WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.320 --> 00:00:21.920 Voyage meet Village fullegee. I sat across from Tony heart racing, trying not 2 00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:24.600 to think about what I'd put into motion and what he'd think if he knew 3 00:00:24.640 --> 00:00:28.399 the truth. She's dead. Three slugs in the chests tend to do that 4 00:00:28.480 --> 00:00:34.000 to people, She said, maybe destiny herself. Does that make any sense 5 00:00:34.039 --> 00:00:37.159 to you? I looked Tony dead in his eyes and lied to his face. 6 00:00:38.039 --> 00:00:43.479 No, Reggie searched this heavy shopping bag Monserie carried. She had cash, 7 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:46.960 lots of it. There were three more bags of its stowed in a 8 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:51.479 bedroom closet, tens of thousands, easy drug money. Did you call the 9 00:00:51.520 --> 00:00:55.759 police? I saw the sunrise out the seven three precinct window. Tony's bleary 10 00:00:55.759 --> 00:01:00.840 eyes affirmed his story. I knew Tony had many personal relationships law enforcement. 11 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:03.799 If he hadn't, he likely wouldn't be sitting here. Did I ever tell 12 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:07.959 you my real name? No? You never told me, squat, But 13 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:11.519 I looked you up. Tony smiled. That shows a definite attraction to your 14 00:01:11.560 --> 00:01:18.120 future man. Interest in I noticed you didn't deny your future man pot Keep 15 00:01:18.200 --> 00:01:22.079 dreaming, big boy, I've got my man. You don't want to be 16 00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:27.840 missus Manitopolis, our Terro Manitopolis. Can't imagine why you changed it. I 17 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:32.920 shouldn't have. Greeks are the great philosophers. Oh, of course, Plato, 18 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:40.079 Aristotle you everyone knows that, and you're still Greek. Born in Astoria, 19 00:01:40.239 --> 00:01:42.640 family moved to Brooklyn when you were three years old, went to the 20 00:01:42.680 --> 00:01:49.079 public schools, graduated high school at seventeen, worked at a fast food dump 21 00:01:49.519 --> 00:01:53.560 at eighteen, legally changed your name and enlisted in the US Army. Yeah, 22 00:01:53.640 --> 00:01:57.040 I thought it had toughened me up. Tony was no pushover, but 23 00:01:57.159 --> 00:02:00.040 he was soft in some ways. I found myself wondering if he would still 24 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:02.959 be so enamored at me if he knew who I really was. You think 25 00:02:04.000 --> 00:02:08.400 Destiny has handled up with drug dealers one way or another. Victim perpetrator, 26 00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:15.360 both gonna find out. Did she have a best friend, a boyfriend? 27 00:02:15.560 --> 00:02:17.879 People she runs with, sure, but no one that seems like they'd have 28 00:02:17.919 --> 00:02:22.240 anything to do with this. How about a white guy, tall, lean, 29 00:02:22.560 --> 00:02:24.919 well groomed. Now where does that description come from? I showed a 30 00:02:24.960 --> 00:02:31.120 picture around the neighborhood. Brian Rogers, You're kidding, Chair of the psych 31 00:02:31.199 --> 00:02:36.199 department. Tony wrote his name down on a small pad. He always carried 32 00:02:36.520 --> 00:02:38.199 former chair. He's the one that hired me. What was she doing with 33 00:02:38.280 --> 00:02:44.840 him discussing psychology? I presume he's a brilliant teacher. So where'd you see 34 00:02:44.919 --> 00:02:50.159 him in the hall outside Brian's classroom. There was a semester when I'd be 35 00:02:50.319 --> 00:02:53.719 hurrying from my practice to class and they'd be talking after his class ended. 36 00:02:54.240 --> 00:02:59.280 You stopped and chatted many times. Yeah, briefly I had to get to 37 00:02:59.319 --> 00:03:00.919 class. Did they say to each other? I was just saying hi, 38 00:03:01.080 --> 00:03:05.919 I told us Sinacier tomorrow, exciting stuff like that. They didn't say anything 39 00:03:05.919 --> 00:03:08.919 to each other. His eyes hardened as he stared at me, scrutinizing my 40 00:03:08.960 --> 00:03:14.199 demeanor, my tone, my body language. But he didn't know anything. 41 00:03:14.280 --> 00:03:17.960 Really, what would happen when he did? He would never forgive me. 42 00:03:19.879 --> 00:03:22.199 I wanted to tell him everything. I wanted to tell him how this all 43 00:03:22.240 --> 00:03:24.879 started and my part in it, but the words wouldn't come out of my 44 00:03:24.919 --> 00:03:29.520 mouth. No, I was just there for a second. They said hi 45 00:03:29.599 --> 00:03:32.280 to me. No one else comes to mind that I should look at Taylor 46 00:03:32.360 --> 00:03:38.159 McAdams. You just remember that. Yes, I was sick to my stomach. 47 00:03:38.560 --> 00:03:42.639 I just needed him to find destiny, not learned her life story, 48 00:03:42.639 --> 00:03:46.879 but he wouldn't stop. So who's Taylor McAdams? A student? Smart, 49 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:52.479 pretty, foul mouth, troubled criminal family. Oh nice recommendation. What about 50 00:03:52.520 --> 00:03:53.840 it? They were in my class together A number of times. I saw 51 00:03:53.879 --> 00:03:59.719 them speak after class. I don't know that's okay. I'll find that. 52 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:02.479 You'll need me to identify her. What I need is for you to tell 53 00:04:02.520 --> 00:04:06.520 me the truth. He was smart enough to know something was wrong. A 54 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:10.560 second I told him what I had done, he'd be gone, and no 55 00:04:10.599 --> 00:04:14.560 one else was good enough to find destiny and kind enough to want to You 56 00:04:14.680 --> 00:04:17.319 got something to say, say it. Let me help you. I'll go 57 00:04:17.399 --> 00:04:21.680 home and change pick you up front entrance in forty minutes, time enough for 58 00:04:21.759 --> 00:04:30.040 me to get Reggie. Hi, Reggie, you can push the seat all 59 00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:34.240 the way back. Reggie was six to five, two hundred and forty pounds. 60 00:04:34.920 --> 00:04:39.600 I remembered from the announcer at one of his boxing matches. My car 61 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:43.519 was of average size. Reggie made it look like a clown car. I 62 00:04:43.639 --> 00:04:49.240 put the car in drying. Who are we pursuing Taylor McAdams? Enlighten me, 63 00:04:49.759 --> 00:04:56.199 Lisa. She's a student at Brooklyn University knows Destiny has a brother inside 64 00:04:56.240 --> 00:04:59.839 for armed robbery, and the rest is just rumor? What is the rumor? 65 00:05:00.439 --> 00:05:02.839 Father abandoned the kids, mother has a drug problem. You seem to 66 00:05:02.879 --> 00:05:05.720 know a hell of a lot about this kid. Now hear stuff from Brian. 67 00:05:06.279 --> 00:05:10.920 You know where she lives. Guess where we're going. We made the 68 00:05:11.000 --> 00:05:15.680 lights and got there fast, slowly we slid past the address. A wooden 69 00:05:15.720 --> 00:05:19.879 fence devoid of one thirded slats sagged around the property. Trash bags and junk, 70 00:05:20.079 --> 00:05:25.759 rusted appliance sat forlornly outside of the fence. An uncut grass grew in 71 00:05:25.800 --> 00:05:30.279 the front yard, and thin and irregular like weeds. The house was a 72 00:05:30.319 --> 00:05:34.920 brown bungalow with paint peeling off its side facade. A distinct smell of slow 73 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:40.920 rot was in the air. What a lovely vacation, spy fun for the 74 00:05:41.000 --> 00:05:45.480 whole white trash family. We circled the block and parked across the street. 75 00:05:46.800 --> 00:05:51.519 Who's knocking on the door? Nobody? We watch and wait why? Because 76 00:05:51.560 --> 00:05:56.279 a family like that, she's more likely to lead us to persons of interest 77 00:05:56.319 --> 00:06:00.680 than tell us, Tony, you have a magnet for zimbray. You would 78 00:06:00.720 --> 00:06:06.079 have made a great professor. We waited. It was past six thirty, 79 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:10.600 it had been a cloudy day, and it was dark. Lights were on 80 00:06:10.720 --> 00:06:14.759 in the bungalow. At eight o'clock, a middle aged woman came out. 81 00:06:15.240 --> 00:06:18.839 She was painfully thin, with reddish hair going gray. She wore a shapeless 82 00:06:18.879 --> 00:06:25.160 coat over what looked like a robe. The dog she walked with some kind 83 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:28.680 of terrier who looked healthier than her, and who barked at anything that moved. 84 00:06:29.879 --> 00:06:34.199 She went back inside, and we waited for long minutes. Nothing moved 85 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:40.680 on the block. Reggie looked forlornly out the window. Detective work is too 86 00:06:40.720 --> 00:06:46.079 exciting for most people. Fortunately, I can stand the stray. Nine o'clock 87 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:53.040 came and went, and then ninety scrawny cat nosed through the mcadam's garbage bags. 88 00:06:53.560 --> 00:06:59.600 The front door opened. There she is Taylor, a slender redhead maybe 89 00:06:59.639 --> 00:07:03.120 twenty one, stepped through the door. She wore a denim jacket and jeans. 90 00:07:03.160 --> 00:07:06.720 Her hair was up in a bun. She carried a large cloth shopping 91 00:07:06.720 --> 00:07:11.600 bag. She turned left out of her house in the opposite direction from us, 92 00:07:12.079 --> 00:07:15.560 walked three doors down, got into a battered brown sedan and fired up. 93 00:07:15.720 --> 00:07:19.199 She pulled away from the curb. Her left tail light was out. 94 00:07:20.439 --> 00:07:24.959 I let her reach the corner and took off after her. We rolled out 95 00:07:25.000 --> 00:07:29.519 as Taylor left turned onto the avenue. A game Taylor's zigzag through traffic and 96 00:07:29.560 --> 00:07:31.839 we followed two or three cars back. The missing tail light made her easy 97 00:07:31.879 --> 00:07:36.600 to follow. She's going up to that dive on the creek opens onto Jamaica 98 00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:41.920 Bay, point of mariners, water, rats, drunks, and local tufts. 99 00:07:42.480 --> 00:07:46.160 It's pretty clannished, so they're now welcoming of outsiders. It's avoided by 100 00:07:46.199 --> 00:07:49.800 cops who let the folks inside resolve their own disputes, often with knives and 101 00:07:49.800 --> 00:07:55.079 brass knuttles. What a perfect spot for a nightcap. Taylor is going there 102 00:07:55.120 --> 00:08:01.879 for the ambia. A working girl would be my guess. We eased into 103 00:08:01.920 --> 00:08:07.160 the gravel parking lot at the bar. The dump sat partly on solid ground 104 00:08:07.240 --> 00:08:11.879 and partly on pilings built into the brackish creek. The smell of tar rotting 105 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:18.240 pilings dead fish filled the air. With the cold march breeze delivered a fresher 106 00:08:18.319 --> 00:08:22.639 scent off the ocean a mere several miles away across the widened bay. The 107 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:30.639 bar's gruffled exterior almost seemed welcoming. Reggie pulled his knit cap low over his 108 00:08:30.720 --> 00:08:33.840 forehead and donned the aviators and hunkered down like he was six inches shorter. 109 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:41.720 We crossed the lot and Reggie and Tony stopped inside. I waited for them 110 00:08:41.759 --> 00:08:46.879 outside. I checked the slim line automatic pistol in my jacket. Tony and 111 00:08:46.919 --> 00:08:50.360 Reggie didn't know I was carrying. To be fair, they didn't ask. 112 00:08:50.919 --> 00:08:56.399 I knew Tony would learn the truth eventually. I just hoped he'd find destiny 113 00:08:56.440 --> 00:09:07.879 before then. I knew this was the kind of bar where I wouldn't even 114 00:09:07.919 --> 00:09:18.399 on the person with the gun. I meant Tony needed my help, don't. 115 00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:22.799 I pointed my pistol at the bouncer's chest. He had a hand in 116 00:09:22.840 --> 00:09:26.879 his jacket going for a gun. Another local had clearly come to Taylor's defense 117 00:09:26.919 --> 00:09:30.919 and stood half cocked over Tony, who looked like he'd already taken a couple 118 00:09:30.919 --> 00:09:33.840 of punches to the face. I felt pride and shame at the fact that 119 00:09:33.919 --> 00:09:39.159 my hands, as always in situations like this, were completely steady. Slowly 120 00:09:39.320 --> 00:09:43.039 your hand out of the jacket, or the last thing you see is his 121 00:09:43.159 --> 00:09:46.759 dirty floor with a relaxed smile. The hunk of muscle did as he was 122 00:09:46.799 --> 00:09:50.399 told. He held his hands in the air. Boys, it might be 123 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:54.559 time to leave. Tony gesture to the owner posted up at the end of 124 00:09:54.600 --> 00:09:58.039 the bar. Nice place. I'll be sure to recommend him. Reggie and 125 00:09:58.120 --> 00:10:01.200 Tony advanced to the door. Lovely to see you again, Taylor. I 126 00:10:01.320 --> 00:10:05.360 smiled at Taylor. Taylor looked ready to hurl an avalanche of the sadies, 127 00:10:05.399 --> 00:10:11.399 but didn't say a word. We stepped outside into the cold air. I 128 00:10:11.399 --> 00:10:15.759 still held the gun in my right hand. With my left I took Tony's 129 00:10:15.879 --> 00:10:18.080 arm. You sure know how to make a girl feel special. I noticed 130 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:22.480 a bruise on his cheek starting to form where he got punched by the local 131 00:10:22.559 --> 00:10:26.600 tough Tony. I'm thinking it would be best if we decant. I gave 132 00:10:26.639 --> 00:10:31.480 Reggie my keys. He got behind the wheel, Tony and I got in 133 00:10:31.519 --> 00:10:35.639 the back. Reggie roared out of a lot. My hands probed Tony's face 134 00:10:35.679 --> 00:10:39.799 gently for a break. We need ice on this. It's just a bruise, 135 00:10:39.840 --> 00:10:43.080 Honny, I'm fine. And the rear view Reggie spotted my hands on 136 00:10:43.159 --> 00:10:46.080 Tony's cheek. All in all, I think Tony should be thanking the goon 137 00:10:46.159 --> 00:10:50.919 that swattered them. Who's next, Let's get home. Champ five am arrives 138 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:54.840 quickly, too quickly from my sparing partners. Why do any of them get 139 00:10:54.840 --> 00:10:58.000 in the ring with you? They heavily armor, heavily pay. Oh, 140 00:10:58.039 --> 00:11:03.600 I must learn stuff. I mean they learned his best to dub. After 141 00:11:03.639 --> 00:11:09.039 a moment of genial silence, Reggie got serious. That wasn't a college football 142 00:11:09.120 --> 00:11:13.039 washout. Balancing at that bar. I could tell by the way he carried 143 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:18.480 himself. Former military probably specializes for somebody Russia. How do you know he 144 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:22.919 was Russian? First? The accent was Russian. He talked before you came 145 00:11:22.960 --> 00:11:26.039 in my intelligence outfit on leave, A few of us spent ten days of 146 00:11:26.159 --> 00:11:31.639 Russian, talked to a lot of Russians, spoke English. Second, did 147 00:11:31.639 --> 00:11:33.600 you notice the tat on his neck? No, I was looking at his 148 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:39.840 hands. Wise, Champ looked like a wolf. It was emblem of the 149 00:11:39.919 --> 00:11:43.840 Killer Wolves, an elite outfit of the Specs. Not actually they're a biker 150 00:11:43.840 --> 00:11:48.159 gang, but they have former commando members. The way he carried himself, 151 00:11:48.159 --> 00:11:52.360 you're right, and his calm when Lisa had him seconds from death, He's 152 00:11:52.399 --> 00:11:56.960 seen combat, lots of it and desperate struggles of that former commando for sure. 153 00:11:58.519 --> 00:12:01.840 What's he doing here? How many working girls can't be Jesse Taylor? 154 00:12:03.279 --> 00:12:05.399 There must be more in the back rooms, or they work different shifts or 155 00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:09.159 nights, so it's a big time operation. Different dives and dumps all the 156 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:13.919 way from Coney Island to the Queen's Line, probably skirting the line of the 157 00:12:13.960 --> 00:12:18.759 bay. Our friend wasn't the bouncer. He's the local sales manager, would 158 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:22.559 be my guess, making the rounds on a weeknight. We were lucky enough 159 00:12:22.559 --> 00:12:24.559 to hit the joint when he was there. He's not the brains of the 160 00:12:24.600 --> 00:12:30.759 outfit, just the chief muscle. Who's he working for? Russian mafia? 161 00:12:31.000 --> 00:12:35.840 Without a doubt? We were quiet. All we could hear was the thrumb 162 00:12:35.879 --> 00:12:41.519 of the tires as Reggie drove. Who wants bitch enemies? Anyway? My 163 00:12:41.799 --> 00:12:46.440 Upper west Side lady, you have a hell of a way with words. 164 00:12:46.480 --> 00:12:50.480 You're forgetting my teenage years. Will you handle a gun? I won't forget 165 00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:54.080 it again. We approached Reggie's apartment, Who's added a light a block and 166 00:12:54.120 --> 00:12:58.639 a half from Reggie's building in the rear view. He caught my eyes, 167 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:03.840 Lisas there's some connection between Taylor and Destiny. They know each other from my 168 00:13:03.960 --> 00:13:09.799 course, nothing more, Tony, what do you think? Nothing more? 169 00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:16.320 Destiny hooked up with drugs, Taylor with prostitution, Destiny with the cartel, 170 00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:20.879 Taylor with the Russian mafia. They don't responding. Some gangs is dabbling both. 171 00:13:22.200 --> 00:13:26.200 Muldoon had an Irish mob in Hell's kitchen. Certainly does true, but 172 00:13:26.279 --> 00:13:33.600 the Irish mob is diversified in different businesses. The cartel specializes one product and 173 00:13:33.679 --> 00:13:37.480 they do it superbly. We pulled up in front of Reggie's building. Reggie 174 00:13:37.559 --> 00:13:41.879 left it running and leaned back over the driver's seat. What is Destiny is 175 00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:48.799 moonlighting for the Russians? Too dangerous? She disappeared. Reggie looked carefully at 176 00:13:48.840 --> 00:13:54.759 Tony and I Tony she did. Tony had no response. I had no 177 00:13:54.840 --> 00:14:01.399 response. I dared say aloud. Reggie eases through the narrow door and out 178 00:14:01.440 --> 00:14:05.840 onto the sidewalk. It rained. I drove Tony into his place. So 179 00:14:05.960 --> 00:14:09.039 Taylor can't help us on this case. Probably not, but we'll circle back 180 00:14:09.039 --> 00:14:13.200 to her later. Meantime, I'll follow up the lead. I'm sorry I 181 00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:20.720 let you in a false direction. I truly was sorry. Sometimes you stumbled 182 00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:24.240 down a blind alley and get punched in the face. But I'm glad you 183 00:14:24.279 --> 00:14:28.320 were hid to night, Lisa, I'm glad I was too. Tony took 184 00:14:28.360 --> 00:14:31.759 my right hand in his. I didn't resist and drove with my left. 185 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:35.679 Would you learn to handle a gun like that? Where was in Hell's kitchen? 186 00:14:37.080 --> 00:14:41.320 The real question is from home, okay, from whom Stevie Savage? 187 00:14:43.320 --> 00:14:48.919 Who my first love? I was seventeen hearing that he released my hand? 188 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:54.399 Who was he drug dealer in Hell's kitchen? Yes? So how did the 189 00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:58.559 megabright kid it would grow up to be a PhD in psychology and an expert 190 00:14:58.600 --> 00:15:03.840 psycho therapist get tangled up with street thugs and drug dealers? My parents had 191 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:07.960 met at your all, the modern Tony At Princeton, I was an only 192 00:15:09.039 --> 00:15:13.399 child. I was sent to New York City's most exclusive prep schools. Expectations 193 00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:18.720 were high, pressure, remorseless. I did very well until I got sick 194 00:15:18.759 --> 00:15:22.840 of it, you rebel. I was sixteen, seventeen at planned, I'm 195 00:15:22.840 --> 00:15:28.200 going to Stanford, maybe Harvard. I had the grades to get in, 196 00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:33.679 we valedictorian, all that stuff, and then I just didn't care what you 197 00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:37.840 do. I had undo a lot of fights. My teacher on the Upper 198 00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:41.240 west Side. Tell my parents there was a devil inside me. If there 199 00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:46.039 was, I was born with it. My parents gave me far too much 200 00:15:46.080 --> 00:15:50.720 love to be responsible for it. I played basketball all the time in Riverside 201 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:54.320 Park near my house. They're bad boys were there. Their leader, tall, 202 00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:58.679 lean man, big knuckled hands. Showed me a fifty bag of blow 203 00:15:58.720 --> 00:16:04.279 in his pocket. He had dark eyes, dark blonde hair. Stevie Savage. 204 00:16:06.039 --> 00:16:10.679 We smoked dope. He introduced me to blow. We did the West 205 00:16:10.720 --> 00:16:15.360 Side clubs. We stayed out all night. Love blossoms among the drug dealers. 206 00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:18.440 I eventually came to my senses. How long did that day? Three? 207 00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:23.600 Maybe four years? Stevie and I. Stevie Savage, that his name. 208 00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:26.639 He was twenty one when I met him. Was hooked in with the 209 00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:32.759 Irish mob. In Hell's Kitchen. Terrence Muldoon's crowd bought off rival thugs, 210 00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:37.600 brutally packed a brace of forty fives and twin shoulder holsters under windbreaker or leather 211 00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:41.480 jacket. They were not for show. Believe me, Stevie Savage today, 212 00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:48.600 bone Yard or the joint. He's a lawyer, silly Steven Savage dealing put 213 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:51.480 him through Fordham Law. He's a hot shot, some big firm in the 214 00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:53.480 city. So what happened between the two of you? Yeah, it's never 215 00:16:53.519 --> 00:16:59.320 gonna last forever. I'd always known it. Stevie two A couple of years 216 00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:03.639 my next birthday, it would be my twenty first. There was time I 217 00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:07.960 pulled in across the road from Tony's walk in apartment. I reached my right 218 00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:15.480 hand across the seat and took Tony's near remind me of him. After that, 219 00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:21.319 I didn't move, I didn't speak, neither did he. His hand 220 00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:26.519 was still in mind. Lisa, how are things with Nikki? I mean 221 00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:32.920 really not good. You're sleeping in separate bedrooms. Yeah, for several years, 222 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:36.759 he said, my other hand and gently pulled me to him. He 223 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:41.519 kissed me. I responded for a moment, but only a moment. Tony. 224 00:17:41.599 --> 00:17:45.920 I can't soon, Lisa, We'll waste in our lives. You need 225 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:49.440 sleep. How will you find Destiny? Oh? Reggie and I asked around 226 00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:55.000 at Betsy Head Park. We think a guy there, Blaze, knows what 227 00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:59.079 Destiny and Monsourie were up to. Basically, we're going to kidnap a drug 228 00:17:59.079 --> 00:18:02.160 dealer and beat him for nation out of him. O fun, Can I 229 00:18:02.200 --> 00:18:08.319 help sure? Bring Stevie Savage in his brace of forty five's Tony was joking, 230 00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:12.759 but I did bring Stevie. We picked him up the next night in 231 00:18:12.799 --> 00:18:19.720 front of his building heln drugs bas Tony admired the Doorman building and the unscaled 232 00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:26.119 of cord. So there's lawyerer. Stevie shook Tony's hand. He had a 233 00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:30.160 double make care smile. He was in his mid forties but looked thirty. 234 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:33.799 He was tall and lean as a ray pier, taller than Tony, which 235 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:38.839 Tony seemed annoyed by. He had mischief etched in his eyes. He wore 236 00:18:38.839 --> 00:18:44.559 a black turtleneck, battered brown leather jacket, black jeans, and dark running 237 00:18:44.599 --> 00:18:48.880 shoes. He looked ready to command a squadron of US Navy fighter jets. 238 00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:53.160 All he needed was the scarf. I jumped into his arms. Tony turned 239 00:18:53.160 --> 00:18:59.319 away. I didn't do it to make Tony jealous. Steve and I had 240 00:18:59.440 --> 00:19:06.839 history. Stevie recognized Reggie Reggie h r D. I've seen you fight at 241 00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:10.759 the garden, but I ain't check James Bonk crushes Smith three times in the 242 00:19:10.880 --> 00:19:14.880 second round. He was tough, but not tough enough. Well, I 243 00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:18.720 SHO, didn't know your champ. We headed to betsy Head Park. The 244 00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:22.400 dealer we were after Blaze had a diamond chain in the shape of a crowd. 245 00:19:22.079 --> 00:19:26.319 I pulled my slim line automatic cystol out of my jacket. We spread 246 00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:32.799 out and stalked through the park. The avenue was to avoid a foot traffic 247 00:19:32.880 --> 00:19:37.640 and just a loose crew of dealers chatting. A dark suv approach from the 248 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:41.759 opposite direction. It's passenger side window rolled down an A R fifteen thrust through 249 00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:45.400 the open window, and for a flash of time, everything came to a 250 00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:52.559 standstill, and then with a grating roar, the auto cut loose, spitting 251 00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:56.559 naked steel at the dealers. I hit the deck, my chin, scraping 252 00:19:56.640 --> 00:20:00.359 pavement, stunning me. The AR fifteen hit its tar. I get the 253 00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:06.240 blaze so much for our source. Multiple slugs tore his chest, spinning him, 254 00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:08.680 driving him backward, hurtling him to the cold sidewalk, where he lay 255 00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:14.519 on his back unmoving. I hugged the ground, hands around my head, 256 00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:19.200 and then the suv picked up speed and the thunderous noise ceased. I crawled 257 00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:23.519 toward blaze. Reggie was already crouched by his side. Reggie shook his head, 258 00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:27.440 he's gone. From behind me. I heard the roar of a heavy 259 00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:33.279 handgun firing multiple shots at the rear of the accelerating death car on the ground. 260 00:20:33.319 --> 00:20:37.359 I whirled Stevie Savage crouched on one knee, held a heavy forty five 261 00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:41.880 and two hands, and pumped round after round into the vehicle's tires. Tires 262 00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:45.440 burst with an explosive snap. The suv careened wildly, skid past my car, 263 00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:51.599 slammed at high speed into a parked vehicle two cars in front. I 264 00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:53.920 was on my feet, racing towards Stevie. The driver of the death car 265 00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:57.880 was thrown clear the impact with the ground on his back with a sickening thud, 266 00:20:59.039 --> 00:21:03.000 and lay still. The day's shooter staggered from the vehicle, still clutching 267 00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:07.519 the ar but down by his side. He struggled to stand upright. I 268 00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:11.000 was five feet away. I held my pistol lined up on his chest in 269 00:21:11.079 --> 00:21:15.599 a two handed grip, drop it. The ar cladded to the ground. 270 00:21:17.400 --> 00:21:21.920 The shooter leaned against the car, steadying himself When he looked up and focused, 271 00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:25.720 he raised his hands in surrender. He took a step forward, and 272 00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:29.559 then he swung a wild right hand at my head. I ducked under him 273 00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:32.720 and came up swinging. I laid the barrel of my pistol hard across his 274 00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:36.920 temple. He fell back against the wrecked car and slid down its surface to 275 00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:41.400 the asphalt. Rachel came up to me. He reached down and hoisted the 276 00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:48.000 unconscious shooter to his feet. Form Stevie and Tony conferred over the driver's body. 277 00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:51.200 Driver is not gonna make you. Lights were starting to come on in 278 00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:55.319 the surrounding buildings. Tony strode around the vehicle, get him in the call 279 00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:57.279 let's get the hell out of here. We stuffed the shooter in the back 280 00:21:57.319 --> 00:22:00.799 between Reggie and Stevie, fired up, angled out, and searched on to 281 00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:04.880 the avenue. Stevie was talking to the nine one one dispatcher by Betsy had 282 00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:15.000 need mt quickly. Yeah, I'll be here. My name Errol Flynn. 283 00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:21.759 We drove off, certainly having committed multiple felonies. The murderer in the backseat. 284 00:22:21.799 --> 00:22:33.599 It might be our best shot at finding destiny. Redmead Village is a 285 00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:37.440 production of Voyage Media. The series is produced by Nat Mondel, Robert Midas, 286 00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:41.119 and Dan Bennamore, directed, produced, and adapted by Dan Bennimore, 287 00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:45.519 based on Andrew Bernstein's upcoming novel at the same name. When a link to 288 00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:48.880 the novel is available, it will be listed in the show notes. Starring 289 00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:52.480 Catherine Bell as Lisa, Malik Yoba as Reggie, and Ryan Heavy as Tony. 290 00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:59.039 Additional cast credits are available in show notes. Edited sound design and mixed 291 00:22:59.119 --> 00:23:03.839 by Nick Missi, original music by Derlas Gonzalez. If you're enjoying the show, 292 00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:07.240 please leave us a five star review and Apple Podcasts or anywhere you're listening, 293 00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:08.839 and subscribe now for future episodes.