“That’s not enough to keep Ramesly,” Lawe inserted into their conversation.
“No, it’s not,” Drew acknowledged. Especially since his impartial witness was his brother, another son of David Ramesly and a gang member. Unless Searson confessed that Ramesly was involved, they had nothing on David. “It is enough to hold and charge Searson.”
“It could be the shrink,” Green mused. “Someone is lying about the prescription medications.”
“I’m going to check out the pharmacies where the medications were filled. Maybe I can find something,” Drew said.
“You’re not going to do anything,” Green growled at him. “You’re on suspension. Colby can check the pharmacies, I’m giving the case to him. I’ll hold Searson for now but I’m letting Ramesly go. If you breathe a single word about Agent Lawe’s operation, I won’t just send you back to foot patrol, I’ll dismiss you. Do I make myself clear?” Green pointed at Drew for emphasis.
“Yes sir,” Drew bit out.
“I mean that. If I hear one whiff that you’ve informed the Ramesly family of David Ramesly’s impending arrest, I’ll fire you,” Green reiterated. “I want you to drop this. You’re related to Ramesly. That’s a whole can of worms that could bite the department in the rear should any of this get out. From now on, you leave him alone. Am I clear?”
“Yes sir,” Drew repeated. There was nothing else to say. Green was a hard boss, but usually he was fair. Drew didn’t know what Green’s problem was right now. However, he wouldn’t lose his job over this. Which meant he wouldn’t be able to say a word about this to Bethany. The one good thing is that Searson would remain in jail.
“I appreciate your cooperation in this,” Lawe said smoothly. He picked up his original file and stood, offering a hand to Green.
Green stood and shook Lawe’s hand. “Good luck.”
Lawe nodded and extended his hand to Drew. “No hard feelings I hope.”
Drew took Lawe’s hand in a punishing grip. “Why would there be any hard feelings?”
Lawe smiled and extracted his hand.
Drew watched him leave. “Am I dismissed for the day sir?”
“Yes,” Green said sourly. “I have no idea how I’m going to explain this to the mayor.”
Drew didn’t care. It wasn’t his problem. His problem was what to say to Bethany. He grabbed the report that Miguel had made before exiting the office. Drew gave it back to Miguel.
“Colby is taking over the case,” Drew grabbed a chair and wheeled it over, sinking down into it. “He needs to check with the pharmacies to see who picked up the prescriptions from Dr. Urshman that she swears she didn’t write.”
“It’s a long shot. Hopefully they have cameras and we can get a good look at the perp,” Miguel grimaced, tossing the report on his desk. “Why Colby?”
Drew snorted. “I’m on suspension and you are too close to me, being my brother-in-law. Right now, Green is favoring Colby, don’t ask me why.”
“What do you mean you’re on suspension?” Bethany asked.
“I had a mix up in a case,” Drew grimaced. “It fell apart thanks in part to an FBI agent and thanks in part to me being too eager that I didn’t see the warning signs.”
“The good news is, Drew doesn’t repeat his mistakes,” Miguel tapped the file with a finger. “I’ll give this to Colby and note the angle on the pharmacy. Hopefully we can find out if the psychiatrist is telling the truth.”
“Ask Colby to keep us informed,” Drew requested.
“Will do,” Miguel nodded.
“Green says we can hold Searson for now. Ramesly is going to be let go,” Drew scowled.
“What? According to Dr. Urshman, he was there in the office. Doesn’t that make him an accomplice?” Bethany asked in surprise.
“There’s not enough proof to charge Ramesly with anything,” Drew didn’t like it any better than she did. “Are they done at the apartment?”
“Yes,” Miguel nodded. “The bugs were gone and no prints at all by the time we got there.”
“That means the cleanup was professional even if the camera work wasn’t,” Drew remarked sourly.
“What happens?” Bethany questioned as the thought crossed her mind that she might not be safe with David Ramesly going to be released. “Do I just wait for them to try again?”
