Trouble And Money #32
According to the multiple briefings I received from the FBI, there should be a third person who would climb into the truck and drive it away. I don't see him, but I know he's there.
An Industrial Park, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
It is show time, so I tried not to laugh when I saw that the flashing blue police light on the car dashboard was not real. I think it was a blue light bought on eBay when Kmart went out of business, but there was nothing special about it.
The car looked like it had hit a cement light pole.
A person was lying on the road, and it looked like a woman was giving her chest compressions.
I was supposed to think these were two police officers (Undercover) needing assistance.
I told the Alpha and Bravo teams about my exact location, and I imagined them putting down their wine and cheese plates because it was time to work.
According to the multiple briefings I received from the FBI, there should be a third person who would climb into the truck and drive it away.
I don't see him, but I know he's there.
As I braked the truck like a decent human (Fooled Them), I rolled down the window on the passenger side.
The compressed and the compressor on the road looked like the beginning of a movie on a porn streamer so the two will not be getting a real Oscar statue in the future.
The compressor kept looking at me to ensure I was watching, and then she yelled, "Help, Help, Officer Down, Please Help."
I was not in the mood to make it easy for them. I shut the engine off, took the keys, and tossed them into the pines outside the passenger side window in a way they could not see.
Before I opened the door to step out of the cab, I tore the "gumball machine" prize earpiece out and dropped it behind the passenger seat.
I unlocked and opened the driver's side door, stepped down, and stretched while looking at Act 1.
Have I ever told you how good stretching is for you?
An Industrial Park - Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Wallace Hughes is the Special Agent In Charge (S.A.I.C.), riding in the back of the Bravo van. Based on where the gang positioned the stop point, the Bravo team was positioned to arrive where Conrad Grange was before the Alpha Team.
If the Contractor does his job like Wally thought he would, this would be a quick "Cuff N Stuff" and a long night of paperwork.
The interrogations will cover many years of this gang's activities.
The F.B.I. was aching to slap the cuffs on this gang, and the time is finally here.
Peace O' The Sea Trailer Park - Rye, New Hampshire
Tammy sat in the living room of her and Conrad's home and she felt pleased with her efforts.
It felt roomier, more efficient, and it looked great. She found an old wooden table that fit in one corner to act as an office for Connie.
She put his Marine Company photo, Police Academy graduation photo, and his Parris Island Company photo in a set of beautiful frames and hung them in the corner above the desk.
Should she have done this? she thought.
Was it too much, too quick?
She stood back and viewed it again. He can see his photos from the desk, charge his phone, and do company work on his computer.
She is a little afraid for him to come home, she thought.
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