Chapter 4

Seth arrived at Cop Central downtown and parked his car in one of the designated spots for visitors. Climbing out of his SUV he closed the buttons of his jacket and walked in like he owned the place. He took the elevator to the top floor and walked over to the front desk.

"Hello Mary, I am here to talk to the Chief. Do you think he has a minute?" the grey haired woman was pudding in his hands. "I will have to check. Hold on." She called her boss and was happy to announce to Seth that he could walk right in but had to make it quick.

Seth walked into the office of the Chief of Police. The man had salt and pepper hair, cut short, military style and was slightly overweight. But he was a cop down to the bone. Currently he was rummaging through some files on his desk and didn't look up when Seth closed the door behind himself. Only when he locked it the other man looked up and stopped going through his files. He held up a finger and pressed a button under his desk.

"Now we can talk freely. What brings you here son?"

Colby walked over to the visitor chairs, opened his jacket and sat down.

"You have crooked cops in your ranks father." he said without any further introduction. He shoved a cell phone over the desk and the chief pressed play and watched silently. "I just issued an APB for this woman. Dead or alive."

"You might want to change it to alive. We need to get those bastards. There are more. She is willing to testify, she can identify them. It is more than enough to put them away but you need to catch the whole cell."

The chief looked at his son. "It is unnerving when you voice my thought before I even had them. But you are right. I want all of them not just these two goons. Where is the woman?"

"Safe with Dean." The chief snorted. "No one is safe in the company of that lunatic fringe."

"He is one of the few guys I trust with my life. She is safe but we have to handle this quickly. Rogue cops do anything to stay clear of prosecution."

"Agreed. I want to meet with that woman, hear it from her and we have to put her in protective custody."

Seth shook his head. "No way. We handle her security. Roman is talking to ADA Bishop as we speak. We will set up a meeting. I will text you when and where. You will come alone. And get Internal Affairs (IA) on this case asap."

Seth got up and walked to the door. "If she gets in the line of fire because your cops are shooting to kill you might have some casualties as well. This is just a warning because the lunatic fringe as you call him will happily gun down your boys and there is nothing anybody can do about that. So you better make sure it gets through to everybody that she is wanted alive. If not, that video will go public and will spread like a wildfire. Get on it and I will keep this under wraps."

With that Seth left the precinct and contacted Roman.

Roman Reigns was a bull of a man, easily 6'3 and 265 pounds of muscle. The guys often made fun of him when he worked on his Laptop which was tiny compared to him. But he reminded them gladly that he was also the powerhouse of their little three man band and drilled them into the ground during their sparring sessions. They trained hard, not holding back and they were in fantastic shape. He and Seth just choose to change the lifestyle to a little securer settings where as Dean acted out more and more seeking danger along the way.

Heads turned when he walked through the grand hall of the courthouse. He scanned the masses until his silver eyes zeroed in on a petite black haired woman.

"Danielle." he called out and caught up with her. She was a foot shorter than him but what she lacked in size she made up with courage and ambition. In the court and outside of it.

"Roman, I have a busy day. What is it?" her voice sounded annoyed but she knew the Samoan wouldn't come to her unless it was important.

He grabbed her arm and pushed her into a storage closet, closing the door. Really annoyed now she eyed him.

"I really don't have the time for this Roman." "I am not here for a shag." he stated slightly pissed that she thought so little of him. "Watch this." He shoved his phone into her face and she watched the video.

"That woman is wanted for the murder. Now you show me a video that shows two cops gun him down."

"Yes, because she is innocent." "That is not up to you to decide. Where is she, I want to talk to her." Ahh he had her on the hook, the busy schedule was forgotten already.

"She is safe with Dean." Danielle's eyes widened. "I wouldn't even let him babysit my plants Roman. He is crazy I told you that a million times."

Roman sighed. "He is doing a job. He never fails when he does a job. It's his private self that is a fuck up. His business self is the best bodyguard you can wish for. And we sold it to him as a job so she will be fine. I will set up a meeting. You will come alone. These cops have to be stopped Dani. By the DAs office."

"And we will prosecute them if we have enough evidence. I want to talk to her first before I promise you anything more. Call me when the meeting is set up." She turned around on her heel to leave the storage room but Roman grabbed her and pushed her against the wall, kissing her eagerly. Dani responded for a moment until all the memories came crashing down on her again.

She pushed Roman away. "We broke up for a reason Rome. And these booty calls have to end as well. I have work to do." She straightened her skirt, pushed a hand over her hair to check if everything was in place and left the storage space.

Roman leaned back against the wall sighing. His cell phone vibrated and he pulled it out. "Set up a meeting. Call Dean and text me the coordinates." he said into the phone before Seth could say anything. "Rough day at the courthouse?" the two toned man laughed and hung up before Roman finished with his growl.