Chapter 4 #3
“Not a very good one, I don’t think.” Rocky didn’t know what to do with all the information that he had now.
It certainly put a different light on the way things had gone at the Sheep.
“I’m going to arrest McGee as soon as he comes into his office.
There was so much that I could arrest him for that he’d be lucky if he didn’t end up in prison with the rest of the people who thought that they were better than everyone else. Especially the FBI.”
“I would love to be there when that happens.” David laughed. “I won’t, but you can bet that I’m going to be dancing a little jig around the place when I hear about it. And I know I will. Word like that travels fast in small towns.”
Rocky stood up to leave, and he looked at the young woman. She looked shell-shocked, and he didn’t blame her one bit. The poor girl had been running since this had happened, and she was still not out of the clear. Until he could get McGee under lock and key, then he’d be—
“Look at this.” Alice showed him the newspaper that was in her hand. “It’s from McGee, I’d just bet. Here you have to read it.”
“To the woman who thinks she got away with murder, I’m coming for you.
Your best bet is to turn yourself in to the police department as soon as possible, or things will get bad for you.
You have ten days before I hunt you down like the animal that you are.
” Rocky looked up at the younger woman. “I’ll take care of you.
You have nothing to worry about from him. ”
“So says the man who thinks that the crime scene was perfect when he got there.” She looked at Gleason, and it occurred to him that the two of them would make a great couple.
He was going to have to finish this up so that he could get her into some safe place so that McGee couldn’t harm her.
And he had a feeling that he would too. The man was just itching to blame this on someone else.
“If you don’t mind, I’m going to take Gleason up on his offer and stay with him.
I don’t know why, but I trust him not to cause me any more stress. ”
“Good idea.” Rocky agreed with David. “You stay with him in his big new house, and I’ll keep an eye on McGee. I have resources that will keep you safe. Rocky, you make sure you put that little shit behind bars so that he can’t cause any more harm to my new friend here.”
“I’ll have him arrested along with the rest of his department first thing in the morning.
” He would, too, just so he could get to the bottom of things.
“And if he gives me any shit, I’ll make sure that he’s put in prison with the rest of the convicts.
Which is what he’ll be by the time I’m finished with him. ”
After leaving to go to his hotel, Rocky had a lot to think about.
Even if only half of what Hailey had told him was true and he had no reason to doubt her, then there was no way that they’d be able to make a good arrest anytime soon.
There was just too much wrong with the scene that he’d never be able to make an arrest without getting himself into trouble.
And he didn’t need anymore trouble with this case.
It was about as fucked up as anything that he’d ever worked on before.
Making notes on what he was going to say to McGee, he decided not to go to bed but headed into the police station.
He was there before McGee, which is the way that he wanted it, and waited in his office for him to show up.
It would be just like the man to not come in today and skip his happy little ass right out to the crime scene.
It didn’t matter; he’d get him some way, and that would be just the beginning of the end of the man.
He wasn’t going to fool around with him anymore.
At just after eight in the morning, McGee showed up.
He knew that he’d ignore whatever was going on in his stationhouse, but he was ready for him.
As soon as he came into his office, he was surprised to see him there.
Standing up, he was asked what was going on.
He told him point-blank that he was going to be arrested for tampering with a crime scene.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” But he could tell that he had some idea what was going on. “I’ve been working with you all this time, and now you think I’m holding something back from you?”
“I never said you were holding anything back from me.” He flushed, and he could see that he was thinking hard on what to say now.
“You’re under arrest by the federal government for tampering with a crime scene and being just plain in the way of my investigation.
There is more, but I’m tired, and I want to go back to my hotel and get some sleep. ”
“You can’t arrest me. I’m the chief of police.” He said that he had been. That he was firing him. “You can’t do that. I’m chief of police here, and there is no way that the people of this stupid town are going to put up with this about their leader.”
“Leader?” He nodded and tried to smile. But it wasn’t coming off as anything but a desperate cry for help.
“I’ve heard from no less than a dozen people about how they wished they had not voted you in.
And that’s just a few people that I’ve been approached by in the last couple of days. They want you gone as much as I do.”
After getting one of the officers to take him to the cells in the jailhouse, he decided to clean house.
As many as a dozen officers were called in to ask about their part in the crime scene at the Sheep.
Most were there, but only did what they were told.
Calling in some favors, he had the entire place shut down until the FBI could come in and take care of things.
The first thing that he was going to do was make sure that McGee knew that he was in big trouble.
The rest of them admitted that they were only following orders from their boss, and that was all it took for him to have the entire department arrested and put into the rest of the cells in the small town.
As soon as their replacements showed up, he was ready to call it a day.
But he still had to report to his bosses on what had happened at the restaurant.
Things weren’t going to go easy on any of them, and he was happy to know that things were being taken care of.
As soon as he was back at his hotel, feeling dirty from what he’d had to do, Rocky took a long, hot shower and got into bed.
He didn’t think he was going to be able to sleep; his mind was working on what had happened, but almost as soon as his head hit the pillow, he was thinking of things that he’d had to do.
He didn’t even put in a call to be woken up; he was going to sleep until he was rested and then perhaps take a couple of naps during the day.
Smiling to himself, he knew that tomorrow was going to be a shit storm of things going on and couldn’t wait.
Closing his eyes, he decided to turn off his mind and get some sleep.
He was happy that he’d never had any trouble sleeping before, and today was no different. Rocky was asleep in no time.