Nina the Detective and the Revealing Photos, Part 4

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The story so far: Nina arrested a notorious gangster, Fitz O’Patrick; however, O’Patrick blackmailed the mayor and then the mayor told the DA to drop the charges against O’Patrick. Nina was furious when she learned the gangster she arrested was going to be free. She drove out of town and shot her gun at a fence post to blow off steam. Meanwhile, the mob sent a pimp named Nick-the-Tick to secretly take pictures of the mayor with an underage girl.

Nina reloads Harry and puts him in her holster. She goes back to the car, feeling some of her angry energy start to wane, and gets back on the Interstate, heading toward the city. To her amazement, when she looks in her rear-view mirror, there is the mayor’s Mercedes Benz right behind her. Sitting in the passenger seat is a very young, very pretty girl. The mayor speeds by

Nina as Nina thinks about the fact that all the mayor’s kids are grown. “That’s strange,” she thinks as she speeds up to take a closer look at the girl in the passenger seat. That’s when the mayor looks to his right and sees Nina looking right at him and his underage passenger.

The next thing Nina knows, the mayor slows down, slips behind Nina’s car, and jumps onto the off ramp, leaving Nina on the Interstate. She doesn’t immediately suspect that the mayor has done anything wrong, but soon her street wits start to kick in and questions arise in her mind. Then she realizes she’s starting to get hungry and her best option is to go back home, eat some food and give the events of the past few hours some additional thought. Nina’s grandmother Ann is setting dinner on the table when Nina walks in. Nina announces that she has seen the mayor. Her grandmother asks whether she had the chance to say hello. “Not today,” Nina says. “I didn’t get a chance to talk with him. He was just passing me on the Interstate. By the way, Grandma, I didn’t know the mayor has a daughter.” Ith

Grandma Ann smiles and says, “No way, Nina. The mayor has two sons. They’re grown and have moved away.” Nina’s grandmother knows the mayor’s family well and Nina sits down for dinner wondering who exactly was that young girl with the mayor and what were they doing together.

Meanwhile, the FBI has bugged Shark’s Nightclub where the mob hangs out. Since the mob is well aware of the bug, they talk in code around Shark’s and on Shark’s phone. Fitz O’Patrick is sitting in the office at the club when the phone rings. “Hello, Fitz,” a voice says.

“That cop ain’t going to let you go. She’s like a pit bull and she’s latched onto you. No matter what the mayor does, she’s not going to go away.”

“What are you telling me?” Fitz asks.

“Just that it would make the bosses real happy to not have to worry about her nosing around in our affairs. Ireland is looking pretty good this time of year. Take some time and get out of Dodge until this mess blows over.” With that, the voice hangs up.

Five minutes later, Tom, the FBI agent listening in on this conversation, is on the phone to Captain Newton. “Your rabbit is leaving the country, Captain, and we can’t stop him. Just thought you’d like to know.”

“Thanks for keeping me in the loop,” the captain replies, “but this is something you’ll need to take up with the DA’s office.”

The FBI agent says he understands, and hangs up.

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