PIT by Tilton Russ

Author:Tilton, Russ
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2022-01-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter thirty-seven

“A giant dog?” Lieutenant Leon Forester said, as he stood inside the burned-out Quonset hut looking like a school crossing guard in his bright yellow poncho. “I got a dead cop from another agency and a seriously injured officer, and you want me to tell the chief that a giant dog attacked you?”

“Yes sir, because that’s what happened,” Sergeant Davis said, her voice fighting to be heard over the rain pounding against the metal walls of the structure.

“Jesus Christ, Davis, when’s the last time you were piss tested?”

“Now wait a min—”

“No, you wait a minute. What were you guys doing out here, anyway?”

“Checking out a lead on that carjacking in Millington,” she said. She was soaking wet and miserable.

Forester swung his arms around the room. “Does this look like the scene of a carjacking to you? Looks like an arson scene to me. Are you a cop, or a fireman, Sergeant Davis?”

Her eyes tightened as she gritted her teeth, fighting the urge to smack the man in the face. “This place belongs to a dope dealer named Dreads. We thought he might be involved in the carjacking, so we came to check it out.”

“Oh, so, now you want to be a fireman and a narcotics officer?”

A growl rose from the woman’s throat as she drew back her fist. Then someone called from the garage door.

“Hey, Lieutenant, there’s a guy from the DEA who wants to talk to you.”

Forester spun around and saw a bald muscular man standing just inside the opening, staring at him. He turned back to Davis and said, “We are not done here.” He stood a little straighter, adjusted his tie, and strode over to his visitor, hand extended.

Dotson flashed his DEA credentials, which bore the name “Joseph Johnson.”

“How can I help you, Agent Johnson?” Forester said, a broad smile on his face, as if the dead and injured officers were old news.

“Actually, Lieutenant, I wanted to see if we could help you, and to offer our apologies. I have an interdiction team searching for a large marijuana field down by the river, and it seems we have stumbled into your police investigation. I hope we didn’t cause you any problems.”

“Oh, not at all, not at all,” Forester said, quickly. “There’s nothing here but a case of arson and an overzealous police officer. They tried to tie this place to a carjacking, but there’s nothing here.” He glanced back at Davis, then leaned forward and whispered, “Looks like they didn’t think it through. Now they’re trying to cover their asses by saying a giant dog attacked them.”

“There may be something to that,” Dotson said.

Forester jerked upright. “What?”

“One of my teams jumped a big white pit bull close to here. They chased it away, but I think they unwittingly ran it right into your folks.”

“Huh. But my detective said it was gigantic. As big as a lion.”

“When it jumped out, my guy said it was as big as an elephant. The people in the helicopter said it was the biggest one they’d ever seen.

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