on thunderstorm. Hector
eventually makes another right turn on Eleventh Street.
Driving more aggressively than is needed,
Hector finds himself simultaneously driven by two motives, that of
defending his mistress and that of retrieving the card which Laura
Cohen had inadvertently given to the young man just a while
earlier. Both are of equal importance to him and interrelated,
although Hector has no idea of their relation in the grander scheme
of things. The card, which Will still possesses, had been intended
for a different purpose, to help track and eventually incriminate
Edwin Cole. The problem with this is the high level of unlawfulness
involved with tracing an individual in such a manner. Laura Cohen,
who was well aware of the unconstitutionality of such actions, was
the plan’s main proponent.
Today, she had been set to give Edwin the
card, the one with the bug, while under the false pretense of being
against Hector Santiago for suspicions of illegal and
unconstitutional police tactics. The card, she would have
explained, would essentially be a get out of jail free card. If
sold to him correctly, Edwin would carry the card on him at all
times.
Once Edwin possessed the card, Hector’s
boys—the ones in the back of the car—would begin to tale Edwin
until an opportunity for an arrest with the potentiality of
substantial charges arose. That chance was supposed to be today.
However, the technology was supposed to be tested prior to actual
field application, an error on Cohen’s side. Retrospectively, the
hopeful A.D.A. would have had another chance to test the
application if she had not first run into William. Hector, the
target of her agenda, would not have been where she was headed to
in the morning; he had been out all night, drinking and snorting
cocaine. This would have given her and Hector’s boys more than
enough time to test and calibrate the application’s GPS feature,
had she not mistakenly given the card to Will.
Although she has yet to admit it to herself,
her blunder occurred because she had been charmed by Will’s
response to the situation she had witness in the subway earlier,
forgetting the special card in her purse and giving him the first
one she managed to find. Wrapped up in the comedic nature of the
episode, she found herself in a position to persecute him, if only
to get close to him. Her reasoning being: a little probation never
hurt anybody. Plus, it’d give her a chance to learn his name, the
one he conveniently did not remember.
Barely visible in the rain battered
windshield, a male figure in a suit runs across the street, a
couple of dozen feet ahead of where their car is rapidly
approaching. They speed pass a pedestrian in a red and black
letterman, paying no attention to him whatsoever. Hector brings the
car to a stop midway between Veniero’s, where Will had entered, and
the corner of the block where the street meets the avenue. Everyone
exits the vehicle. The officers ready their weapons and radios,
just in case they need to call in a certain unexpected, escalated
situation. Jessica and Laura stay by the car.
As the officers approach the front entrance, a
shot rings through the air. Quickly shifting their focus towards
the source of the gunfire, they see a man in a red and black
Leatherman jacket aiming a smoking pistol in the direction of the
two ladies, both of whom are ducking behind the car. The officers
open fire, seeking cover behind cars and even laying on the floor
as they return shots at the suspect. Edwin manages to avoid being
shot as he dives behind the brick wall of the corner
building.
A few non-eventful but tense seconds pass by,
followed by a few more. Hector begins to rise from his knee, his
tactical position. He gives his boys the gesture to proceed with
caution. The two officers spread out, covering more ground. Hector
looks over his shoulders, his eyes eventually fall on the glass
door of Veniero’s, landing on a most unexpected sight, his wife,
Ruth. He’s
eventually makes another right turn on Eleventh Street.
Driving more aggressively than is needed,
Hector finds himself simultaneously driven by two motives, that of
defending his mistress and that of retrieving the card which Laura
Cohen had inadvertently given to the young man just a while
earlier. Both are of equal importance to him and interrelated,
although Hector has no idea of their relation in the grander scheme
of things. The card, which Will still possesses, had been intended
for a different purpose, to help track and eventually incriminate
Edwin Cole. The problem with this is the high level of unlawfulness
involved with tracing an individual in such a manner. Laura Cohen,
who was well aware of the unconstitutionality of such actions, was
the plan’s main proponent.
Today, she had been set to give Edwin the
card, the one with the bug, while under the false pretense of being
against Hector Santiago for suspicions of illegal and
unconstitutional police tactics. The card, she would have
explained, would essentially be a get out of jail free card. If
sold to him correctly, Edwin would carry the card on him at all
times.
Once Edwin possessed the card, Hector’s
boys—the ones in the back of the car—would begin to tale Edwin
until an opportunity for an arrest with the potentiality of
substantial charges arose. That chance was supposed to be today.
However, the technology was supposed to be tested prior to actual
field application, an error on Cohen’s side. Retrospectively, the
hopeful A.D.A. would have had another chance to test the
application if she had not first run into William. Hector, the
target of her agenda, would not have been where she was headed to
in the morning; he had been out all night, drinking and snorting
cocaine. This would have given her and Hector’s boys more than
enough time to test and calibrate the application’s GPS feature,
had she not mistakenly given the card to Will.
Although she has yet to admit it to herself,
her blunder occurred because she had been charmed by Will’s
response to the situation she had witness in the subway earlier,
forgetting the special card in her purse and giving him the first
one she managed to find. Wrapped up in the comedic nature of the
episode, she found herself in a position to persecute him, if only
to get close to him. Her reasoning being: a little probation never
hurt anybody. Plus, it’d give her a chance to learn his name, the
one he conveniently did not remember.
Barely visible in the rain battered
windshield, a male figure in a suit runs across the street, a
couple of dozen feet ahead of where their car is rapidly
approaching. They speed pass a pedestrian in a red and black
letterman, paying no attention to him whatsoever. Hector brings the
car to a stop midway between Veniero’s, where Will had entered, and
the corner of the block where the street meets the avenue. Everyone
exits the vehicle. The officers ready their weapons and radios,
just in case they need to call in a certain unexpected, escalated
situation. Jessica and Laura stay by the car.
As the officers approach the front entrance, a
shot rings through the air. Quickly shifting their focus towards
the source of the gunfire, they see a man in a red and black
Leatherman jacket aiming a smoking pistol in the direction of the
two ladies, both of whom are ducking behind the car. The officers
open fire, seeking cover behind cars and even laying on the floor
as they return shots at the suspect. Edwin manages to avoid being
shot as he dives behind the brick wall of the corner
building.
A few non-eventful but tense seconds pass by,
followed by a few more. Hector begins to rise from his knee, his
tactical position. He gives his boys the gesture to proceed with
caution. The two officers spread out, covering more ground. Hector
looks over his shoulders, his eyes eventually fall on the glass
door of Veniero’s, landing on a most unexpected sight, his wife,
Ruth. He’s
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