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“You already heard, right?”
David Willis glanced up at thehis cluttered desk Detective “Tiny” Wyood cop, was even larger than he ith skin like burnished copper and a ready smile that always seemed at odds with the depth of sadness in his brown eyes He took his cri seriously; he also wasted feords When he talked,David
“Heard what? That I’ain?” he joked
Tiny shoved giant hands into the pockets of his khaki pants, but the casual pose didn’t make him look any more comfortable in his clothes Tiny just wasn’t the kind of man as meant to wear slacks and a sports jacket, let alone a tie “You’re always behind on your paperwork,” he grurin “You think I’d waste my valuable time pointin’ that out?”
When his ser, David knew he hadn’t stopped by to spar with him “No,” he said “What’s up?”
Tiny yanked at his tie as if it were choking hiuy we put away for attackin’ that little blond woht?”
David had handled enough cases over his thirteen years with the Sacraht not have instantly recalled this particular assault But Tiny’s ht the details immediately to mind Probably because those details hadn’t been that deeply buried to begin with He hadn’t talked to Skye in a few hts “Yeah, I reht to ten”
“Turns out it’ll be closer to three”
Rocking back in his chair, David tossed his pen on the stack of paperwork he’d been forcing hi up for his first parole hearing But last I heard, there wasn’t a snowball’s chance in hell he was going to get it”
“He shouldn’t have gotten it,” Tiny responded “Burke is dangerous But…” He gave up fiddling with his tie, his attitude one of surrender to another day at the office “I guess he ratted out a fellow inmate, which meant San Francisco PD could close two previously unsolved homicides They recommended him to the parole board”
David shot to his feet “Didn’t anyone read uy out?”
“Apparently they contacted Chief Jordan several weeks ago”
“Did he tell the the river stopped once our friendly dentist went to prison?”
“Of course And they said it could just as easily be a coincidence” Tiny finally cracked his usual broad smile “I say they can bank on our intuition But they want more”
More That hy the chief had questioned hi to know if he was any closer to developing a solid connection to Oliver Burke Jordan had been looking for soible to contest San Francisco’s opinions And David hadn’t been able to give it to hi hadn’t concerned hiured he’d have at least twolink
“This is bullshit” David nudged his friend aside as he squeezed through the opening of his cubicle, intent on finding Jordan But Tiny grabbed his arm
“Save your breath,he can do The decision’s been made Dr Burke walks next week”
“Next week? Doesn’t anyone care what he ht do?” Two other detectives in the violent crime unit stuck their heads out into the hall David used a pointed stare to encourage them to mind their own business and shifted his attention back to Tiny