Chapter 10
Author's note: Thanks for all the reviews so far. They are like "getting paid" for me. Thanks for reading this long. Hopefully one or two more chapters after CH 11 and this epic will be completed. This is a short chapter, but next chapter will be up momentarily as well.
There was a look of frustration on Tucker's face as he hung up the phone. He sighed heavily as he turned to glance out the window that overlooked B. F. Shipping's parking lot. Mr. Forest had sure been pissed when he found out the cop had lived through the hit man's attempt on his life.
The cops had kept most of the story quiet, however. There had been little news coverage, but Tucker had found that the word on the street was that someone had almost beaten Kenneth Hutchinson to death. No word about the heroin. Most of the rumors pointed towards a disgruntled street-level criminal with a vendetta. Of course, those rumors came from the same street-level criminals with vendettas against the blond-haired cop.
He had talked to the hit man yesterday and the killer had tried to explain his failure. He said that Hutchinson had put up a hell of a fight—and since they needed him to make it look like a drug overdose, he hadn't been able to use his normal methods (which were usually more successful). The cop had broken the hit man's nose, and almost drew down on him. He had explained that he'd finally had to pistol whip the bastard to take him down. Then he'd followed the plan as Tucker had laid it out.
After news of the failure reached him, Forest had communicated through intermediaries that now he wanted Hutchinson taken out—he didn't care how. If his partner Starsky got in the way, then orders were to eradicate him as well. His earlier, more devious plan to disgrace and kill the tall, blond-haired cop had been too complicated and now, he just wanted them out of the way for good.
All that remained was for Tucker to contact the hit man and give him the go-ahead. He looked down at the phone number in his hand and reached for the receiver.
The cop had to be dead in two days before Forest's release on bail.