. We get shit like this on a local level all the time,” Scroggins said. “Forsythe hands it over to you feds, it looks like he can’t handle the case. He lets you crack it, same difference. Notice in the papers that you’re always referred to as advisors.”

“Now we can’t even do that,” Kane said, looking at Thorne’s back. “Anything on Wendy Frederickson turn up yet?”

“Nothing,” Scroggins replied. “We’ve got search teams scouring the state, using bloodhounds and satellites, there are posters everywhere. They’ve turned up exactly zip.”

“It’s like she disappeared into thin air,” Gilday said.

“She’s close by. Within fifty miles,” Thorne said.

“How do you know?” Kane asked.

“She’s close by because the Iceman is close by. He’s in the area. Wait, what’s this guy doing now?”

Thorne pointed at Robertson through the window. Robertson spat violently at Forsythe and banged his head against the table repeatedly.

“He does that when he’s angry. He can do it for hours,” Scroggins said.

“Captain’s trying to make it difficult for you,” Gilday said. “How do you know that the Iceman’s in the area?”

“I looked at the map.”

Forsythe and Hairston exited interrogation and entered the anteroom.

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