After he left, Steve went back to the precinct and sat down at his desk. His partner was out on sick leave. Thinking to himself Steve couldn’t believe it- that man was sick all the time with the newborn baby. They kept swapping the cold. But he was a single dad. So, Steve cut him some slack. Hell of a way to start a new life- lost his wife in childbirth but gained a strapping baby boy. He didn’t like anybody but his Daddy, since his mother died in childbirth. Leaning back, he went over what he had mentally to do in his head and decided to tackle two items first. Picking up the telephone, he called Leisia. Drumming his pen on the desktop he waited impatiently for her to pick up the phone and reflexively checked his watch. Then he breathed a sigh of relief, Reyna would be deep in her slumber for her nap. Still waiting and getting impatient, he started to paw through his notes until he hit on the one, he had written prio
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Steve walked back inside the apartment and saw everyone hardback at work. He stifled a laugh and asked if anyone wanted to stop for the evening he would understand. No one said a word and so he asked the question louder. Finally, they all looked up and told him in unison, “No.” Smiling he muttered thanks and went back to his seat on the sofa. Asking Leisia how her reading was going all he got now was a hmmph! Shaking his head, he just smiled and sat back down.Leisia checked the time of death on the police report. It said 5:00 p.m. Looking for corresponding repair reports or anything prior to that time on that date in the list of files she had as well as other police reports filed from 3:30 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. the day of the murder. As she started glancing at each sheet she passed, Leisia started noticing the date was getting closer to the date of the crime. Light repair. Call to pick up disorderly persons. Call to
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Debating whether to answer her the answer was taken out of Mike’s hands when Staff Sergeant called out Nikki? She got up to walk away and then suddenly turned to him and asked him, “I know I have no right to ask this, but could you wait here for me until I get back? I really have no family to call anymore and I don’t have any money for bail. Could you please wait for me? What is your name?” and smiling he responded, “I’m Officer Mike Rodriguez. I will wait for you here Ms. Nikki Lincoln”. Smiling through her tears she said in a whisper “Thanks.” Shaking his head to clear it he saw she was making inroads into the sticky white rice he put on her plate contrary to everyone else’s opinion. She was devouring it. Memory fading backward, Mike remembered his response. “I’m off duty. Didn’t you notice my shield when I sat down? I’m one of the detectives. Don’t worry.
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