Page 148 of Reaper
“This is just the tip of the iceberg of what Mason Fuller, who has been using an alias of Johnathon Reilly, has been up to the past several months. There is more, which I will show you later, but this is what I can show you right now.”
Chief reaches in and pulls out a section of stappled papers, flipping through them, but making sure none of us can see what is on the papers. The more he flips, the more furious he becomes. Halfway through the stack, he snaps it shut and puts it back in the folder before handing it back to Creed.
“I’ve seen enough. Officer Hughes and Officer Morgan, if you could both escort Mr. Fuller outside, Officer Jones and Officer Daniels will escort him to the hospital where he will be treated and then booked. Let us know when you’re going to arrange federal transport, Agent Creed.”
“You’ll regret this,” Reilly, er Fuller, seethes as Brady and Dixon guide him toward the door. “You’re making a mistake. I’m not this Fuller person. Someone is setting me up.”
None of them respond to him which only makes him angrier, but thankfully, the doors shutting blocks off the rest of his rants. A moment later, Brady and Dixon return.
Chief Cane turns to Thor, before glancing at Sam, then Creed, and finally back to Thor. “Officer Hughes?”
Dixon steps forward, a voice recorder in his hands. “Is it okay that I record this for your statements?”
“Yes,” we all reply and once he has the recorder up and running, we all introduce ourselves when he gives us the signal.
“So, tell us what exactly happened here today?”
Smoke gestures to Mae and then at the decorations in the room. “We were celebrating my daughter’s baby shower. Mae and my sister Nikki were over there by the window when a bullet grazed Mae’s arm and embedded in that table, which the other women were sitting at by the way. They fired off a few more rounds at the clubhouse for a bit before going silent. They’d somehow knocked out some of my cameras on the west side, which is the main side that they attacked from, but thanks to Lark’s quick thinking, we got some video of what happened.”
I look down at Lark and she blushes at the attention but doesn’t shy away.
“How did you secure footage?” Sam asks her and Lark gestures to a pin on my cut.
“I left mine in place up there just in case, but those of us with cuts have a camera that Smoke came up with a while ago.”
I detach the pin and pull the attached battery out of an interior pocket, showing them the device. Stepping forward, I set it down on a table near them so they can look at it and then step back beside Lark.
“I pushed the pin into the wood of the window frame and tried to hide the battery pack as best as I could. I’d already overheard Smoke saying they’d knocked out some of his cameras which was why I asked Miracle and the Prospects to go up to the widow’s walk to get eyes on the situation. The other women and kids were already down in the panic rooms by that point.”
“Seeing what Lark did, the rest of us did the same thing in case they managed to knock more cameras out,” Lex told them.
“Alright. Let’s start with what footage you have from your cameras before seeing what’s on the body cameras.”
Smoke plays the video feed and for the next ten minutes, we watch everything play out. I shake my head at that.
Ten fucking minutes.
It sure as fuck didn’t feel like ten minutes.
“Per Sasha’s and Miracle’s cameras, as well as our own cameras, there was no movement from the south or the east, like Lark stated before. I’ll start with Lark’s camera, which faces west, and then we’ll see Lex’s from the north.”
After he plays both videos, Chief glances around the room. “Did any of you recognize the voice that spoke asking you to hand over the women?”
Mae raises her hand as she nods solemnly. “I did. It was X. His real name is Kristoff Davenport from what we’ve gathered,” she pauses and points to Creed. “Creed’s got all that information. I don’t know how much he shared with you guys, though. X is the man in charge of Oasis and is part of the group that had kidnapped me twice. It’s the same group that had ties to the people that kidnapped Mary a little over a week ago as well.”
Mae pauses again as she licks her lips and turns back to Creed.
“Is Officer Reilly, I mean Mason Fuller, X’s new attempt to infiltrate the police department?” Her eyes widen and she holds up her hands. “I mean, if we’re allowed to know that. I get it if we aren’t.”
Creed gives her a soft, yet strained smile, as he tilts his head. “That’s about all I can confirm, but yes, he is X’s most recent attempt to get someone on the inside again. I’ll be keeping Chief Cane updated as we continue the investigation into Kristoff Davenport and his associates since they seem to be focusing heavily on your club.” Creed frowns as his gaze bounces between Smoke and Mae before settling back on Smoke. “We have intercepted a lot of intel that Kristoff is focusing on you as well as Mae and her unborn children. You need to be on high alert, especially with this attack. He’s escalating and I don’t know what all they’ll do to get their hands on Mae and her children. We’ve also confirmed that Kristoff is wanting to take the other women and children in the club as payment for interrupting his plansand brining heat down on him. Interruption he’s blaming on you because you are Mae’s father.” His frown deepens as he looks at Lark, Miracle, and Mama Astrid before his gaze meets mine. “Being here may bring your club under fire as well. You all need to stay alert.”
I give him a chin life. “We will and as Thor already knows, our club is always willing to step in and help each other out as needed. As are the other chapters.”
“Okay. Smoke, if we can get copies of all the footage you showed us, we would appreciate it.”
Smoke unhooks a thumb drive from his computer and hands it to him. “Already done.”
“Thank you. Now, if you can show us where all there was damage, we can let the forensic team know.” He pauses and turns to Mae. “I’m sorry that this disrupted your celebration, but it will be a while before we’re done here. I’ve been notified that one of the houses and a couple of the condos took damage, so you’ll need to steer clear of those buildings as well for right now.”
