Hi Everyone, thanks for reading, I am working on chapter 2 currently and hope to have that up this weekend, as always reviews are always welcomes, if you have feedback or suggestions shoot me a PM. Happy Holidays. -Tori
-Ava
I made my way into police headquarters I was requested by my boss to meet him here, after LAPD arrested a suspect that we have been watching for some cyber crimes of transferring money between accounts, from what I gathered he was there when a local drug bust went down and he got picked up.
"Hold the door" I ran to catch the elevator, two officers were already inside. I hiked my laptop bag up and adjusted my glasses.
"You look a little lost, starbucks is two blocks over" The younger of the two said, he clearly looked like he just rolled out of bed hair a mess, clothes rumpled.
"Thanks, but I'm good, maybe you might want to try the homeless shelter down on Broadway"
The other man laughed.
The elevator stopped and we all got out, I stopped a officer "I'm looking for Captain Avery?"
"Straight through the pen, his door is on the right"
"Thanks" I went through the pen where all the officers desks were out in the open I saw the two men from the elevator heading into the Captain's office I followed and proceeded to knock on the door.
"Sorry to interrupt, but I was summons to meet with you Captain" Brooks Avery looked at me and smiled
"Ava Daniels, my favorite niece, what are you doing here?"
"Well, I was working on a case that I heard two of your detectives got in the middle of, and James sent me over to work with you guys, he didnt tell you, did he?
"No, I just talked to your mom last night she never even mentioned you were here"
"Yes, I just got relocated back home from Miami, couple weeks ago. I have a small shanty over in Venice a block from the water" There was a cough behind me.
"Do you want us to come back?" The bum asked
"No, sorry, right Ava you remember Roger he use to be my partner several years ago, and this is his new partner Martin Riggs, they are the two that arrested Mendoza the other night"
"Oh ya Roger, I thought you retired?" Martin next to him laughed
"Nope, not retired, heart attack, but I'm back"
"So is the FBI is just coming in and taking over?" Martin Riggs asked
"No Riggs, not yet" Avery told the other man
"What we're trying to do is see what is going on with Mendoza, the FBI thinks he's working with someone else but the offshore accounts that monies are being wired into are his; right now with Mendoza in police custody we need to find out who the other people are in the laundering of this drug money, there could also be some illegal weapon purchasing going on, we think it started in Mexico and Miami but we aren't entirely sure" I told Riggs
"Right, so FBI is just coming in and letting him go free"
"No" Captain Avery said at once
"I was hoping you two can question him to find out where the next meeting place is, you picked him up at the club on Sunset last night, but that wasn't an official meeting because his older brother Jose Mendoza wasn't there, and what I do know for sure is he's always in attendance when it comes to moving money around"
"Ya, and what's in it for you?" Riggs asked
"If we know the next meeting place I was hoping…." I turned around to my uncle "close your ears…." I turned back to Roger and Riggs "I am hoping to place a bug on him to gather more intel, since we haven't been able to pick up a warrant to gather more data."
"You do know that is illegal, right?" Roger asked
"Yes technically but so is kicking down doors to empty warehouses because you thought you heard something" I crossed my arms over my chest Riggs smiled
"I like her captain" Riggs smiled back
"How do you know that?" Roger asked
"I've done my homework" I smirked back
"Listen all of you…. You two" Avery pointed at Roger and Riggs "you've already cost the city… God knows what I havent kept track this month, and you" Avery turned to me. "I love you, but if anything happens to you, your mother, my sister will kill me, please don't do anything stupid"
"Me? Stupid, I would never"
"Roger, watch both of em" Captain Avery said "We're done here I have a lunch meeting with the commissioner"