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Chapter 7

One Police Plaza

Manhattan, New York

"Commissioner, Mr. William Braden and his lawyer." Detective Baker stated as she held open the door. The pair walked passed her like she was invisible.

Frank stood up and walked around his desk. "Thank you Abigail. Commissioner Reagan, counselor."

"Jonathan Meyers, commissioner. I have been the lawyer for Mr. Braden since he has been walking." Mr. Meyers shaking the commissioner's hand. He turned to William. "I know you know William, and I have advised him to let me talk."

"I understand, please sit." Frank replied motioning to the chairs in front of his desk. There was coffee that set out for them. Frank took his seat behind his desk. "Now, I have been in contact with my lawyer, the city's and department lawyers, and we are interested in trying to settle this before it gets to court."

"We figured as much Commissioner. We also don't want a messy civil and public court battle." Mr. Meyers told Frank. He reached into his briefcase and handed over a file. "This is what we want. 10 million dollars, a public apology from you, the department, the city. Also we want you to resign."

William picked up the coffee and took a sip of it as he smiled. He set the cup the down. "You ruined my life commissioner, and I also want you to pay."

"Not now William." Mr. Meyers stated as he looked at his client sternly. He then turned then back to Frank. "I'm sorry about that commissioner. There are some things that are negotiable, but your resignation is not one of them."

"I understand there are some points that can't be negotiated." Frank replied as he looked at both men. He took a deep breath and leaned back in his chair. "I have to take this to the mayor and the lawyers. Give us some time?"

Mr. Meyers looked at Walter and nodded. "Absolutely sir. Take all the time you need."

"Thank you. I see that Detective Baker sees you out." Frank stated as he stood, shook their hands again and waited for the door to close. The conference room door opened and out walked Ghormley and Garrett who came close to the desk. "Sid, get that cup down to the lab and have the DNA checked against that open murder case from that night."

"Yes sir." Ghormely remarked as he put on gloves and grabbed the cup to take it to the lab.

Garrett waited for the door to close before speaking. "You know that you are betting on DNA from a cup to a gun that had only small amounts of unidentified DNA on it."

"Well William had to get his drugs from somebody, and the murder of that drug lord near the area where the crash happen seems like a good place to start." Frank replied with a look at Garrett who just stood there staring at Frank. "If it doesn't match, we'll duke it out over the settlement."

Garrett sat down in the chair. "You would really resign?"

"To save face of the department and the city?" Frank replied as he leaned back in his chair. "I don't know."

Little Italy

Manhattan, New York

"12-David, this 12-George." Eddie's voice came over the radio as Jamie and Banks were assigned the Little Italy sector of the precinct.

Jamie reached over and grabbed his shoulder mike. "Go ahead 12-George."

Eddie's soft voice came over the radio again. "We are in your sector on 10-63."

"10-4" Jamie answered with a smile on his face. He turned to Banks who just shook his head. "Eddie must want pizza for meal."

"Puglia's?" Banks asked getting a nod from Jamie. He looked over at him. "I'm down for meal if you are."

"Sorry Banks, we have to wait for them to go off meal." Jamie remarked as he drove near the restaurant. He saw Eddie and Meyer's inside talking and laughing. "I could use a coffee though."

"I could too." Banks remarked with a small laugh as Jamie pulled the car off to the curb.

The both of them walked to an outdoor coffee vendor just down the block from the restaurant. They were ordering the coffee when they heard a scream. "Help."

Jamie and Banks looked in the direction of the scream and saw a man run past them with a women's purse with another one right behind him with a knife. Jamie and Banks dropped their coffee and started after them. "Stop. NYPD."

Banks slightly faster than Jamie caught up to the man with the knife with a tackle.

Jamie stopped for just a second. "You good?"

Banks nodded and motioned. "Good, go."

Jamie nodded and took off after the purse snatcher at full speed. He ran right past the window where Eddie and Meyers were sitting, who noticed Jamie running. They immeidtalty grabbed everything and ran after Jamie. Jamie saw the perp turn down an alley, to which he turned down too, and nearly had his head taken off by a pipe. Jamie grabbed the pipe pulling it out of the perps hand and decked the guy with punch.

Jamie rolled the man over and began to cuff him. Eddie and Meyers caught up to them with their guns drawn. Eddie slowly lowered her weapon. "You okay Jamie?"

"Peachy. How's the pizza?" Jamie stated as he finished cuffing the perp and grabbing the purse, handing it over to Meyers. He began to bring the guy to his feet. "Banks and I were going to stop by after we got our coffee."

Eddie smiled as she holstered her weapon. She grabbed the arm of the perp. "It was fine till you ran by."

Eddie gave the perp a pat down as Jamie read the suspect his rights. They lead him towards Meyer's and Eddie's squad car. Jamie sent Banks to get the witness statement as Jamie shut the door after the perp was secured inside. Eddie leaned against the car. "You owe me a slice."

"Hey I didn't ask you to assist." Jamie replied with a smile as he saw Meyers walking back towards them with the purse. "She going to press charges?"

"Oh yeah, and grateful for the capture." Meyers remarked with a smile. He looked at Jamie and Eddie for a moment before shaking his head. "Sure be glad when you two are on vacation. Maybe I can get a full meal in."

Jamie and Eddie looked at Meyers then each other with a smile.

Major Case Squad

54th Precinct

Danny walked back from his desk with a cup of coffee and a slice of pizza in his hands. He set them down as he opened up his email. "I'll be."

"Reagan, you were right about the prenup." Baez came over with a smile on her face. She set the paperwork down on Danny's desk. "It did include a fidelity clause, and stated if either of them cheated and a divorce was proceeded, that party would not be eligible for half of the money. There's our motive."

Danny wiped his hands and picked up the paper work. He looked at it before smiling. "You are a great partner Baez."

Baez smiled at the comment as she sat down. "Thanks, what were you looking at?"

"Email from CSU. They found the knife inside Todd McDillion's apartment." Danny stated as he read the email. He then looked at his partner. "Prints match Todd's and blood match's Samantha's.

"Wow he really did want to protect himself from mom." Baez remarked with a smirk on her face. She looked up from the paperwork. "So mom convinces boyfriend to kill Samantha to protect her divorce settlement, but also finds out dad is investing half of that money into venture that will make her portion lower. Maybe money really is the cause of all evil."

"Yes it is." Danny remarked as he opened up a new form and filled out the paperwork. Quickly sending it to the printer. "Be ready to move in about a half hour Baez."

Baez shook her head "I thought your sister was in Albany?"

"She came back early. Something to do with the commissioner." Danny stated as he put on his coat and started towards the exit. He quickly turned back to his partner. "You know Baez, your boyfriend definitely has himself quite a catch.

"Thanks Reagan." Baez said smiling as Danny walked out of the room.

Office of District Attorney of New York County

Manhattan, New York

Erin Reagan sat down at her desk looking over a file. Her rollaway luggage and briefcase sat near the couch. She was flipping pages when the knock on the door caused her to look up. It was Danny. She smiled. "I heard that you have the murderer in custody."

"Yeah and we have a motive and another suspect." Danny remarked as he came in and sat down in the chair in front of her. "It looks like the victim's mother was having an affair with our suspect, and she knew the daughter would tell the husband."

"Prenup?" Erin asked getting a nod from Danny who handed her a brief that he had written for her. She scanned it for a moment. She shook her head. "So can he corroborate this story?"

Danny replied with a smile on his face. "Has it recorded on his phone for his own protection."

Erin tossed him a look. She shook her head at the comment. "Won't stand up in court Danny. Her lawyers will get it tossed out in a heartbeat, citing a murderer looking to cut a deal."

"Crap I didn't think about that, but I also have this." Danny said sarcastically as he passed over the still shots of the surveillance footage. "She goaded her daughter into leaving the bar on the night of the murder and then nodded to her boyfriend to go after the daughter."

"Still be a stretch Danny in trial, but with what you got, I can call in a favor." Erin remarked as she set stuff down on the desk and picked up the phone. "Judge Romero please, Erin Reagan calling."

Danny leaned back into the chair as he waited on his sister. "What's going on with Dad?"

"Did you hear about William Braden?" Erin asked getting a nod from Danny. She covered the mouthpiece of the phone. "He got released the other day, now they are coming after everybody, including dad, wanting 15 million each and calling for his resignation."

"That will be a cold day in hell." Danny remarked getting a nod Erin Reagan. He shifted in his seat as he thought back. "What's dad say about the offer?"

"Don't know. All he asked me to do was look into the old case file." Erin Regan stated. She took her hand off the mouthpiece. "Judge Romero, Erin Reagan I need an arrest warrant and search warrant signed. Can I bring the officer down with me?"

Danny looked at his sister as she got the response and hung up the phone. "Why are you coming down?"

"I promised the Chief Judge I bring something back for Judge Romero." Erin remarked as she grabbed the brown wrapped package from her desk and tucked it under her arm. "Cuban Cigars from Canada."

Danny shook his head. "Must be nice having friends in high places."

"More along the lines of bet settlement of the Super Bowl." Erin remarked as she walked towards the elevator. "Romero had the Patriots."

"Yeah, they should've run there." Danny remarked as the elevator dinged and they walked on.