The Lover's Chain (Heinous Crimes Unit Book 3) by Daniel Scott

Author:Daniel Scott [Scott, Daniel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Marlowe & Vane
Published: 2022-10-19T16:00:00+00:00

The problem, as Luke saw it, was that Christian had stopped caring. It was obvious from his computer that he planned on leaving the FBI once he’d finished with Ted Hinson. He planned to walk into Ted’s house, find the women, and kill Hinson.

Christian was okay with doing jail time if necessary.

Luke had to stop it from taking place. Not the jail time, but Christian killing Hinson just yet. He walked into Tommy’s office and shut the door behind him.

Tommy covered the phone held to his ear and looked at Luke questioningly.

Luke motioned for him to hang up.

“Hey, something just came up that’s pretty important. Can I call you back in a few minutes? Sure. Thanks.” He put the phone down. “I hope this is important. That was the cop who found the body yesterday.”

“It’s Christian,” Luke said. “I think he’s about to do something very foolish.”

“What do you mean?”

Luke walked to Tommy’s desk. “He’s going after Hinson.”

“How do you know?”

“He told me, in so many words.”

“What? When?” Tommy asked.

“Last night. He showed up late like he used to.”

“What exactly did he say?”

“That he couldn’t stand by while people were being kidnapped. Not even if Waverly ordered him to drop it.”

“Jesus Christ,” Tommy said. “What did you tell him?”

“That he needed to calm down.”

The two men stared at each other for a moment.

“Is he here today?” Tommy asked.

“Yes,” Luke said. “In his office.”

“Well, let’s go down there.” Tommy got to his feet.

“Think that through. What will happen if we confront him? He’ll say he has no such plans, and he’ll stop telling me whatever he is thinking.”

Tommy sat back down. “So what do we do?”

“First, you can’t tell him I told you this, okay?”

“Why?” Tommy asked.

“Because it violates trust he put in me. If he asks, just say you figured it out.”

“Fine. It won’t matter if the kid kills someone. What are we going to do?”

“We have to follow him,” Luke said. “We have to catch him in the act, right before he makes his move.”

“Put a tail on Christian? That’s what you’re suggesting?”

Luke nodded, his face solemn. “But not anyone else. You and me. I don’t want to get him in trouble, which is what will happen if we put someone else on him. We’ll take turns watching. I don’t think it will take long.”

Tommy shook his head and looked at his desk. “Alice… She’ll understand, I suppose.” He sighed. “You’re sure about this?”

“I wouldn’t bring it to you if I wasn’t.”

“Goddammit. Aren’t either of the two shrinks he’s seeing helping him at all? He’s losing his mind. He is.”

“When we catch him in the act, we give him an ultimatum. Either he sincerely gets help and willingly steps aside for a few months, or we go to Waverly.”

Tommy sighed. “Okay. How do we do it? Each of us takes a night shift and switch off every other night? What if he doesn’t show up to work again?”

“Yes, that’s how the nights should work. I’ll take the first shift. If he doesn’t show up to work, we’ll know from whoever is on him the previous night.

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