Free Whispered Truths (God's Reapers MC Book 2) by Kara Parker Page A

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    “Captain, if I can explain,” Olivia started, but she was interrupted.
     
    “You failed to answer a call the other day, even though you were in the area. Officer Townsend tells me you were following a man on a motorcycle.”
     
    “Lance skipped every call that came in our first month together, but suddenly it’s a problem now?” Olivia demanded. She knew she shouldn’t have. She shouldn't shout at her captain or pass the blame, but the entire situation was unfair. She had been spending her nights doing better police work than Lance did during all of his paid hours put together and she was the one who was in trouble?
     
    “You will watch your tone,” the captain said through gritted teeth.
     
    “Yes, Captain,” Olivia said, trying to maintain her composure. “Captain, this thing with the Reapers, it isn’t over yet. Someone called in that tip to get rid of the Reapers so he could come in and take over for them.” She spoke quickly, her words spilling over and into each other, as she hurried through her explanation, eager to get it all out.
     
    “And you’ve brought this up with Detectives Evans and Farraday?” the Captain asked.
     
    “I was getting more information, Captain,” Olivia said.
     
    “That’s not your job, officer. Your job is to respond to calls when you’re on patrol and keep the task force informed of anything you discover. I gave you an opportunity to excel Waters, but I never gave you even tacit permission to do what you’re doing. Investigations that happen outside the scope of the precinct are not admissible as evidence. You are not some vigilante cop secretly doing good work. This isn’t a movie; this is the real world with very real laws and regulations that must be followed. You’re suspended without pay for two weeks, starting now. Go down to inventory and give them your gun and badge and then leave.”
     
    “But, Captain?” Olivia said, staring into the dark eyes of Captain Diaz.
     
    “Leave, or you will be arrested. There will be a formal hearing after the two weeks is up when we will decide what to do with you.
     
    Rage poured through Olivia’s blood, pounding in her veins as she marched to the inventory and gave them her gun and her badge. With every step, she imagined kicking Lance right in his face. Maybe the bikers were onto something with the cops. If a lazy, useless, cowardly man like Lance Townsend could get a hardworking cop like Olivia suspended, maybe the system was fucked. She could see his sneering little face, looking over his shoulder at her while she was suspended. She had never seen him happier. How could a man like that live with himself?
     
    Olivia had been doing the right thing. She might not have gone about it in a way the cops liked, but she had been right. There was a killer still out there, a drug dealer trying to turn himself into the kingpin, and the police were still patting themselves on the back for arresting the Reapers as if the battle had already been won. They didn’t know; they didn’t understand. It hadn't been a battle; it had been a trap. They had taken care of Rick’s enemies for him, and they had succeeded in making his climb to the top even easier. He still had all the money and connections from the Reapers—only it was all his now.
     
    As Olivia left the precinct, she didn’t feel worried…she was determined. She knew where the drugs were and who was moving them. David had to have told his boss by now. Olivia would tell him that he needed to let her arrest Rick. The God’s Reapers would have their own form of vengeance, but they would have to give him to her. She could convince them. There were about a hundred Reapers in prison so Rick could not escape their punishment forever.
     

 
     
     
    CHAPTER THIRTEEN
     
    David grabbed a towel and began to dry himself off. He didn’t know what to do next. Not that he didn’t have options. In fact, at the moment, he had too many options. But none of them were