It.
There was no choice, and Gene knew it.
“The victim here,” he stated. “It’s our best chance to get some evidence we can use forensically.”
That’s what he thought.
“Then, check-in later, Gentlemen. See you at the office.”
And with that, he hopped into the ME van, and the body was driven through the gate, leaving them, and the techs to stand there.
“I missPhilly,” Gene admitted.
That made Ethan laugh.
“Said no said Fed ever,” he stated. “Listen to yourself. You’ve lost your mind.”
That he had.
“Let’s walk and talk,” Gene said, wanting to think this through as they got to their car. “We have to go interview Aarron Figueroa’s family at the police precinct.”
He was aware.
“That works for me,” he stated. “Maybe he mentioned something to them.”
That was all they could hope.
As they were walking back to the car, they headed out from under the tape, and down the street. They were parked at the end of the block in front of another house.
“I’m going to text Corbin,” Ethan said, “while you mull this over.”
He was good with that.
Gene was thinking about how the man had been toDark Spirits, how Margie worked atPapi’s, and how Esmeralda seemed to be the tie to all of this chaos.
But why?
Now, it was seeming less mob-related, and back to the usual suspects.
“Yeah, go ahead. I want to get to the police station to talk to the family of the dead cop so we can knock that off of our list of things to do today.”
Well, at least they had a plan.
Rattling off a text, he hoped both Will and Corbin were staying out of trouble. The last thing they needed was to find out Corbin fell down a well, or something else that was Corbin-like.
‘Checking in. Are you guys good? We’ve caught another body, and this one wasn’t in water. We are going to the police station. What are you doing?’
He hit send, and as they walked, Gene was making notes, and Ethan heard his phone chime.
And it wasn’t Corbin.
It was Will.
That told him something was up when the man was using his phone and replying instead of Corby.
‘We’re by the pool. We tried the sex toy route, and Corby freaked out. We’re just going to stay here until we go out tonight for dinner. He needs a distraction. Can we come with you guys, even if you’re working?’
Uh-oh.
