Part 21
"He won't say a thing," Detective Taggart was complaining to Dara Jensen, one of the deputy D.A.s, in the hallway as Alexis walked in. "Naturally, I didn't expect it, and don't get any cooperation from Corinthos either. Of course not. Smith is a so-called employee. There's something fishy about the whole thing. Smith had just been locking A.J. Quartermaine in the employee break room, apparently, this kind of thing is part of the job description. You ever had a job like that? Thought not. We can get him for that, can't we? Unlawful imprisonment or something."
"Let him see what big daddy Corinthos will do for him," Dara answered, sharply.
"Probably let him take the fall. I looked at the log that day and it was I who got the call from the Quartermaines complaining that they didn't know where A.J. was and he missed picking up his son and all that. When I got the call for the shooting, in the process of searching the place I found the locked-up missing heir. You don't suppose Corinthos sent these guys to his own warehouse to shoot A.J., do you?"
"Well, they have this code of honor. They don't hit civilians, and they don't hit them on personal matters, certainly."
"Yeah, that's what I mean. It's not the Quartermaine style either, though. Maybe with their other reasons for shooting Zander, it all came to a boil . . . Well, hello there," he said, seeing Alexis at just that point.
"Well, hello there, yourself," she answered. "Hi, Dara. I'm sure Zander said he couldn't see anybody, or they had masks on."
"Yeah, and I didn't believe it, but now I'm wondering if we are seeing an incompetent hit squad. They go after Corinthos, it was dark, and Zander just comes out of the dock and can easily be taken for Corinthos. But then, suppose this Carly Corinthos – hasn't she taken shots at people before? – decides she is going to get A.J. for once and for all? That's one way to end a custody battle."
"Worth looking at," Dara said. "Not impossible. Not impossible at all."
"Sonny wouldn't put a hit out on a personal matter," Alexis said. "But his wife. She is crazy. She would make a mistake like that, too."
"Wouldn't she have an alibi? Who picked up the boy?" Dara asked. "I am getting sick of Corinthos and his games, his wife's games, and sick of the Quartermaines and their games, and I've had the Smith kid up to here, too. They should all be locked up."
"Can you pass on the Smith kid, just this once?" Alexis asked. "How about locking up whoever it was that shot him?"
"Anything you want, Ms. Davis," Taggart said as she walked off down the hall.
