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“Agent, we have an issue,” Reed said.
Oh, no.
Now what?
“What’s up, Doc?” he asked.
The man was to the point.
“I was just called to a scene. It’s in a park. There’s a multiple body dump here. I have three victims, and we found something that is alarming.”
Gene was curious, and so was Ethan.
“What?” he asked.
Reed was to the point.
“When we rolled one of the victims over, the freshest one, he was lying on a little baggy of white powder. I wouldn’t have thought anything of it, but I noticed that one of the victims has the same burn on his hip. I think we have more victims tied to your case.”
Well, shit.
“Seriously?” Gene asked.
Oh, Reed wished he wasn’t serious about this.
“Yeah. Do you want me to call it in to be official, or do you want to see it first? I’ll hold the scene for you until you can gethere. We have them covered for now with a tarp to protect any evidence, but they’ve been outside for a few hours.”
Gene needed to get there.
“Hold the scene,” he said. “We’re on our way. Text me the location.”
“See you then, Agent.”
Hanging up, Gene glanced over and both he and Ethan had the same feeling about this.
The killer likely knew that his transporters were caught up in the FBI net.
“We have to roll. Come on,” he said. “If these bodies are fresh, we just spooked the killer.”
Ethan sighed.
“Well, this is about to be fun,” he admitted, knowing now that it was a chase. Whoever was behind this was likely getting ready to go deep and hide, or run.
Shit.
“Yeah, I’m going to bet that the packet of Snow in the snow is going to tie this together,” he said, heading to Landry’s desk. “Your boss is out of luck. We have three more victims at a park. We’re out of here.”
The man gasped.
“You can’t leave! The commissioner…”
Gene leaned over the desk and stared the man in the eyes.
“Do I look like I’m afraid? I’m chasing down a killer, and I’m about to catch him. Your boss can suck a bag of dicks for all I care. He made us wait. Now, he’ll have to chill out and wait for our official report,” he admitted, turning and heading toward the door.
Ethan was beside him.
Outside the office, he laughed.
