Graceland
Mike stood there gun pointed at him" I know who you are Paul I KNOW" he said as Paul held his hands up.
" Look Mike I don't what your talking about man" Briggs said innocently keeping his hands up.
Don't bullshit me Paul I know exactly what your doing and it ends now! He replies, Paul sighs i don't understand any of this Mike but i have a job to do so if you will excuse he said.
" I KNOW YOUR MANOLO TAVARES JR" Mike said
Giving Mike a baffled look where getting this from Agent Warren he says, JUST STOP LYING OKAY I KNOW ,seeing there was no other way out of his current predicament. Taking a deep breathe " Who else knows Mike" Paul said claiming defeat, just me right now but everyone will kno... was all he got out.
Before being hit over the head knocked unconscious Paul looked behind him and smiled " good save" Paul said.
48 hours earlier
"Federal agents" Mike yelled as the men stopped putting their hands up as the Fed's came in. Manolo Tavares you are under arrest for trafficking, smuggling the young agent said brashly. As the older man looked at him in confusion " trafficking , smuggling those are all crimes I have done none of those things " the man said.
Yeah right! Search this place from top to bottom your not as smart as you think are" Mike said. As they cuffed Manolo who smiled at winked at Paul I will be seeing you soon agent" he said as they led him. We have to find those gold bars and the art work they have to be here some where let's get to work he said.
Wow you hear this guy" Paul said, as they searched the warehouse from top to bottom as Mike supervised. He stood there nervously " Agent Warren i'm sorry but the warehouse and the container ship is empty there is nothing here another agent said.
" IT HAS TO BE HERE WE ALL SAW IT" Mike said storming out the building as Briggs followed.
' Mikey Mike what's going on man" he asked
" There is no way he could have gotten rid of it that fast we just saw it Paul' he replies angrily as got in the car. When Paul stopped him " what's the plan Warren" he asked, I am going to have a little chat with Tavares Mike say.
Then i am coming with you" Briggs says getting in the car and drove away when they got down to headquarters. Mike stormed into the interrogation room " WHERE IS IT HUH" he spat angrily as Paul tried to calm him down.
Manolo calmly spoke " Why Agent Warren i have no idea what your talking about. I told you i was a legitimate business once i sell a shipping container i don't know what other people do with it. But you wanted to accuse me of some phantom wrongdoing of sort he said watching the kids anger.
That is when Paul spoke " Mr. Tavares we know you know more then you are saying so why don't you help us help you " he says. The older man chuckles " Mijo listen you have the wrong guy okay i don't know about any of this"Manolo said.
Mike ran his hands through his hair " BULLSHIT" he spat angrily, as Paul stepped in between them. As Manolo shrugs " i will be out of here before dinner time" the man says with a grin. That is when Mike was getting ready to lose it Paul dragged him out " Easy Warren what are you going to do attack him he is already in custody" he said.
"THAT IS BULLSHIT BRIGGS AND YOU KNOW IT" Mike said angrily
' Okay Mike now let's prove it before he walks out of here" Paul answers when he sees Manolo's lawyer coming. Shaking his head " we have incoming " he said walking over to J.T " how can i help you Mr. Sterling" Mike said.
J.T smiled " Oh come on kid we been here already i have come to retrieve my client every time we come out west its the same b.s. I keep telling you once these things are out of his hands he can't control what other people do" he says. " He is guilty and you know it i seen it myself" Mike said,do you have any proof did you find anything Agent Warren no right so yeah we are leaving J.T said.
" I have 48 hours" Mike said
The lawyer took a deep breathe " No you don't i will slap an injunction on you so fast boy your head will spin you will not continue to violate Mr. Tavares right Paul get your child " J.T said. Stepping in just as Mike was going to snap " Warren stop take a walk" Paul said as the lawyer chuckled.
" Go play in the sand pit kid let the grown ups talk" J.T said going into the interrogation room.
GraceLand
Mike stormed in " Hey Mikey what's wrong " Charlie asked , as he ran his hand through his hair not only does Syd walk so does Tavares. Briggs is probably working out a deal as we speak that man has walked every time we approached him. But not this time i need to check the warehouse again he said.
As Charlie watched him with concern" Mike these guys walk but not forever" she said watching the young detective. " No Charlie its like he knew we were coming nothing was there not the gold bars, the antiques art works nothing that was stolen in Wales none of it. And how could he get it out the warehouse we had that places surrounded Mike mused to himself.
That is when he saw Johnny coming downstairs showered and changed ready to go out "Chuck , Mikey i see you around" he says on his way out. He was almost at the door when " Johnny do you have the surveillance of the Tavares bust" he asked. As Johnny silently cursed under his breathe " Yes it all there man the guy is good but he isn't Houdini Mike" he says.
" I need your help Johnny i don't know what i am looking for but i need your eyes to help me see how he got those things out of the warehouse with us right there" Mike said as Charlie watched. She went inside her room looking for her burner phone sending a few text before hiding it again. When Paul came in the house " How did it go with Tavares after i left" Mike asked, well Mikey the Bureau was forced to give him a deal because right now it looks like harassment on our part" he says.
He punches the wall beside him " Damn it that is bullshit Briggs and you know it the stuff are still there look" Mike said sitting down. Going through the video footage we see it right there plan as day when our guys were inside. Then we don't when we go in less then 5 minutes after our guys saw it in there come it has to be there he says.
As Johnny looked at Paul with raised Eyebrows pleading him to help " look Mike i know you want to catch this guy so do we but can't do this with you not thinking straight. You did the same thing you did with Sid your letting him get in your head" Paul said. "And Your not active enough Paul you have the most insight on this guy and you have been lackadaisical about it" Mike argued.
Which through Paul " Its your case Mike you asked me i told you what i knew from back in the days about him i told you i gave you whatever contacts i had. And that is very little because he tries to keep his hands clean as possible and not to mention nobody we picked up would turn on him. I told you from the gate it was a crap shoot Mike to see if you could think clearly and your not and with that Paul walked off.
" Mikey rest bro take your mind off it then go back to it" Johnny said patting him on the back as he left. He was pissed but he would prove everyone wrong he needed to start with Manolo Tavares's family there were no pictures of his son why. Maybe that was key to finally nailing that son of a bitch but he needed to find someone willing enough to talk.
After a day or so searching he hit paid dirt he opened the file on Manolo Tavares Jr his eyes opened wide in shock. "SON OF A BITCH" he said getting up grabbing his gun going into Paul's room.
Mike stood there gun pointed at him" I know who you are Paul I KNOW" he said as Paul held his hands up.
" Look Mike I don't what your talking about Mike" Briggs said innocently keeping his hands up.
Don't bullshit me Paul I know exactly what your doing and it ends now! He replies, Paul sighs i don't understand any of this Mike but i have a job to do so if you will excuse he said.
" I KNOW YOUR MANOLO TAVARES JR" Mike said
Giving Mike a baffled look where getting this from Agent Warren he says, JUST STOP LYING OKAY I KNOW ,seeing there was no other way out of his current predicament. Taking a deep breathe " Who else knows Mike" Paul said claiming defeat, just me right now but everyone will kno... was all he got out.