Today’s
excerpt is from How ‘bout Both, Book #3 of the Bader Trilogy. Some banter while discussing funeral plans,
then back to work trying to find the terrorist.
Enjoy and have a fantastic day.
m.j.
When they got to
Homicide, Elmer and Maine walked in, headed for the coffee urn. As they did, Reggie saw them. He came out of his office. He just walked into the conference room where
Alan and Bert were already hard at work, then waited. When Elmer and Maine came into the room,
Reggie nodded, “Funerals are set for Friday.
Same place, same time. I’ve got
the route map in my office, when you get time.
I won’t even ask if you’re gonna attend.”
Elmer nodded,
“Good. Maine, you got a uniform that’ll
fit?”
“What do you
mean, ‘will fit’? Of course my uniforms
fit.”
“Oh, I thought
you’d put on about an ounce since you started working with me.”
“Actually, I’ve
put on three pounds or so—all muscle.”
Reggie smiled at
the comeback. “Bert, you, and I have to
be there. The Chief wants as many of us
black officers as possible to be there.”
“Why?”
“Because it’ll
be televised. He wants to show the
diversity of the department to the world.
Just kidding. You and Alan are
here to watch the new terrorist desk.”
Elmer asked,
“What new ‘terrorist desk’?”
Reggie got a
twinkle in his eye. “That’s what I’ve
decided to call this conference room, until we have this bird in cuffs, or in
the morgue. Oh, Homer called. Told me he’s on the way—will be here
shortly.”
Maine joked,
“Don’t look now, but ‘shortly’ has arrived.”
Everyone else
looked in the direction of the doorway to see Homer heading to the coffee
urn. After he poured a cup, he entered
the conference room. “Someone besides
Reggie make this coffee?”
Alan nodded,
“You’re safe—I made it. Drink up.”
Reggie
frowned. “See you guys later—you too,
Maine.”
Maine
pouted. “Hey, I’m one of the guys.”
Elmer shook his
head. “I don’t think so, Maine…not by a
long shot. Too darned pretty.”
The banter kept
on, even as those there started to work.
Elmer laid out what he thought they should be doing, which included
getting every piece of information they could on all known associates of
Simmons who were Muslim…converts or otherwise.
He also decided they best look carefully at Ali’s record, to get a list
of all his known contacts and to make “damned” sure all information available
was found—then put in a file on him. He
also stressed they should get addresses of every one of the Muslims known to
either man, with a thorough check on any property they might own but wasn’t
listed as their address of record.
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