The Wright One

WILLIAM

My lieutenant is standing outside the interrogation room. He looks pleased with himself. “Well, that was the easiest case I have ever had.”

I look at him confused. “What the hell are you talking about?”

“She turned herself in. Case closed.”

“No it isn’t. She didn’t turn herself in, she said she was kidnapped by the robbers. We don’t have enough to hold her. We have to let her go.”

He growls at me. “Let’s take this to the Chief.”

Just great, he is as pig headed as this guy. “Alright, I am just obeying the law, but we can do it your way.”

He marches through the office like he is on a mission, but in truth he is looking for praise. His chunky ass lives on that shit. He knocks on the Chief’s office door and pushes his way in before we even get a ‘come in’.

The Chief is a portly man that should have retired, because he doesn’t want to be here anymore. But unfortunately there is no one that wants to replace him. The Sheriff has been looking though. “What the hell is it? Have you found the robbers yet?”

My Lieutenant grins. “I have. But this pretty boy is saying that we have nothing to hold her on. He wants to let her go.”

The Chief rolls his eyes. “What do you have?”

“She is the only one that had access to the bank at that hour. She was the only one in the bank. She was MIA all day. It all makes perfect sense.”

Chief looks at me. “What’s your take?”Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“There is no physical evidence tying her to the crime. She came to the department this morning, on her own. She says that the robbers cornered her at lock up, then took her hostage, dumping her outside of town. She had to walk back. There are no cameras or eye witnesses that saw her rob anything. We have nothing.”

He sighs. “Fine, let her go. I want something. The DA wants this case a top priority.”

I nod. This went better than I thought. “Got it sir. Thank you.”

Lieutenant is not thrilled. “Fuck that, I got your girl.”

Chief groans. “With a case that any decent lawyer would have thrown out the window. Find me some evidence.”

I hate to mention it, but it is a sucky situation that we are in. “Unfortunately there isn’t much to go on. The security was disabled, there weren’t any witnesses. No workable prints. We haven’t found the money yet either.”

Chief looks pissed. “Don’t tell me that shit Wright, find something. I want this case behind us. Don’t tell me that we fucking have nothing.”

“All we have is two men in a mask. Both men shot the guard and robbed the bank. I am sure of that. Unless we are having a spree on masked men with guns. It would seem pretty odd that they would randomly shoot the guard on his way to work and then someone else in a mask would rob the bank. I am sure the two are connected. At least that is something. I can possibly find surveillance at that scene and I am having Walker dig into it. I’ll let you know as soon as I find anything.”

He looks at me with skepticism. “I know this is kind of a big case for you Wright, but I am asking you not to fuck it off.”

“I’m not sir. I have been waiting for this chance.”

Neither of the men in this room look impressed. But I really didn’t expect any different.

After getting her printed, I reunited brother and sister. Honestly Mia is a really attractive woman. I can see why Gus didn’t give up after asking her the first time. Hell, if she wasn’t a suspect I would be asking her too. Her short stature doesn’t affect the way she looks. Her curves are enticing as she moves. Her hair may be a mess from a night of hell, but I can tell that it is this really beautiful reddish brown color.

The fact that she is attractive leads me to other thoughts. I mean there are the obvious ones. But others. Like that Brock guy. I am sure if there was a woman like her in my neighborhood that I would be trying to win her over. Yet Mia tried to play it off as if they had hardly said two words to each other. I doubt a lot of that statement that she gave. I can’t prove it, but most of it seemed rehearsed. A few times she seemed at a loss for words.

Most of all, I think I want to have a couple of people followed. Starting with Gus Stanford. Second Mia Ashbluff.

Finding Dex I see he is combing through something on his computer. “What do you got?”

He sighs sitting back. “So I have seen some footage of the bank being robbed and Ms. Ashbluff being put in the back of a car. But they are covered in a ski mask.”

“Wait, you mean the trunk?”

“No, the back seat. It was at gunpoint. So that is something.”

“How many men?”

“Three.”

What the hell is going on? It doesn’t make sense.

“I want you to check on Gus Stanford. Keep an eye on him. Check to see who may have visited him and any phone calls that he has gotten. I want to check his cell and see who he has been talking to.”

“I’ll put it in. I’ll be at the hospital shortly. Anything else?”

“Send me the surveillance. We also need to see if there is any surveillance where Gus was shot. I have a hunch and I want to know how close I am.”

He taps on his keys. “Alright there is the surveillance. I’ll head to the hospital now and see what I can figure out. You might need to get an order for those phone records though.”

“I’ll get on it. Thanks for your help. You are about one of the few people here that I can trust to chase the evidence and not their gut.”

He shrugs. “Where I was at before it was very frowned upon to look at cases like that. If the DA didn’t have enough to lock in a case then he would be pissed. It wasn’t great.”

“I don’t think there has been a case like this in a long time. I think we mostly look at petty crimes. This is the biggest case I have been on. I appreciate the help.”

“No problem. Let’s figure out what is going on.”