partner Detective Webb claims to have heard?"
He played back the video and audio taken at the time of the bust. Comlink videos were always grainy, half pictures, random, and—more times than not—of your shirt. But computer technology he didn't understand allowed them to clean them up and have a more or less complete picture of a bust or crime scene. It was amazing technology, and Tommy for one hated it.
Tommy didn't flinch. "I heard the second scream, but not the first. My partner has very good hearing." The attorney played the tape again.
"It may be just me, but this looks like a part Detective Webb is playing out—and not very well I might add."
Tommy couldn't agree more, and he made a mental note to scream at Spider the next chance he got.
"Spider has very good instincts—uncanny really. When she gets the feeling that something's going on, she becomes very nearly inanimate. She's watching, listening, and her speech patterns often become almost mechanical."
The attorney laughed. "So, what you're saying is that Detective Webb has not set our client up at all, but is just incredibly intuitive."
"Yes, Sir," Tommy answered unblinkingly.
"So you claim that you and your partner were not trying to get around the fact that you were not issued a search warrant for the properties in which you arrested my client and ten other men."
"Correct, Sir."
"You weren't trying to bend the law, even a little bit?"
"No, and I resent your implication." I said that rather eloquently , he thought.
"What if I told you that Ms. Tourlliony told us that you and your partner paid her to be there and to scream?"
"Objection! He's leading the witness." The new assistant DA had a nice voice, and she was as Laura had described her—stunning.
"I'd call her a liar," Tommy said, just as the judge yelled sustained.
"No further questions."
The assistant DA stood up. "I'd like to ask this witness a couple of questions in re-direct."
The judge nodded, and the assistant DA approached him. Tommy smiled in spite of himself. He'd seen her around before, but he'd never really looked at her, which he figured proved his incredible fidelity. She had a sexy walk, and nice legs, too. She was just slightly shorter then he was, with auburn shoulder length hair and dark green eyes, incredibly sensual lips, and the delicate features and build of a model. Tommy was thinking that she just didn't look like a dyke, so he missed her question.
"Excuse me?"
She smiled indulgently, no doubt used to men stammering like idiots around her. "Did you see Detective Webb in contact with the witness, Ms. Tourlliony?"
"Not until after the bust."
"How many years have you served with Detective Webb?"
"Fifteen," he said, wondering where this questioning was going. He didn't have to wait long.
The assistant DA turned to the jurors. "In fact, Detective Webb's service record is un-marred. Twice decorated for bravery, once as a police officer, and once in service to this country as a paratrooper in Desert Storm III. I agree with Detective Chan. For Mr. Levits to accuse either she or her partner of misconduct is an insult. No further questions. The evidence in this case, however obtained, speaks for itself."
The judge dismissed him, and he went to sit beside Spider.
"Wow! He was really after your ass!" he whispered in her ear.
She nodded and whispered in his, "He asked me the same questions about you. He was trying to get one of us to implicate the other."
"What a dick!" Tommy said too loud. Everyone at the DA's table turned and gave him a dirty look. He shrugged and muttered an apology.
Spider chuckled and he elbowed her.
A few minutes later the judge recessed the case till the next day. They were half way out of the building when Laura ran to catch up with them. She slung an arm around each of their shoulders.
"Where you booger heads off to?" she
He played back the video and audio taken at the time of the bust. Comlink videos were always grainy, half pictures, random, and—more times than not—of your shirt. But computer technology he didn't understand allowed them to clean them up and have a more or less complete picture of a bust or crime scene. It was amazing technology, and Tommy for one hated it.
Tommy didn't flinch. "I heard the second scream, but not the first. My partner has very good hearing." The attorney played the tape again.
"It may be just me, but this looks like a part Detective Webb is playing out—and not very well I might add."
Tommy couldn't agree more, and he made a mental note to scream at Spider the next chance he got.
"Spider has very good instincts—uncanny really. When she gets the feeling that something's going on, she becomes very nearly inanimate. She's watching, listening, and her speech patterns often become almost mechanical."
The attorney laughed. "So, what you're saying is that Detective Webb has not set our client up at all, but is just incredibly intuitive."
"Yes, Sir," Tommy answered unblinkingly.
"So you claim that you and your partner were not trying to get around the fact that you were not issued a search warrant for the properties in which you arrested my client and ten other men."
"Correct, Sir."
"You weren't trying to bend the law, even a little bit?"
"No, and I resent your implication." I said that rather eloquently , he thought.
"What if I told you that Ms. Tourlliony told us that you and your partner paid her to be there and to scream?"
"Objection! He's leading the witness." The new assistant DA had a nice voice, and she was as Laura had described her—stunning.
"I'd call her a liar," Tommy said, just as the judge yelled sustained.
"No further questions."
The assistant DA stood up. "I'd like to ask this witness a couple of questions in re-direct."
The judge nodded, and the assistant DA approached him. Tommy smiled in spite of himself. He'd seen her around before, but he'd never really looked at her, which he figured proved his incredible fidelity. She had a sexy walk, and nice legs, too. She was just slightly shorter then he was, with auburn shoulder length hair and dark green eyes, incredibly sensual lips, and the delicate features and build of a model. Tommy was thinking that she just didn't look like a dyke, so he missed her question.
"Excuse me?"
She smiled indulgently, no doubt used to men stammering like idiots around her. "Did you see Detective Webb in contact with the witness, Ms. Tourlliony?"
"Not until after the bust."
"How many years have you served with Detective Webb?"
"Fifteen," he said, wondering where this questioning was going. He didn't have to wait long.
The assistant DA turned to the jurors. "In fact, Detective Webb's service record is un-marred. Twice decorated for bravery, once as a police officer, and once in service to this country as a paratrooper in Desert Storm III. I agree with Detective Chan. For Mr. Levits to accuse either she or her partner of misconduct is an insult. No further questions. The evidence in this case, however obtained, speaks for itself."
The judge dismissed him, and he went to sit beside Spider.
"Wow! He was really after your ass!" he whispered in her ear.
She nodded and whispered in his, "He asked me the same questions about you. He was trying to get one of us to implicate the other."
"What a dick!" Tommy said too loud. Everyone at the DA's table turned and gave him a dirty look. He shrugged and muttered an apology.
Spider chuckled and he elbowed her.
A few minutes later the judge recessed the case till the next day. They were half way out of the building when Laura ran to catch up with them. She slung an arm around each of their shoulders.
"Where you booger heads off to?" she
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