Part 29 (1/2)
”Nothing, just a coincidence” Tyrone picked up a newspaper and buried his face behind it
”Hey, Ty Talk ol' buddy”
”I can't and you know it” Tyrone sounded adamant
”As a friend? I'll buy you a lollipop?” Scott joked
Ty snickered ”You know the rules, I can't talk about a case in progress”
”So there is a case? What is it?” Scott probed
”I didn't say that there was a case,” Ty countered
”Yes you did Case in progress were your words, not mine C'ave himself a few seconds to think ”I'll never knohy you became a reporter You used to be a much nicer pain in the ass before you beca Ty's aardness
Tyrone hated to compromise the sanctity of his position, but he realized that he, too, needed some help Since he hadn't read any of this in the papers, there had to be journalistic responsi- bility from both Scott and the paper ”Off, off, off the record
Clear?” He was serious
”Done”
The train rumbled into the tunnel at the Northern tip of Manhat- tan They had to raise their voices to hear each other, but that meant they couldn't be heard either
”As near as I can tell,” Tyrone hesitantly began ”There's a well coordinated nationwide blackress As of yesterday, we have received aled blacke, New York, Miao, LA, the works Small towns to the metros It's an epidemic and the local and state cops are absolutely buried
They can't handle it, and besides it's way out of their league
So who do they all call? Us shi+t I need this, right? There's no e can handle thisberserk”
”Who's behind it?” Scott asked knowing he wouldn't get a real answer
”That's the rub Don't have a clue Not a clue There's no pattern, none at all We assuanized crime, but our informants say they're baffled Not the ures” Tyrone's voice echoed a professional frustration
”Motives?”
”None We're stuck”
”Sounds like we're both on the same hunt”
The train slowed to a crawl and then a hesitant stop at Grand Central Thousands of coed at the doors to make their escape to the streets of New York above them Scott won- dered if any of them were part of Duncan's problems
”Scott?” Tyrone queried on the escalator
”Yeah?”