Since she wasn’t pushing him away, he held her closer, chin resting on the top of her head as he expelled a sigh of relief over realizing she wasn’t going to leave him over this.With that settled, he vowed to do everything in his considerable power to ensure she got justice for what was done to her.
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Jake Malone walked down the hall like a man on a mission, ducking into the sharpshooting unit and shocking the officers with his unusual presence.They sat up a little straighter when a captain walked into the room, which gave him momentary satisfaction.
“Where’s Nicholson?”he asked of the captain in charge of the MPD’s SWAT unit.
“At the range with the new recruits,” one of the junior guys said.“He’s been there all week.”
“What about Fitzgivens?”
“He’s in the office.”
“Thanks.”Malone continued to the back of the big open area and gave a knock on the door before letting himself into the sergeant’s office.
“Morning, Cap.What’s up?”
“Where’s Offenbach?”
“Out on personal leave.”
“Was that scheduled?”
“No, sir.He called out this morning and said he had something he needed to take care of.”
“Did he say anything else?”
“Not to me, sir.”
“Okay, thank you for the info.”
“Cap.”
Malone turned back to him.
“Do you think he’s involved in this shit?”Fitzgivens asked.
“I do.You did the right thing passing on what you knew.Thank you for that.”
“No problem.He’s been unraveling since everything happened… I’ve tried to keep an eye on him, but he doesn’t make it easy.He’s sneaky, deceitful and often nasty.It wouldn’t break my heart to see him gone from the job.”
“All good to know.Keep me posted if you hear anything more from him.”
“Yes, sir.”
He headed straight to update the chief with the latest information, but was waylaid in the lobby by Gonzales, frantically waving him toward the Homicide pit.
“What's going on?”
“Ramsey and Offenbach released a video.”
“Send someone to get the chief.He’ll want to see it, too.”
“O’Brien went to get him.”
Farnsworth walked into the conference room five seconds after Malone.“What’ve we got?”
“Watch this,” Cruz said grimly as he pressed Play on the video that appeared on the large screen at the front of the room.
