Chapter 7:Off the Force
Dante made his way through the police department. He could feel dozens of eyes glaring at him. He knew he screwed up. He should have tried to track down that man who shot at him. He was quite possibly the Origami Killer, or that was at least some of the police force suspected, more importantly that was what Captain Blake suspected.
He stood outside the captain's office. He knew that the captian was inside, and quite possibly a future argument. Dante wasn't going to lie. Blake was a dick and not many people around here liked him. For some reason during the first Origami case Blake got promoted to captain. Now Blake was the big man in the office and he had no problem showboating it.
"Dante get your ass in here!"Blake screamed from the other side of the door. Dante took a deep breath and entered the office.
Blake was sitting behind his desk, a look of annoyance on his face. He motioned for Dante to take a seat in front of desk. Without a word Dante sat down and stared at the captian.
"You're a coward you know that Dante."Blake stated, glaring at him.
"Excuse me sir?"Dante said, with a sarcastic tone of the word sir.
"You let a suspect get away from you! He fired a couple of bullets at you and you were too chickenshit to go after him!"Blake yelled at him,"Get out of my office! You're suspended until you can grow a pair!"
Biting back a barage of insults and curses, Dante stormed out of Blake's office and through the police station. He didn't even care to look at all the other people as he was passing by, knowing that if he did their glares would just make him furious. Shoving the station doors open, he exited the building and was met with rain. In a matter of moments he was soaking wet, but he didn't care. His career was practically finished, and all because of one screw-up.
"The only way I can save my rep and keep my job is to find this Origami Killer myself."Dante said to himself,"If I find that homeless man,he could probably lead me to the killer."
He was about to get into his patrol car when he realized that the captain had suspended him. Dante quickly made his way to where he parked his beat up car and got inside. He started the automobile and pulled out of the lot. He had no idea where to look for the man. The only good thing about his predicament now was the fact that he no longer had to work within the system. He wasn't a cop at the moment after all. Dante smiled to himself as he drove through the deserted streets.