Outburst by R.D. Zimmerman

Author:R.D. Zimmerman [Zimmerman, R.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Crime, Contemporary, Romance, Mystery, Detective, Edgar Award, Gay, gay mystery, Lambda Award, Transgender
ISBN: 9780385319232
Amazon: 0385319231
Goodreads: 814585
Publisher: Delta
Published: 1997-12-31T23:00:00+00:00

22

It was seven minutes to six, and Todd hadn't wasted a moment. Having looped around the city on the freeways, he now sped up Lyndale Avenue South.

Hoping that this was it, that this was their guy and they could eliminate the threat against Rawlins so quickly, his energy level was cranked on high, and he said, “This might work out perfectly.”

“Yeah, it could be entirely cool,” agreed Bradley, the photographer, seated next to him. “I'd just love to get something live, something with a little action.”

“We'll see. This might be a bust. This guy might not even be there.”

“Ah, come on, man, you've got the best luck of anyone I know.”

“Let's hope.”

He drove one of WLAK's two unmarked vans, an old blue thing with large tinted windows and scabby-looking rust spots, while close on his tail was one of the shiny white ENG vans with WLAK's logo painted on the side and a large microwave antenna stacked on top. Yes, he'd made sure they were ready for any scenario, whether this be something they fired back live to the station or something Bradley taped with a hidden camera from the rear of his van. If they ended up doing it live, which would be the best, Todd was pretty sure they could get a good signal from here; if not they'd have to double-hop it, bouncing the signal off one of the downtown towers.

Nearing the Boulevard Theatre and yet another Starbucks—which were sprouting around town as fast as McDonald's once had—Todd turned left on Fifty-second. And there, parked to the side as they had agreed, sat the silver Ford Taurus, in which two men now sat. As soon as Todd pulled up behind it, Rawlins jumped out.

Todd rolled down his window and asked, “Are we still a go?”

“Absolutely.” Rawlins came up to the side of the van, squeezed Todd on the arm, then leaned a bit into the window. “Hey, Bradley.”

Bradley tipped his head. “You going to get this guy?”

“It would be very great.”

No shit it would be very great, thought Todd, more than eager to get this over with, to have the guy who'd taken a potshot at Rawlins behind bars.

Todd nodded toward the Taurus. “Who do you have with you?”

“Officer Tim McNamee.”

In case he might need the information later, Todd grabbed a piece of paper, wrote down the name, and asked, “That's all?”

“Nope, a bunch of the guys wanted in on this one. There's a squad car at either end of the block, each car with two cops. There's another one in the alley too. Any problems and we're going to be all over him.” Rawlins continued, “My plan is to take it easy. If he's there I simply want to talk to him. Like I said, Holbrook doesn't want me doing a PC pickup just yet, because we don't want him lawyering up on us. But, who knows, things could get a little hot, and we don't want you two hurt and we don't want you getting in the way.

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