“You know Gabe’s calling you out on the bag of dicks comment,” he stated.
He shrugged.
“At this point, EJ, I’d rather be working a case that has an actual bag of dicks than this mess. Once Gabe finds out we have a baggie of Snow, he’s going to be twitchy. That means there’s more here.”
Yeah, and Ethan knew one thing.
Gene.
Was.
Right.
Gabe was about to lose his mind.
* * * Blackhawk & Cantrell * * *
The Park
Twenty Minutes Later
Almost Two P.M.
When they got to that scene, there were cops, there was the ME van, and there was media.
It was any agent’s trifecta of pain in the ass.
Oh, holy shit!
There wasn’t just media, but there were media times ten. There were cameras, reporters, newspapers, and all the accoutrements that went with that shitshow.
That was the not so good part. The last thing Gene wanted to deal with was the media up his ass.
How they got alerted…he had no idea. What he did know was there were so many goddamn reporters there that it was going to be almost impossible to avoid this hitting the news.
That was the last thing they needed. Keeping this off of the record was essential to making sure Corbin’s assault stayed quiet. That was a problem.
They had to lock this down, and keep it from the media free-for-all.
Heading toward the tape, they both had their badges tucked into the pocket of their Kevlar, so that they were easily seen.
The cops on the tape lifted it, and didn’t hassle them.
Thank.
God.
As they walked the path that led to where the bodies were, Reed caught them, and walked beside them.
“Agents, someone walking their dog on the path not far from here found the bodies. Well, their dog did. The dog ran into the trees, smelling something, and when the person followed, they found them.”
Ethan was making notes as Gene talked to Reed about the victims.
“How long were they out here?” he asked. “Are we talking any evidence is shot to shit because of the snow?”
The man nodded.
“It looks as if they were dumped about nine hours ago. I took their internal temps, did the math, and came up with body-cicle. I’m guessing around six this morning, but it could be earlier. You know how it is. I also can’t give you TOD, because the weather jacked that up.”
