Rage Unleashed (6 page)

Looking at Luke’s face, Blake could tell his mind was working a mile  a minute. He wondered what else was going on that he

wasn’t aware of. From the look on his partner’s face there was something much worse that occurred than someone nearly killing Lucian and for some reason he couldn’t form the words to tell him, which was unlike his usually blunt partner.

“Um, Luke. Man what else is going on? I can tell from the look on your face that there’s more than what you’re telling me.”

Detective Farmouth didn’t respond, because he couldn’t. He just pushed the button to the elevator so he could show him instead. They took the walk to the morgue, while Blake wore a look of confusion and concern. As Luke entered the morgue for the third time that day he said nothing. Heather already knew what he was there for and she could tell in the way he was walking that he couldn’t bare to open the freezer again to see his son laying there. So she walked ahead of them quietly leading the way with Blake following behind her and Luke in the rear.

She stopped at the freezer and slowly opened it as Blake stood confused and Lucas stood a few steps behind him. Blake watched Heather open the drawer and remove the cover. It was then that the look on his partner’s face made complete sense. It was far worse than he could have imagined. Not only was his godson Lucian, laying in the ICU fighting for his life but his only son was laying on a cold slab in a morgue.

He couldn’t bring himself to try to understand what he was seeing. He glanced at the wounds there on his exposed body and instantly grew angry. What had happened to these young men? He turned around to find his partner standing there shaking his head while fighting to hold back his tears. Blake said nothing as he walked to his partner and embraced him. He could only imagine what he was feeling. This was not something that he could easily hold in and ignore. This was his son, his only son. This was the son that was considered a blessing to him and his wife after  four

miscarriages and three failed rounds of IVF. This was the son that they were denied the first time around when they tried to adopt. This was the son that he was proud enough to not only adopt but give him his name.

“Heather? How did he get here? Who brought him in? I heard nothing about this at the station?”

“Like I told Detective Farmouth earlier, two officers that brought him in. I don’t remember their names except for the fact that they both began with “Mc.” That’s all I can really remember. They told me that they didn’t know who he was and that they didn’t want me to allow anyone to identify the body until they gave me the clearance. They said that they also didn’t want Dr. Ross to examine him and that they would have the body transferred to one of their people because this body was part of an investigation. They brought his body in around midnight which was around the same time the guy that was found by the fisherman was brought in. You had to hear about that at least right?”

“No, actually I knew nothing of either case. I also don’t know what case would involve a supposed John Doe.” Blake was silent for a moment, going over the things that Heather had just told him in his head. “Okay thanks Heather. Dr. Ross should be back soon right?”

“Yes, he will be back tomorrow.”

“Okay great. Let him know that we will be taking over this case and that he should only speak directly to me or Detective Farmouth. If anyone else comes in about this victim make sure you call me at this number with their names.” He handed her his card and she took  it  without  hesitation  and  while  nodding  in understanding.

Luke and Blake walked out of the morgue and headed directly to Bill, the Head of Security’s office.

When they walked into Bill’s office he could tell immediately that something was wrong. He knew and worked with them often and they very rarely showed emotion, yet here they both were walking into his office both wearing an expression that meant business.

“Hello Detectives. How can I help you today?”

“Hey Bill. We are working on a case and we need to see the surveillance video from late last night if that’s okay with you,” Blake said without hesitation.

Frowning slightly Bill responded, “Okay… sure, that won’t be a problem. Are you looking for a certain camera in particular?”

“Yeah, I need the video from the camera by the morgue starting around twelve last night.”

Detective Farmouth stood staring closely at the screen. Rage began to build in his chest when the video was blown up into full view on Bill’s computer screen. Though he couldn’t see their faces, he could easily recognize the officers from the station. They were the same ones that were standing by his office when he left with Lelone. He didn’t know much about them right now, but he was damn sure going to find out.

Chapter 7

Demons Identified

Luke tore out of the security office and headed straight for ICU. He had to let his wife know that he was leaving before he got to work on finding out more about the officers that brought his dead son to the morgue and tried to keep him ever being there a secret.

He skipped the elevator and instead took the stairs. When Lelone saw his face she knew that he had found out more about the cops that brought LJ to the hospital. He walked into the room where Lela and Tami were still sitting how he left them, neither seemed to have moved an inch since.

When they entered the nurse came to check Lucian’s vitals noticing nothing had changed with his condition. Once she left the women broke into tears. They released all the tears that they had been holding in and in that moment the words came just as freely.

“My boy is gone. I’m sitting in this hospital with my godson who’s fighting for his life and where my only son is laying in a morgue because someone thought so little of his life that they decided to take him from me, to take him from his family. His daughters will never get to truly know the father they had because someone took him from us.”

Detective Farmouth said nothing. He knew that his wife didn’t need him to say anything. That she was trying to find a way to make sense of all that was going on at that very moment. He couldn’t say anything to help her through that process not at this

moment, simply because he couldn’t understand it any more than she could. Lucas had never been the type of boy that was in any trouble or one to have many enemies. In fact everyone who knew him loved and respected him for the man that he was. They couldn’t have had a better son. It was then, while watching these women break into tears from the pain they could no longer hold inside, did his rage begin to show.

“Honey, I’m going back to the office for a few. I’ll be back afterward okay. Tami keep me posted if anything changes with his condition.”

Both women nodded. As Luke walked out Lelone grabbed his arm and said, “I know what you found out. Let me help you.”

He said nothing but nodded in agreement. He would need all the eyes and ears he could get in this situation because he didn’t really know what he was up against especially if it was guys who worked in the very same station as he did.

Blake, Luke and Lelone headed out of the hospital and to their separate cars. Then they all sped out of the parking lot heading to the station. When they got there, Blake and Luke went to speak with their Captain about what they’d learned while Lelone walked in and went straight to Detective Farmouth’s office. She wanted to get a head start on her own research while they worked on doing things their way. On her way to his office she bumped into Officer McKinney who seemed to be standing there as if on guard.

He abruptly stopped her and said, “Hey there little lady. I

think you’re lost the reception area is back the other way.”

She pretended to ignore him and kept walking past him. He tried again to get her to stop without touching her or drawing attention to himself because there were other detectives around and

he wasn’t supposed to be there either. When she continued to ignore him he tried to grab her arm and make her stop. When he did she quickly moved making him run into the wall then she made a dash to the office to find it occupied by Officer McFalley. Officer McKinney had been detained answering questions from other detectives about what happened. They had heard and seen what happened and wanted to know his reasons behind it.

She walked slowly toward the office while pulling out her phone to record him. She watched him go through Detective Farmouth’s desk and his computer all while glancing at the pictures of LJ, Lucian and her on the desk. He was so into what he was doing he never looked up to see her standing there only a short distance away recording him. After Officer  McFalley  finished snooping through Detective Farmouth’s computer he got up and slowly exited the office while looking around to make sure no one saw him. He was so busy looking for the other detectives he didn’t see her standing tucked slightly behind the nearest wall still recording him. She watched him walk quickly out of the detective department while sending the video she recorded to Detective Farmouth. She figured he should know that he was snooping in his office that would give her another reason to be on his computer when he returned. Then she went into the office to find out what he was looking for and to do a little research of her own.

She immediately noticed that he used a professional lock system to break into the office, the door still showed signs of being locked though it stood open and unlocked. She also noticed that he slightly moved all the pictures in the room. As if he took the time to pick up and look at every one. Just by doing that, he already learned way too much about their family. In Luke’s office there were pictures of everyone that was closest to him. This included her and her mother as well as Della and the girls at the hospital. Seeing this she knew that she would have to move fast with her plan because if he was trying to cover his tracks than he would be going after the family that would fight to find out the truth of what happened. She wasn’t planning on losing anyone else.

With more rage than when she first entered the department she sat down and immediately went through the recent files on the computer. Because McFalley was in a rush and attempting to cover his tracks he didn’t clear the history so this part was easy to follow. She found that he had begun to check on everyone in the family; he looked for everything including their current addresses and phone numbers. The alarm of immediate warning went off in her head and she thought of Della, the grieving unsuspecting widow, at home with her baby girls. She picked up the phone and called her, it took a while but she finally answered sounding as if she’d been crying.

“Hello?”

“Hey Della. It’s me Lee Lee. Are you okay?”

“Oh hi Lee. I was just sitting here getting the girls ready to eat before I tried to continue on with the day. I can’t believe all that’s happened. How is Lucian? Is he doing better? Has his condition changed any? I can’t bear for anything else to happen.”

“His condition is actually stable. But there’s been no change. He is still in a coma and the doctors have said nothing in either a good or bad direction.”

“Okay. What room is he in? I would like to go and visit with him after I get the girls settled. I know that your mom and Lela are there still and I really need to be around family right now. Even if it is at the hospital.”

“Okay. He’s in ICU room 7. They should still be there waiting to see what happens. I left to get some things done. But listen, I don’t think you should go up there right now. He’s still unconscious and you have a lot going on with the girls. I will be there to stay with you shortly.”

“Oh okay. Is there something going on? You sound a little weird and with everything going on right now, I’m just a little on edge.”

“Everything is fine. But listen, don’t answer the door for anyone but family, okay? No one not even if the police come to your door to talk with you. Don’t answer the door for anyone. In fact, make it look like you’re not home.”

“Okay. Lelone it’s not like you to ask me to do something like that. What’s going on? I know you know more than what you’re telling me. I’ve known you long enough to know that you have your ways to find out way more than any of us ever could. Talk to me and tell me what’s going on. Don’t leave me in the dark. I have the girls to think about and I don’t want to have to continue to run and look over my shoulder until this person who killed LJ is caught. Tell me.”

“I can’t tell you everything. But what I will tell you is that you can’t trust cops right now. There are some things that are going on that you should be aware of and I don’t want you to trust anyone but the family until I find out more. Can you do that for me?”

“Yea I can. What about Lela and Tami sitting at the hospital? Couldn’t they just as easy be in just as much danger? They are sitting in the hospital with the one who survived the attack.”

Lelone realized that she was right. She returned to her search to find out what  else  Officer  McFalley  looked  up  then  she remembered that they were already there when Lucian was brought in. They knew what hospital to go to and who to look for. She quickly told Della that she would have to call her back and to remember not to answer the door and then she quickly called her mother. She picked up on the first ring.

“Lee Lee. Where are you? I was just about to call you and tell you that—”

“Mom I can’t talk long but I need you to do something for me. Talk with the staff and tell them to immediately move Lucian to another room and place him under an alias. I think that whoever did this will eventually come back to finish the job and I don’t want to make it easy for them. Also mom, don’t talk to any cops. Not one.”

“Lelone what’s going on? Why shouldn’t I talk with the cops? They would be the ones to help solve what happened to Lucian and LJ.”

“Mom! I need you to trust me on this please. The cops don’t know anything about what happened to Lucian and LJ. They didn’t even know they were attacked. That’s why me and Luke are trying to figure out what’s going on. There are no records of anything that happened last night on the police database so if they come and ask you anything there is no reason they should know. Do  you understand what I’m trying to say to you?”

“I hope you’re not saying what I think you’re saying.”

“I am Mom. Please listen to me. I’m trying to keep you guys safe while you’re there. Talk with the staff right now and tell them they need to move him urgently.”

“Okay I will do that now. The nurse just came into the room to take his vitals and see if there’s been any change in his condition and if he’s possibly waking up.”

“Okay I’ll… Wait what do you mean see if he’s waking up?”

“Lucian started moving his eyes and hands so I called the nurse in here to see what’s going on with him. If what you say is true and I believe it is, then him waking up could mean that he’s in even more danger.”

“Exactly.”

She listened as her mother talked to the nurse and the doctor as they entered the room. They didn’t know what to make of what she was telling them to do, but due to the nature of Lucian’s attack and how he was brought into the hospital they didn’t think it was that outlandish of an idea because they didn’t give her much trouble at all.

“Lee Lee. I told them. They are moving him right now. Do you remember the name that your brother and LJ  used to call themselves?”

“Yes.”

“Good, he’s using that name again. I don’t want to say it aloud to you but you know the name to ask for.”

“I do. I’ll let Luke know as well. I told Della to sit at home until I get there. I think that once Luke comes to get Lela you should leave with them and stay at their house until everything is taken care of.”

“You’re still not going to tell me what you saw? I know that you know who did this. Tell me who I’m supposed to be looking out for.”

“I just did.” That was the last thing she said before she hung up the phone.  It left Tami with a creepy feeling and her hairs standing on end. If the police are the ones responsible, then how much protection could they really have.