THE ROMAN LEE SERIES
"BENEATH DEVIL'S LAKE"
“The Spotlight.” His posture had noticeably changed a
bit.
“What about it?”
“I caught some guy dealing in the club. Alex and
Viktor can be shady sometimes but not like that.”
“I’m listening.”
“I’m not going to risk losing my job if the club gets
shutdown because someone’s dealing inside.”
“So, you took it upon yourself to represent the entire
criminal justice system.”
“I escorted the douche bag to the door and outside
like were supposed to. Well, his boys come around the corner. We’re on the
sidewalk now near the street. Running their mouths saying take your hands off
our boy. You’re going to get fucked up. Out of the corner of my eye I see one
of them reach into his waistband. I dropped
him right there with an uppercut. His gun falls on the cement.”
“You didn’t”
“I picked it up and they scattered like roaches. That’s when Kirkwood’s finest, your people
showed up. They draw on me telling me to
drop it not even listening to me as I tried to explain what happened. They were less than cordial Roman.”
“You had a gun out in the open. You’re also a
convicted felon. Disappointed somehow in the performance of their duties?”
“Always the Smartass.”
The alcohol was starting to wear off. He sat down across from me.
“What’s the plan?”
“Laying low for now.
I was talking with Alex and Viktor about it before you got here. He
knows the girlfriend of the guy I knocked out. Said she has it on her cell. The
whole thing. He is trying to contact her. The video will show self-defense and
that the gun was his.”
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