Page 119 of Beyond the Badge: Crew

“Either way, no loss.”

“Karma,” Decker agreed with Rez.

“Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy.”

Decker sniffled. “I need a tissue. I’m going to miss that motherfucker.”

“Can we get them to do the same for Saint?” Rez asked.

“Saint’s a patched member,” Finn reminded Rez and Decker. “It would take a vote to get rid of him.”

“And a good reason,” Crew added. “Unfortunately, getting physical with the girlfriends of the federal task force members investigating their MC won’t fly.”

Rez shrugged. “Worth a shot.”

“If anything, they’d give that fucker an award. Hail him as a hero,” Reynolds chimed in.

“Don’t worry,” Torres began, “he’ll get indicted along with the rest. He can make some new friends in the federal penitentiary.”

“Him going to prison isn’t enough for me,” Finn said.

Rez agreed. “What he said. Prison will be too easy. It might be like a fucking vacation for that asshole.”

Crew stared at the both of them. “Don’t do anything stupid. Don’t eventhinkabout doing anything stupid. That motherfucker isn’t worth losing your damn jobs and ending up in the cell next to him.”

“You’re no fun,” Rez grumbled.

“He used to have a sense of humor before…” Finn let that drift off.

“Before?” Reynolds prodded.

“Our latest task force member joined the team,” Decker answered with a snort.

All eyes turned toward him. “I still have a sense of humor!”

Torres chuckled. “You’ve had a fucking stick up your ass since you went up to the agency’s offices and spoke with Williams.”

“And Cabrera joined our team,” Reynolds added with wiggle of his eyebrows.

“Anyway... We have an investigation to run…”

A burst of laughter came from Finn. “Someone doesn’t want to hear the truth.”

Decker grinned. “The truth tends to hurt.”

Since they were on the topic of their newest member… “Speaking of Cabrera, I don’t like not having cameras set up at that bar. Maybe we should work on getting some in there.”

“I’m not sure they’ll approve that with the budget we have,” Torres said. “Are you worried about her?”

“I worry about my whole team,” Crew answered.

“But you worry about her a little more than the rest of us?”

“She’s the principal deputy director’s daughter.” Since Torres was also a DEA agent, he knew what that meant.

“Is that the real reason?” Finn asked.

“What other reason would I have?”

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