Chapter 31

Detective Mia Martinez was rapping her hands against the board in a cubicle when Detective Jack Cooper walked in. He looked sufficiently exhausted. The day had started on a dull note, but it had gotten very active drastically.

About an hour ago, they’d jointly arrested a d*** lord somewhere in his secret warehouse in the suburbs of the town. Detective Cooper had been charged with interrogating the ruffian, but all his efforts at fetching out the truth about his mode of operations and the people he worked with proved abortive.

Plans had been made to transfer the criminal to a stricter precinct where he would be tortured until the truth came out from his lips.

Mia was squinting her eyes at a picture while her hands rapped on the board. She looked up when she heard the sound of approaching footsteps, and her eyes caught Jack’s towering figure emerging from the door.

It took just one look at Mia’s face, and Jack knew that she was up to something. Not just anythin