A Course of Passion

43: Almost Time

Olivia and Mike come back from Star Island about 40 minutes after Sonny and Finn get back from interviewing Helen, a women who may or may not have slept with this man Ray. All in all, we've come up with four different names who have children who are or possibly are fathered by Ray Marino. We gather around our board and talk everything out, "so what are we up to now? Four women that Ray Marino fathered a child with?" Olivia asks out loud, standing closest to the board.

"No wonder the guy died from a heart attack." Finn partially jokes "and that mother, Helen Ryan," He points to her picture "she flat-out denied having an affair."

"Which is exactly what people who're having affairs do." Sonny responds, coming over to sit at the table.

I raise my eyesbrows at him, as if to say "oh, is it." He catches on to what I'm playing at and shakes his head hiding a smirk. Olivia continues on "well, she's still married? The last thing she wants is her husband finding out that one of his boys is not his."

"Yeah, or more than one. They all look alike." I say out loud with an exhale.

"All right. So what do we know about the brothers?" She asks.

Mike answers, "no records. No DNA in the system."

"Can we put any of them in the vicinity where you Lily went missing?" She questions.

Mike takes leads and says "yeah. Two of them work in Manhattan." He points to one, "the oldest, Dan Jr., works security at the Metropolitan." He then points to the other photo, "the middle kid, Gary, is a beverage distributor."

"And the youngest, Mark, is a psych major. He lives in East Harlem." Finn then adds on.

Sonny jumps in, "Ray could've fathered one of these boys. I mean, the guy was active." Everyone stands and starts to gather around for further direction from Olivia.

"We keep hearing no one leaves City Island, that it's a closed loop. How about we get a warrant for the DNA of every male between 20 and 30?" Mike throws out an idea.

"What... hello? Civil liberties?" Sonny calls him out "there's not a judge in the county that'll sign off on that."

Olivia slows everyone down, "so we keep investigating, right? Canvass Asphalt Green, Lily's school. See if anybody can make an ID on the Ryan brothers," she points to Sonny and Mike, "and double-check security cams." She looks to me and Finn.

We all start to move but Mike speaks out, stopping us when he says, "let's just pick them up. Find an excuse later."

"Dodds, not till we know what we're doing." Olivia denies his thought.

"Hold up. We don't have to go to them." Fin reveals a thought, "they go to their mother's house every Sunday."

I ask, "what do you have in mind?"

He rubs his hands together, "we set up a check point, get breathalyzers done on all three brothers."

We all look to Olivia, and Sonny asks, "yah, we can do that, right?"

"We can. Let's get moving, we'll get it set up for tomorrow evening." She rings her index finger in a circle to tell us to get moving. On Sunday night we get the DNA of the three brothers and on Monday afternoon Sonny and Mike are chasing down Gary Ryan, arresting him for the girls murder.

As we close out for the day, Fin exhales and remarks "glad that one's over. That was a brutal case."

"You okay, Sarge?" I ask Mike from my desk, where I'm working to stand up from.

"Yeah, I am." he states, but goes on, "but the Evans and those other families? How do they come back from something like this?"

Olivia exits her office and hears him, so she explains, "we got the guy, Dodds. That's as good as it ever gets."