Page 26 of Night Moves

Wrapping her palm around the mug under the handle she holds it up. “It’s Sexday.”

“And that’s how they got it.”

“Huh?”

“Someone took your coffee mug and lifted the print. The way you hold the mug you leave a perfect print. Any mugs missing at work lately?

“I’m going to take it a step farther. Start checking your internal affairs staff. Anybody been sucking up lately?”

“Sucking up? No. There is this one shit head who thinks he’s better and smarter than I am. I heard him ask someone else who I was fucking to get the job. Lately, it feels like every time I turn around, he’s there.

“I’ve heard from others that he doesn’t like women on the force. Most of the other female officers call him Mr. Invisible because he’s never where he should be and always kissing the ass of superiors.”

“Wait, did you say invisible or invincible,” I ask.

Diesel stops what he’s doing. “Raven, I need to see what this guy looks like.”

Turning off the stove he comes to stand behind me.

Raven logs into her office and pulls up Jeffry Renolds. “There’s no photo in his file. We all have photos in our file. What the hell?”

“Read me his social security,” I-Tee snaps. “A few minutes later he sends her a photo. “Is this him?”

She studies it for a few minutes. “At first glance I almost said yes, but no. The hair is too long. He wears glasses, thick glasses. His eyes are brown not blue and he has a little bump on his nose like it was broken.”

“That’s Ryr from the club,” I say glancing over my shoulder at Diesel.

“Where did you get this,” he asks I-Tee.

“Roja was undercover at the club. This guy started hitting on her really hard. Wanted to know where she worked. Said she should be a professional dancer. Wanted her number. She got a shot of him when he was standing in front of one of the mirrors. She took a picture of her and her drinking buddy making sure she got his image in the background.

“You’re the wizard, right? Can you remove the bump from his nose. And make his eyes brown. Maybe shorten his hair,” I ask.

“Coming right up.”

“He’s too tall,” Raven says.

“He wears lifts in his shoes at the club. He’s not that tall,” I say.

Five minutes later, I-Tee displays the two photos side by side.

“That sonofabitch” Raven jumps to her feet. “He’s the inside man. I’ve got to get a hold of Belcher and let him know what’s going on.”

CHAPTER15

Diesel

I slam my hand down on her phone. “Who the hell is Belcher?”

“He’s legal counsel for internal affairs. Why do you care?”

“First name Sidney?”

She shoots a glance to Diego, then nods.

“Show Willow a picture.”

“I got it,” I-Tee offers.

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