Tough Love

Chapter One Hundred Two

Chapter One Hundred Two

Eli

It's been 2 weeks since Dani and I looked at the house. My place has been sold and we're in the process of buying the new place. If everything goes through as it should, then we'll be in the house just before Independence Day. Things have been good, really good. Dani has been different with me. She seems happier and she's been much more forthcoming with talking about her nightmares and what they did to her. While hearing those things makes me angry at them and distressed for her, I like that she's sharing the load with me, especially seeing as she's finding it easier to talk. Sarah has been doing Dani's PT at my parent's house and the sessions with Sam seem to be going well. Dani is getting better at learning to get herself out of a panic attack and I don't think she's panicking as much as she used to. Things are starting to look up, finally.

When I walk into work on this Thursday morning, I'm thinking about Dani's scheduled session with Sam tonight, so I nearly miss the look my Cap sends me. He wants to talk to me. That look is never a good sign. As I follow him into his office, I see Captain Greggson sitting, waiting for us.

“Hey Captain Greggson, what's going on?”

“I'm not going to beat around the bush, Ramirez. I've been speaking to your Captain and he told me about your plan to question Avilov, Goraya and Zhabin. You still want to put that plan into play?”

“Yes sir.”

“You think you and Sergeant Scott can pull it off?”

“Without a doubt, sir.”

“Good. I want you to do it. At the moment, they're in Rikers. They're serving 20 to life, but you won't be able to take time off their sentence for co-operating.”

“I won't need to. I just need a room with no disturbances. I don't want any guards walking in and interrupting though. I need full rein to do what I have to do. Can you give me that?”

“I'll clear it with the warden. It'll be within reason though, Ramirez, right? I can't have this whole case being thrown out in a year or 2 because you messed it up on a revenge vendetta.”

“It'll be above board, sir. No matter how much I want to kill them, I know the law has to be upheld. When do you want us to get this done?”

“ASAP. We're running all locations that seem plausible for that kind of purpose, but there's a lot of real estate to cover. If they can give us something, a location or even an area, then it'll narrow the field down.”

“I'll get it done. You set it up and I'll get it sorted.”

“Good. I'll call when it's all good to go.”

I nod and the Cap lets me get back to work. I grab Ash's attention and say, “Rec room.”

“What's up, Ramirez?”

“We're going to Rikers. Remember that plan the Cap and I came up with for Avilov, Goraya and Zhabin?”

He nods.

“It's in play. Greggson is going to set it up with the warden so we're not disturbed. As long as we don't do anything to get his case thrown out, then we've got a green light.”

“Tell me when and I'm there. How we going to play it?”

“Well, they've taken a guilty plea and they're already serving their time, so we can't get any time taken off, not that I'd want to anyway. I've got a few ideas, but I'd rather put them into play on the day.”