Spring Time Blossoms Chapter One
You would think with spring being here now, that the crime level in New York City would slow down. Captain Kate Beckett having to be sitting in her office of the precinct thinking.
Two more bodies having been found in the waters of the Hudson river, and their has been no clues. Why the two men having at least a week's decay should of went unnoticed for the most part? Having to be one of the questions on her mind at the moment.
Every resourced had been made to look for any type of clues starting with having both bodies taken to the morgue to start with the autopsy.
Three hours earlier...
Medical Examiner Lanie Parish, Doctor Perlmutter and tech Alexis Castle were currently working on opening up the bodies for anything out of the ordinary.
Before starting any work, Alexis had brought over the very expensive palm reader to figure just who the two men were in the first place.
"Here we go Lanie." Alexis says in a neutral tone of voice. "He's Richard Carlton Lawyer for the Wall Street district of the exchange, age 46 years old, not married.
"Is their anything else on the reader we can use at the moment?" Perlmutter walked over to ask quickly with his usual curtness.
"Nothing at all Doctor, otherwise the second man's I.D. is Samuel Steward a bookie for the Yonkers, Raceway in Yonkers, New York, age 65, married to a woman name Suzanna Steward of the Yonkers, Raceway diner across the street from the casino/raceway."
"I must say the man lived a colorful life, that's for sure!" Perlmutter reacted to the information that was given.
"We all can't be rich and famous Permutter, like with yourself."
Lanie was chuckling after her remark, to have him leave the room in a huff, along with Alexis laughing it off.
Both ladies go back to work on the two bodies, leaving Perlmutter alone in his office stewing.
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Captain Kate Beckett was in a need to take a walk outside the precinct, having to be such a gorgeous day. She takes out her cell phone to call her husband having to be getting ready to go on a short book tour in the area to promote "Killer Heat" and "The Devil's Advocate".
Castle picked up on the third ring at the Museum Of Nature Art signing room. He was trying to hear himself from over the noise from his fans and tv cameras.
"Rick, can you hear me, what is going on over their?" She says with great curiosity.
"My fans, and the reporters trying to ask me questions, while we are on a short break." Holding his hand still to try and hear her next words.
"How is Patterson handling the fame and fortune Rick?" She chuckled on the other end of the line.
"Don't you even try that maneuver on me Kate!" He was hot after that remark by his own wife.
"I am sorry, I am just waiting for a break with one of the cases that was handed to us earlier, and besides you would be bored out of your skull."
"Try me." He says before one of the reporters came up to him with a question. "Listen Kate, I need to go now, the press is waiting to interview me, bye." She wasn't able to get in a word edgewise.
She decided to walk anyway for at least a few minutes, she was hungry, along with the baby driving her crazy with being four months pregnant.
Doctor Anderson has been after his patient to slow down a little with her work in the field, but so far, she's not been listening.
Since it was lunch time, she decided to stop at the hot dog vendor truck at the corner, while asking for two hot dogs smothered with onions, a diet soda and a pretzel for her salt craving.
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Several blocks away from the Yonkers Raceway. A Yonkers police car is trying to catch up to someone in a black SUV having just robbed a Bank of America, but for the SUV, they were just too fast for the two officers inside to catch up.
But unknown to them, their was another body having been wrapped in plastic in the trunk to be dumped later in the Hudson River near the cruise line.
When the officers lost them on Yonkers Avenue, the report had to be made to their commanding officer. Even though Captain Avery had received a report earlier from New York City on the earlier bodies found with their I.D. confirmed.
Sergeant Jackson and Reynolds walked into the Yonkers Precinct, they were told to report to Captain Avery for a briefing.
Both officers walked into his office, since the door was wide opened at the moment. "You wanted to see us both Captain!" In unison. They have been with the Yonkers precinct the past ten years, they have been asking for months to work with the undercover operations department.
"Yes please come in and sit down, I have a deal for you to decide on, but first here are the two files that needs to be studied before deciding on taking the assignment." He says with caution.
"You will be working with the 12th Precinct in New York City, for a Captain Kate Beckett to investigate the two bodies that have been found in the Hudson River near the Cruise line, and check for any type of clues into the killings, the names of those two victims are listed in those files."
In unison. "Yes sir."
"Your to make contact with her by the end of the day to go over the details of the under cover operation." He says with his orders to Harold and Jake. "We don't know what we are dealing with here, so please be very careful."
Both of the officers get up to leave his office, to get themselves ready for the trip to New York City.
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At the local OTB office just ten miles south of the Yonkers raceway, Carl Weatherspoon working in the back of his office was checking his receipts on the amount of money that has been brought in the past few weeks, he was not liking the numbers.
Including when he found that two of his best customers having been stealing from him during the past few months. He had ordered a hit on both Carleton and on Steward with his ties with the mob and other organizations for the local union members for the Raceway.
He understood that two new men from New York would be working at his bookie joint to work in the place of the two that were killed. Their names having to look at his computer records to be Jake Reynolds and Harold Jackson with experience with the numbers and betting the ponies.
He was mostly feeling relieved now, he is able to relax for now, until they arrive sometime tomorrow to begin working.