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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Finally, full of eating the six went back to looking at the files. Zeroing in on files regarding his career was the now move. They wanted to see where he went to work, who he paid money too and where he traveled in his daily day. This was to set up his timeline on the date of the murder. Nothing seemed to pan out. All the files were gone through with nothing of interest turning up except for the few pieces that Mike and Steve talked about. In between the girls fed the babies and the new-mom-to-be. They also went to get coffee from the all-night window at Dunkin Donuts.All in all, what interested them the most by the end of the night was helpful. Now to go to the hospital where Mr. Sessions might have worked. It was a possibility that he was at Michellinberg General Hospital, so he was about to call the girls and see if they wanted to join him and Mike. As he was about to pick up the telephone there was a commotion a
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After waiting at the courthouse for two hours, Steve met up with Marisol’s friend Lucienna, an attorney for the state. She was always good to help the police in a pinch and any friend of Marisol’s was a friend of hers. Today when he met up with her, he quickly explained to Lucienna what his problem was and asked if she could assist. “As it turns out,” she says to Mike, “I am free and can help you out. Plus, I have a pregnant friend at the hospital I can go visit after I am done helping you out. So, what did the nature of the note on the record suggest?” Shaking his head not sure how to respond he thought about his response.Saying to her, “I was thinking if it was a note from the legal department, her suggesting bringing you meant that, he was involved in either a fight or a legal battle with or against the hospital. Possibly both. I would much rather be able to have access to all the records
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Steven saw her report in the morning. He read it. Steve got angry and said he would call the cops on it and talk with them. He got to the end and laid back in his chair, steepled his fingers, and stared off into space. As his thoughts raced, Leisia and Marisol walked in the door and stopped in front of his desk.“Reporting for duty-Officers-in-Training, Marisol and Leisia.” Stated Leisia who smiled cheekily. Leisia was wearing overalls with a bandeau top underneath with hi-top converse on her feet. Marisol was in a matching outfit but a different color. Both were without their little siren alarms.He said, “Girls, let get to work.” And the threesome sat down at the conference table. Explaining what he wanted in short, concise terms Steve informed the girls that he needed them to help him complete his research using the computer. They had the use of the computers for the day. Specifically, all the names noted in their last
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Since Steve had to go back to the hospital for a records check, he asked Marisol to follow up again on the police database. There was a notification in the files that he had originally checked and received copies of with the name Michael Noorhan. Apparently, Mr. Sessions had a run-in with him. He called up Marisol to ask her to put his name through the databases giving her his passwords. He also told her to ask either Mike or the other man, Officer Reynolds behind his desk to help. He put her on his computer in the morning.Running the name Michael Noorhan through CODIS (Combined DNA Index System) to see what shows up historically on the system. Michael Noorhan had several brushes with the law. Some minor checking of his fingerprints through Iafis (Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System) and saw his most recent brush with the law had him on probation. Another assault battery resulted in a comatose patient. He got
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“Not too long ago-probably a month ago. It was weird though because no one knew how bad his trip was until he was actually in the emergency room where the doctors could examine him. His pupils were so dilated that it was fantastic. I had to take him for x-rays because I am doing my residency here. And I just got accepted as a doctor proper here.” Said Mickey.Interrupting Mickey, Leisia says, “Congrats on that by the way.”“Thanks.” Says Mickey. Continuing on he says, “So the cops get called as soon as the restraints are on not because of the drugs. But because of the bruising and marks on his body. The suggestion is that he was forced to take them and was on a really bad deadly trip. And that might have been the purpose. “Thinking before she spoke, she said, “That is true it could have been the purpose. Do you remember Dr. Sessions? He was a resident here many years ago. But he
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After returning to the station the two sat in morose silence sipping the nasty station coffee, they got on the way into their desk. Sipping his coffee Mike finally just said under his breath, “Dammit!” Standing up and quickly walking away he went to the front of the station to have a smoke. Startled at his friend’s and coworker’s abrupt departure, Steve looked up and watched with concern as Mike’s legs ate up the distance to the front door. Then he slammed it on his way out to have his smoke. Something was bothering him even he knew that. Mike only went to smoke when he was bothered by a problem.Yep, they had a problem- because when he came back in- he quickly said to Steve, “don’t ask.”Shrugging then Steve said, “All right, I won’t ask. But can we go over what we were told at lunch in light of what we know?”“Aaagh. All right. Here is my pro
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