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A Cop Tale

Chapter 8 - On Watch

Lebron Williams was surveilling his target, the good looking lady cop of whom Morgan Fairfield had shown the pictures of her to him. She was even more stunning in person. He certainly would enjoy this job if the boss approved the hit. Bron had a liking to playing with his food before he feasted, and this one would be a feast.

He was in the truck made out to be a cable company truck, that was the gang's vehicle for observing proposed targets. The lady cop took her own NYPD vehicle to and from work. She parked it in the basement to their shared condo. Her writer husband must be doing well, their apartment was a couple million dollars worth of a luxury unit, complete with basement garage, gym, door man, and what appeared to be the latest in home security systems. Bron wonder how much more her millionaire husband had spent on extra security for their particular home unit. If he were given a sanction for the hit, the condo would not be the place to execute it. Too difficult to gain access to so he would have to find some other location. Unlike his previous assignment where he easily got into the condo on a home invasion for murder. Bron had surprised the occupants of the condo, a rich banker and his gorgeous former model wife. He had enjoyed that assignment.

Capt Beckett-Castle was getting into her squad car but before she entered her vehicle, she stopped to look around. She was getting this paranoid feeling of being watch. Ever since Espo had warned her about her being tagged by the Simmons group, she had become more cautious with her surroundings. She tried to pick out any suspicious persons and possible tails to her route to and from the 12th. She went into her precautionary itinerary drive routes. One of several different routes, never using the same way to the 12th that she used to return to her loft. One thing she had learned was never to establish a set pattern to her drive to and from work. Keep them guessing was the goal, so whoever may be observing her would not be able to easily perform an ambush or abduction.

Bron Williams saw that the lady cop he'd been observing was taking yet another different route to her precinct. She was a smart one, always changing her travel routes to and from her work so as to avoid any planned abduction or gang hit along the way. If they did plan a hit, it would have to be for every one of the routes she took. Once she showed which one she was taking, they would have then pre-plans to execute, based on the route taken. It was more work to prepare for and added that much more complexities to any sanctioned hit. The lady cop was not making it easy.

This assignment could be a particularly difficult one as his targets were always conscious on being observed and took preventive measures. The husband mostly did work at home and occasionally made trips to his publisher and also to do other errands. If he was working a case with the 12th, he carpooled with his hot looking cop wife. But Bron was up to the challenge. Just thinking what he could do with her was incentive enough. It made the prize even more desirable.

Castle Takes Precautions

Rick got off the phone with his security guy after directing him to put a watch on the loft and on his wife. He had been told by Espo that the word on the street was to keep Kate in check and to eliminate her if she dug too deep. When he heard this, his memory automatically flashed back to his deceased mother in law, Johanna Beckett. She had dug too deep and found out about Bracken. She was killed for it. Rick had no doubt that the same would happen to Kate if she uncovered info meant to be kept hidden. He suspected that the politician behind this was strong and influential. He knew they had to get to him and arrest him. They had to cut the head off the dragon to stop all that was happening. The question was could they do that before they got to Kate?

After they dined, he tells Kate, "I called Bob today and had him place a watch on the Loft and on you."

"Rick, do you really think that is necessary? I can handle it."

"I know you can, but you are a mom now and this is extra precaution if needed."

"Extra precaution or to relieve your anxiety?"

"A little of both, you mean too much to me and Lily not to be more vigilant."

"How will I know it's Bob's people and not someone from the Simmons' gang if I do detect a tail?"

"Oh you won't detect Bob or his people, that is how good they are. So if you do detect a tail, it will be Simmons."

"Will they be watching the precinct also?"

"Only to find out if they are surveilling you from a distance."

"What about Alpha team?"

"We are also covering our backs and being more aware of the situation. What are you thinking? That they might come after us like they did officer Reynolds?"

"Strong possibility, are you all wearing your vests?"

"Wouldn't that give us away and send a message to whoever is watching that we know the play here?"

"Wear them under the NYPD jackets that you all have. From a far, it won't be noticed. However, if Simmons' gang is talking to the people on the street, one may catch the vest under the jacket, and give up that info. Besides, this is NYC in winter, and temps are such that a jacket would blend with the cold weather conditions. Keep the vests zipped and under your closed jackets. I'll pass the word to Espo tomorrow to make it happen. Let's be cautious all the way around."

Kate sees the concern in her husband's eyes and manner. She needed to ease his feelings here. Stepping up to him and entering his space, she gives him a loving and passionate kiss to his lips.

"What was that for?", asks Rick.

"That is for being so sweet and caring. For always being there. I have the best in you and am in constant awe of how I came to deserve you. Despite all the many times I kept you at arm's length and hid the love I have for you by being with other men, you stayed for me. How did I luck out?"

"It's I who luck out Kate. I married up when I got you. I am the one more in awe of you. Kate, you are a mystery I am still solving and if the universe wills it, I will do it all my remaining life."

Kate takes her husband's hand and leads him to their bed. They crawl in and she closes the lights.

"Let me show you Rick how much I truly appreciate you."

They did not get much sleep that night.

Surveillance Van

"Time to close shop Bron, lites just went off in the bedroom", Snake says to his partner as he puts down the binoculars that he had been using to observe the condo from a far.

"That's early, man, do you think they're knocking boots."

"Are you kidding?", replies Snake, "A wife that hot, if I had her, I would be doing it as often as I could."

"Well, the husband seems to be taking you up on that Snake. Seriously, what I would give to have an audio bug in their bedroom."

"Woe-ha Bron! Calm down bro, are you are really getting into this? Is the lady cop that much of a turn-on for you. Are you really on that much, or what?"

"Just my imagnination getting away from me."

"Uh ha, heard them lyrics from you a couple weeks back, you gonna share again this time."

"You'll get nasty seconds."

"Well alright then, let's get outta here."

As Bron and Snake head out in the gang surveillance van, someone is observing them with night vision goggles. As they leave the scene, the observer speaks into his on body mike, "Subjects are heading out."

"Roger that, third time this week they been here to put the loft on watch. Do your write up on this and we will brief the boss first thing this morning. My watch says 1953 hours, please confirm."

"Confirmed", is the radio reply.