Chapter Forty. - The Wednesday Incident
"Alright. Here's where we stand. This night club is the home base of the Maric Crime Syndicate. I've been tracking the club owner, Vladimir Drogic, Aka the Dragon. Aks, my first perp with a cool nickname" Jake said
"What about El Baboso? The Dagger?" Charles asked
Flashback
-3 years ago-
"I can't believe this! Look" Jake said as he pushed his papers over to Rosa who was eating her dinner on her couch
"What?" She asked
"El Baboso. Murdered 5 people. I showed you this case yesterday, and now I have a lead" Jake said
"The Dagger. The coolest name for a perp. In fact, I think this is my first perp with a cool nickname. Rosa smiled and started chuckling
"Why are you laughing?" Jake asked. She laughed harder
"Seriously What have you done?" he asked
"El Baboso means 'The slug'. Not 'The dagger" She said
"What? You lied to me?" Jake asked
"Yep" She replied. Putting down her plate and leaning in to him "What are you gonna do about it?" She asked
"Maybe I'll show you a dagger of my own" He growled
"Are you with holding a penetrative weapon?" she asked as she climbed into his lap
"It may be a concealed weapon" He warned
"Am I going to have to frisk you?" She cooed into his ear, as she ran her hands down his body.
Jake became very aware of where he was, and jumped out of his flashback.
"Yeah, turns out Rosa was lying about that. El. Baboso actually means 'The slug' Jake said
Ros laughed
"Tonto. That means Dum-dum" She said
"That was very cruel" Jake said "I referred to myself as El Baboso to several beautiful Latina ladies" Jake said
"Oh, that's your type isn't it Jakey? Like Sophia and San-" But Jake cut him off. Noticing that he missed out Diaz.
"Anyway, the Dragon is involved in several counts of human trafficking as well as" Jake said as two men walked in and took the board from behind Jake "I'm sorry. What's going on? Who are you?" Jake asked
"Drexel, with the Organised Crime unit. I'm here for the Maric Case materials" He said
"Oh, are you? Well. Let's see what my Captain has to say about this" Jake said walking into the bullpen. The squad, never one to miss a show followed as did Drexel and the other officer.
"CAPTAIN!" Jake called as he walked into the bull pen. Holt walked out from his office arms crossed
"What?" He asked
"Why are these guys taking my case?" Jake asked
"Organised Crime?" Holt asked, shaking Drexel's hand
"Yes Sir" he replied. Holt once more returned to his arms crossed position.
"Thank you, for taking the materials" Holt said "Make sure you also pick up the files that are on Peralta's desk" Holt said
"Wow. That is not how I saw it playing out. Sir I thought you said it was my case" Jake said
"I gave you two weeks. I'm done fending off the Organised Crime Unit" He said stepping forward.
"Squad. Since Peralta's briefing was cut short, you can all use this time to clean up your desks. Look at this place. Half eaten food, Crumpled Tissues. Pictures of your families" Holt said
"What's wrong with pictures?" Terry asked
"If you love someone, you remember what they look like" Holt replied, as he picked up a ball from Jake's desk
"What is this?" He asked
"Rubber Band ball" Jake said "Keep your bands in a box or a bag. Since you all apparently have time to play throw, I'm cancelling overtime for the month. Effective immediately" He said
"Get to work. And de-ball these bands" Holt ordered as he walked off to his office.
"Evidence room. Now!" Jake called to the squad and they all gathered inside.
"What's going on? Holt has been in a bad mood all week" Jake said "Did somebody do something to set him off?" Jake asked
"Jake Are you seriously asking why Captain Holt is mad?" Terry asked
"What do you mean?" Jake asked
"The Wednesday incident" Terry said
"No, no, no. Look I was the first one in on Wednesday" Jake said
"This story's already full of holes" Gina said
"He was in a bad mood before those sprinklers went off. Something must've happened at home" Jake said
"Dude. Just admit that you ruined everything and turned our lives into a living hell" Rosa said. "No biggie" She said
"You guys, this is not my fault. Boyle, you believe me, right?" Jake asked
"Don't make me do this, Jake" He begged
"Betrayed! Alright, you know what, fine. I'm going to prove to you all that Something else is responsible for his bad mood" Jake said. "It's probably Boyle" Jake said
That night, Jake and Rosa lay in bed watching TV
"What are we going to do about Holt?" Jake asked
"I don't know man. Have you considered playing ball?" She asked
"It's a back up plan" Jake said
"Well. I don't know. At least you get tomorrow off. She said
"You're right. I do. I think It's time I call in my chit" Jake said
"Your what?" she asked
"I got Gina her job. She said she owes me and I have waited 6 years to cash that in" Jake said
"I know more pressing matters that need to be completed tomorrow" She said
"Like what?" Jake asked
"Laundry, food shopping. And one of us needs to drop off the water bill" She said.
"Fine. I'll do it as well as being the best detective ever" he said
"You're the best something ever" She said as she placed his hand between her legs. He moaned and stoked her, as she wanted.
-8:49pm The Following Day-
"Hey" Jake greeted as Rosa walked in through the door.
"Evening" She greeted, dropping her bag and walking into the kitchen with Jake
"You went shopping?" She said
"And I dropped of the water bill, and did three loads of laundry, as requested" Jake said, stirring the pot on the stove. They walked into the lounge, sitting on the couch. Jake walked in behind her with two glasses of wine, passing one to her.
"How was work?" She asked
"Holt was irritable, as usual" She said "Oh, and Boyle brought in his bank robber" She said
"Boyle caught his robber?" Jake asked
"Well. Be brought in a 90 something year old. Dude died in interrogation" Rosa said
"No way! Was he guilty?" Jake asked
"No idea. Boyle seemed to think so, and apparently he confessed to him, but no one heard, and now he's dead so" Rosa said
"Well. How many times does Boyle have a hunch that's wrong?" Jake asked
"Rarely" Rosa replied
"Because he won't arrest someone without solid evidence, even for questioning. Surely the dude said something to someone else" Jake said
"Nope" Rosa replied
"Well. Does he have a wallet? Can you check the serial numbers of any notes to the stolen ones? What about Bank records?" He asked
"I'll check it out tomorrow" Rosa replied
"Alright" Jake said
"How was your day?" She asked taking a sip of her wine
"I found out why Holt was angry and he is now Pissed, pissed off with me" Jake said
"Pissed pissed?" She asked
"PISSED, Pissed. Like pissed off but twice as bad" He said
"Fuck Jake. What did you do?" She asked
"Well. Gina, Kevin and I spent all day tracking down what Holt had done on Wednesday, to put him in such a bad mood. We found out that he had been mugged. So, I went to tell Kevin my findings, and Holt walked in" He said
"Oof! I can't imagine that went well" She said
"It did not. I determined that Holt was lying to Kevin because he was injured, and yeah. Holt was angry with me" Jake said
"Wait. Holt up. Holt is injured?" Rosa asked putting her glass down on the table
"Holt was lightly stabbed" Jake said
"WOW!" She said
"Yeah" Jake replied
"Dude" She said sympathetically
"How do I stop him being angry with me?" Jake asked
"I don't think there's a simple way" She said
"Unless..." Jake replied
"Why do I feel like I should be scared at that?" She asked
"You probably should. Have you got your laptop?" Jake asked She nodded and got it, bringing it back
"Ok. Here" Jake said logging in and showing Rosa the CCTV footage of the guys following Holt into the alley
"Ok. Let's pull a still and send it to the nearby precincts, and check facial recognition with the Federal database" Jake said
"I love it when you talk cop" Rosa said, she leant in and kissed him
"I'm going to change" She said standing up. She walked into the room and found a small panda stuffed bear, a box of chocolates and a single long-stemmed Lily laying across her side of the bed. She smiled and walked back out, up to Jake and hugged him gently.
"You're so amazing" She said. He looked up from the laptop.
"Firstly, you're amazing, and secondly, you deserve to be treated like the queen you are" He said
"Ice Queen" She corrected
"Ok, but I get to make you felt later" Jake said
Rosa smiled. It reminded other of their flirting a few years ago. She felt that had grown up a lot recently, but there was still that spark inside them both. That spark which attracted them both initially. And she was sure that no matter what, that spark would never go.