Once his lawyer entered the room, I took off out the back door and got in my car. Hollender sent me off to lunch, so I needed to make sure I came back with lunch. He knew it was me that went to get Mrs. Monroe, but he couldn’t prove it. If the fucker had anything to say about it, I was long past caring. I was fed up with his smug ass, and my disgust of him was growing by the day.
Hollender was entitled, corrupt, and rotten to his fucking core. I had my suspicions about him long before this, but with my dad gone, he’s made no attempt to really camouflage his actions. He’s doing it right where I can see him because he feels safe. Well, it was about time I made him feel insecure in his happy, fictitious, power-hungry, bitch bubble. He couldn’t hide behind his badge forever, and I was going to expose him for the snake he truly was.
I went through the drive through and grabbed a burger and fries even though I wasn’t hungry. It was all for show. When I went back to the station, Hollender and Ricci were near my desk talking, the door to the interrogation room was closed, and since the bikes and Mrs. Monroe’s car were still out front, I knew they were still in there.
“You did this.” Hollender stormed toward me, angrier than I had ever seen him before.
“Did what?” I played the innocent card. He couldn’t tie me to bringing her and the bikers here.
“Don’t play dumb, Juliette, you’re a bad liar.”
He came at me fast, wrapping his hands around my throat, making me drop the food in my hands. “I fucking told you to stay in your lane, you stupid little bitch. Fucking try me. Just give me a reason to snap your pretty neck.”
I tried to hold back my fear, but it was shaking through me. Fucking Hollender was getting mighty comfortable with manhandling me, and right now he was doing it front of Pornstache without a care in the world. The man just stood there, a menacing scowl on his face, his eyes twinkling like wanted to watch me die.
“Fucking let me go, Hollender or I’ll let the whole precinct in on your little secret…”
His grip lessened, and I managed to break free of his grasp, quickly adding distance between us.
“Oh yeah, Rooker? And what the fuck is that?”
“That you got a tiny dick, pebble-sized balls, and you’re being paid off by the Artillery to look the other way. You can’t afford a new Dodge Ram on our salaries, which only means one thing, you’re dirty. Not that I didn’t already know that. You might as well be mud thrown in the middle of a landfill, you’re that soiled with fucking corruption. Not that it matters. Your career is done. Only a stupid cop would grab another officer in front of the camera.” I pointed up to the camera above our heads and smiled smugly. “Gotcha, Asshole.”
And got him I did… so much so he fucking rushed me with a murderous rage blazing in his eyes.
“I’m going to fucking kill you, you cock-sucking thundersnatch.” When Hollender reached for me again like he was going to grab my throat, I was ready. I immediately dropped to my knees, grabbing my taser from my holster, and let that shit fly, hitting Hollender straight in the dick. Even though there wasn’t much to hit.
His screams of pain were high pitched and filled the room, which is why it didn’t surprise me when the door of the interrogation room flew open and all three bikers came rushing in, ready to take charge.
They stopped just short of Hollender, trying to hold back their smiles as they watched the fucking weasel roll and cry on the cold hard surface.
“My dick! My balls. Oh god! It fucking hurts…” he screamed. And damn did those screams bring me joy. Maybe if I was lucky, I tased his dick right off. That would be poetic justice right there. But alas, it looks like it’s still intact. There’s always next time…
“Holy shit! She fucking tasered his dick.” The big guy laughed, throwing me the biggest grin in the world. “Hot Cop has got some balls the size of Texas, much bigger than Taser Dick down there.”
Zodiac didn’t bother to hide his own laughter as Tess bit her lip. All of them were doing their best to stay composed, but they couldn’t… it’s not every day you see a man get tased in his weiner.
I met Duncan’s gaze from across the room, he was smiling and there was pride shining in his eyes. “You will never put your hands on me again, Asshole.” I grumbled as I got back on my feet.
“You fucking bitch!” He screamed as he covered his dick with his hands. “You will lose your badge for this.”
“As long as your badge goes with it, it will be well worth it.” I shot a warning look at agent Ricci. “I don’t know who you are, but your business is done in Rising Star. Until I see paperwork from your superiors that shows you have some kind of jurisdiction here, you’re not welcome here.”
He gave me a smirk. “And what makes you think you have any jurisdiction at all,Deputy.” He stressed the word viley, like it was a bat of acid festering on his tongue.
I didn’t have to say a word, both Scorpio and Zodiac came up to stand next to me, crossing their arms like they were my own personal bodyguards. Ricci took one look at the wall of man forming around me and took a step back. “I’ll be back, Deputy, and you will regret the side you are choosing to defend. You don’t have any clue what you’re messing with.”
The threat was loud and clear, and it only further backed what Duncan was trying to tell me. “I’m looking for the truth, Detective Ricci. No matter what that truth ends up being. Brooklyn’s murderer needs to be brought to justice, and I will do everything in my power to put whoever was responsible for her death behind bars. And once I know, without a shadow of a doubt, just who pulled that trigger, rest assured that motherfucker is going to pay, so unless you want to end up like this asshole writhing on the floor, I suggest you get out of here and go home.”
His glare sliced through me as he left the station. It was obvious that he was hiding something, and it only solidified my urge to trust Duncan. But although Duncan may have been right about him, I wasn’t ready to say I would go to bat for Duncan and put my badge on the line. Duncan was hiding something too, I just didn’t know what. Not to mention, he was still the VP to the Celestial Sons, and I just had a hard time separating them from my father’s death.
I stepped over Hollender who had yet to get to his feet, and threw the back of my foot into his ribcage.Fucking asshole.That fucking taser to the dick was for all the shit he’s tried to pull on me over the years, and for the shit he did to Andrea, leaving me with all the questions I was too frightened to ask. Well, not anymore. I didn’t like how he thought he was invincible just because of who he was, and I definitely was starting to have a real problem with how he was using misplaced authority to treat Duncan like shit. I hated Hollender with every fiber of my being. And, after all these years, I was still convinced the bastard had something to do with Andrea’s death. I know for sure he was responsible for the downfall of my friendship with her and the chasm that was created between my ex-fiance and me.
“Are y’all done talking?”
“For now.” Tess nodded. “But I’m still waiting for the judge to get back to me. I’m not leaving without Scorpio even if I have to sleep in the cell next to him.”
“Hear that, Zodiac?” Duncan grinned, “She wants to sleep in the cell next to me.”
