Rewound Chapter 21 Goose chase

Maria Lopez’s Point of View

I was pissed. I tapped into the videotape that they brought back from the hospital, and I saw who was pushing out the ICU patients. It was the man again! I called my father and ntioned it to him, but he was more upset that I had backdoor access to the police network and got mad at . He told to get rid of my connection, but instead of doing that, I looked into the man whom the large man replaced.

It was clear that they were two different people entirely. I t the man, and from the cara angles and my up-close and personal eting with him, they clearly weren’t the sa person… A uglier relative perhaps? That’s why I had to visit this Danny Storm and see if he knew anything about the mystery man who could make several-ton vehicles disappear.

Finding out where he lived was trivially easy. Even soone who wasn’t a police officer could do it if they just googled around enough. He was pretty boring, and I wouldn’t have anything in common with him. Boring job and boring social life. Maybe his friends Jacob or Jas might know sothing, but that was if Danny didn’t give the man up… I would have to force him if he tried to hide it from .

I sat at a red light waiting for it to change to green as I thought about what my father said again. “Listen… You’re clearly more interested in this case than others, and I’m pretty sure why. You want this to be your CSI mont like the TV shows you love, but that isn’t how real policework is done, Maria… When you asked to go for a ride-along, I should have told you no…”

I slamd my fist on my steering wheel, causing it to honk, as I was so frustrated with what he said. It wasn’t that he was mad at , after talking with him in the morning after everything went down… He seed more disappointed in than anything else. I held back my tears for now. Only after I prove my father wrong and that I can handle these harder missions will I break down in tears of joy.

I pull up to the apartnt building where he lives. It looked below average, I was expecting sothing better, with how much the man worked. I was hoping that with the flood coming soon, he’d be at ho. I wasn’t expecting much from the flood, but if his boss did what the news suggested, then he’d have taken a long weekend by canceling the next few days.

I went to the wrong floor and was greeted by an old lady who could barely hear unless I was shouting, while a chihuahua barked in the background. Heading upstairs, the hallway was crowded. My first thought went to a drug deal going down as I couldn’t help but smile at the thought of bringing in two druggies as a bonus for figuring out this assault/kidnapping/grand theft case I was now a part of.

The two n were whispering to each other as I walked passed. It didn’t look like they knew each other. I walked passed them and knocked on the door, hoping it was the right place and I wasn’t in for another goose chase. Knocking loud enough to startle the two n in the hallway, I waited as I heard a plate crash from inside and a man curse.

The man who answered wasn’t who I was expecting. A black man ca and answered the door, I thought that at the very least, the suspect was rich enough to live by himself. I pulled out my badge and whispered so the two people wouldn’t hear. “Hello. I’m Officer Maria, I’m looking for a potential person of interest. Is Danny Storm in at the mont, and do you know when he’ll be back?” The man looked confused before I realized he was drunk… At twelve in the morning. Well, he might not have been drunk, but he stunk like a brewery, and I looked inside and saw half a case of empty beers on the table.

I couldn’t help but get snippy. “Do you know where Danny is? I have so questions to ask him.” He realized he was talking to a police officer, finally, as I put on my firm tone, and he answered. “N-no. He put up in his apartnt room to watch these dogs so they wouldn’t drown from the flood. I think he felt bad for , so he gave a reason not to be out during it…”

Hmm, that wasn’t sothing I’d expect from a person, but I wasn’t aware my uncle was a pothead. You didn’t know until you saw it or soone told you, that he might not know his relative was an insane serial criminal. The man seed to light up as he answered. “Oh! He… Handed this piece of paper with where he’d be after the flood hit.

I couldn’t help but sigh in frustration as it was another goose chase. It would have been nice if the criminal were living with his cousin or sothing, and I could have just caught him here. He was still my best chance at a lead. He pulled the paper out and handed it over to before looking at it. I wasn’t going to just take the paper, but I needed sothing to write down the address, so I asked. “Do you have a pen and a piece of paper so I don’t have to take this address from you?”

He ushered in. There were six dogs inside, and all of them jumped on . I liked dogs like this more than the small yappy kind. Since I was on a mission, I didn’t stop and pet them even though I wanted to. As he looked at the coffee table for a sheet of paper before grabbing a pen and a piece of notepad paper off the fridge, he opened the note up.

I didn’t want to intrude, but the note had curious. I read it over his shoulder. “Hey Victor, if this didn’t get ruined in the flood or the wash, then co to the gated community in Fairview Point Lookout(went with a fake place instead of sowhere real). I think this flood is going to be worse than predicted… Way worse, so buckle down and don’t leave the mont it stops raining and wait to make sure it’s safe.”

That was utter hogwash. The news said it wasn’t going to be that big of a deal. If it was really going to be a big deal, they’d have said so. *BAM*! A loud crashing noise could be heard from the hallway. I rushed outside to look at the two n who were in the hallway fighting. I went to grab my gun to stop them… But it was still missing!

I just watched. “Y-you mother fucker! That’s my wife you’re trying to stay with!” I watched as the two n punched and grappled with each other. The younger xican man was clearly winning the fight. Before I could respond, they dragged the fight to the stairwell, and the smaller/older Jewish man snapped through the railing as he pulled the xican man down with him. The gap was just big enough that they fell, slamming against the railing the entire way to the ground floor.

I had training for ergencies, but I couldn't help but stare, stunned, as the two n might be dead at the bottom. With a shaky hand, I called it in. At least they were still groaning… That was a good sign, right? I wish I hadn’t quit smoking now. I waited for the ambulance and police to show up, while I got weird looks from my coworkers; they didn’t say anything to at the mont. I knew I’d have a call from my dad by the end of the day, but this ti it wasn’t my fault. The black man spoke up. “So… You wanted this address, right?”