A Perfect Wife (Blake Wilder FBI Mystery Thriller Book 2) by Elle Gray

Author:Elle Gray [Gray, Elle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-02-04T16:00:00+00:00

Twenty-One

Criminal Data Analysis Unit; Seattle Field Office

“Okay, before we go any further, am I the only one feeling funny about using stolen files from the Seattle PD?” Mo asks.

Astra looks over at her. “Yes. Yes, you are,” she says. “Now shut up and eat your lo mein. It’s tasty.”

Once upon a time, I would have felt as awkward as Mo does about using material I know to have been purloined to further my own investigation. But that was back when I was young and naive, thought everything in the world was black and white, and that everybody followed the same rules. That naive, innocent Blake died a horrible death when she realized the world doesn’t work that way. We have to be as ruthless as the criminals if we want to stop them.

There are still plenty of lines I won’t cross. I haven’t gone completely rogue, nor will I. For instance, I won’t outright break laws, but I will bend them to their breaking points if it helps me make a case and put a murderer down. The criminals have way too many advantages over us, and there are some things I think we can do, as law enforcement, to level that playing field a bit.

Is using the information Lee gave me ethical? We could probably debate that point. Is it moral? I think taking a murderer down is always the moral thing to do. Will I lose sleep over the fact that Detective Lee gave me a thumb drive filled with files that can help us take a guy who has murdered seven women so far down? Not on your life. It’s not like I broke into Lee’s house and stole the files from him. He gave them to me willingly. Collaboration is the name of the game, right?

If we don’t stop him, who knows how many more women this unsub will go on killing. Especially if this SPD task force is sitting on their hands, doing nothing more than turning oxygen into carbon dioxide and collecting a paycheck for it.

As far as I’m concerned, somebody has to step up and save these women. Detective Lee understands that and he’s betting his whole career on the fact that not only do I get it but that I’m in a position to do something about it. And he’s right. I am and I will.

“Where did you get this thumb drive anyway?” Rick asks.

“I found it inside a fortune cookie,” I reply. “Enough with the questions. Pop it in and let’s see what we have. And don’t worry, guys. If somehow us having this information all goes sideways, all the heat will fall on me. I’ll make sure of it. You guys will be protected.”

Rick chuckles to himself. I know he’s got a bit of that rebellious, screw-authority nature to his personality. He just doesn’t have quite enough of it in him that he’d risk his cushy government paycheck by doing the things Brody does. And I can’t say I blame him for it.

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