CHAPTER 13 : bust

Tom and Doug are out of the hospital. They hoped in Doug's car and begin to search for Frank. They ask several prostitutes but girls are too scared to speak. They pretend not to know him. Thus, they take the car again and keep searching.

Tom sees another girl who looks a bit like Trisha, a prostitute, alone in a corner. Tom gets out of the car to come closer to her. Doug follows him.

"Hey ! You know Frank ?" Tom asks her.

The young girl is visibly high and doesn't even pay attention to what he says. She barely notices there're two people in front of her.

"You hear me ?" Tom asks almost yelling.

Doug forces the girl to look at them. She's now looking at them but her gaze isn't really there, it's empty. As if her state wasn't bad enough she's smoking grass !

"Huh ? What ?" the girl finally asks.

"You know Frank ?" Tom asks again.

"No" she answers. "Who the hell are you ? Cops ?"

Of course they won't say yes.

"No" Tom lies"but we're searching for Frank."

"Don't know him."

"And I'm sure you do !" Doug says sarcastic.

Tom thinks a moment for a better way to ask the question in order to have a satisfying answer.

"Listen to me, you know Trisha ? She's at the hospital. She was in the coma and she woke up a few hours ago. Frank beat her again and"… Tom explains before being interrupted by the girl.

"Oh my God" she says "Trisha's my friend."

"So help us to find Frank. Tell us where he is" Tom asks.

"Okay, he's in that building" she says pointing at a building in front of them "at the 3rd floor. He's dangerous."

"Alright, thanks" Tom says smiling at the girl.

Before leaving, Doug takes the marijuana from the girl's hands and throws it on the ground before putting his foot on it.

"It's not good for you !" he says.

"Hey you crazy !" she yells.

Tom and Doug walk towards the building in front of them. They knock on the door. They knew they'd have to find a lie to enter so they pretend to be big clients. Two young men who want to have fun. Once they're inside they make sure who Frank is and they bust him.

"So you like to beat the girls, uh ?" Tom says looking at him in disgust.

"You'll have fun in jail" Doug says, "you could throw your nasty hands on the walls !"

Tom and Doug are proud of them. They bring the guy to the Chapel and tell Fuller about the situation.

"Good job" Fuller congratulates his officers.

Tom and Doug explain how it's going to be tonight, about the meeting and the deal. Fuller tells them he'll have officers ready to bust Rick, Mikey and their boss. He gives the big boss a phone call to ask for the money needed for the transaction. Money he will get back at the end. It won't get lost.

Tom and Doug go home to get ready for tonight.