[Tom Reed and Walt Sydowski 04.0] No Way Back by Rick Mofina

Author:Rick Mofina [Mofina, Rick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Suspense
ISBN: 9781511376679
Google: 27BsVix7LoEC
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Publisher: Pinnacle
Published: 2003-01-01T07:00:00+00:00

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Sydowski studied Officer Don Valdosa as he worked the safe phones in the task force room at the Hall of Justice.

Valdosa wore dark jeans and a dark track jacket. He had a diablo goatee and a New York Giants knit cap pulled tight to his dark glasses. As he shifted in the swivel chair, his gold neck chains chimed as he tried to get information on Leopoldo Merida.

Leopoldo was an elusive Bay Area dealer, known only to a few people on the street. They called him el viento, “the wind,” because police could never find him. He never dealt on the street level. He was three or four people up the food chain. To some, he was known as Caesar. And the only hope Sydowski had of talking to him was Valdosa, one of the SFPD’s best narcotics cops.

Sydowski knew that often you couldn’t score on a case unless you passed the ball. Watching Valdosa do his thing for the past half hour convinced him they were advancing.

Alternating between English and Spanish, using his cell phone and pager, Valdosa pumped his CIs, or confidential informants.

“No, man, I don’t want to arrest nobody,” Valdosa said into his phone, waving at Sydowski, indicating that he might be on to solid information. “No...I’ve got Caesar’s old number, man, you know, el viento, he changes his numbers like his underwear, man...” Valdosa laughed with his source at the little joke. “Right, man. That’s right. I always remember people who help me. That’s right. In what denominations do I remember? Oh, that’s good, man.”

Turgeon entered the room with a few pages of computer printouts on Leopoldo Merida. She did not interrupt as Valdosa finessed his source.

“Man, nobody’s at risk here,” Valdosa said into the phone. “Didn’t you see it all over the news, man? We saw the shooters. The body descriptions, their voices, man, you know, and we know, it can’t be Caesar. Right? Looks like big white boys. I just want to talk to Caesar respectfully, man-to-man, ’cause he’s so powerful, you know, he may have heard...right. He may have heard. You say you might know where Caesar’s at? For how much? That much? Now, that’s workable. I’m sayin it’s workable. That’s right. You call me back on my cell. In one minute. I’m just looking for direction, man.”

Valdosa hung up. Stroked his goatee, then talked softly to Sydowski.

“Caesar knows our shooters. He definitely had dealings with them. Word is he took off right after it happened. To Chicago.”

“We could tap Chicago PD to grab him tonight,” Sydowski said.

Valdosa shook his head. “He might be back in our yard now.”

“Where?”

“He’s got girlfriends, cousins. Word is he’s back. Somewhere here.”

“Was he directly involved?” Sydowski said.

“What I’m hearing confirms what you’ve got, Walt. Carrie Addison owed his franchise big time. Caesar always collects. He knew her connection to the jewelry store and may have parlayed information from her to our suspects.”

“To settle her debt to his business?”

“Right, and maybe one of his own, to the suspects.”

“An information transaction?” Sydowski said.

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