replied.
“Bother me later, I’m in the middle of a date,” Caito replied, waving his hand dismissively.
Raven grabbed Caito’s hand and twisted it behind his back. “I think you’ll talk to me now. Get your ass out of that chair!”
She yanked Caito to his feet, startling the people next to him and pulled him toward the door.
Outside, Raven spun Caito around and pushed him against the wall with one hand. She pulled the knife from his belt and slammed it point first into the brick wall. “Now that I have your attention, I have some questions for you and you’re going to answer them, is that clear or should I write it in crayon?”
“Detective, do you have any idea who I am?” Caito asked, straightening his tie.
“One of DiFronzo’s cockroaches,” Raven replied. “I’m not impressed. Where were you last night?”
Caito shook his head. “If you aren’t afraid of my boss, you’re just as dumb as your father was.”
Raven’s eyes darkened and she wrapped her hand around Caito’s throat. “What do you know about my father?”
“That he was stupid enough to get himself killed for not being afraid of the right people,” Caito replied.
“Did No Nose have my father killed?” Raven growled.
Caito choked as Raven’s hand tightened on his throat. “I…ain’t…saying…anything…”
“Ray! Ray, let go!” Levac called, exiting the club.
Raven let go of Caito, but continued to glare at him, her eyes glowing green.
Levac stepped between the two and looked at Raven. “You can’t question a suspect if you pop his head like a zit!”
Raven took a deep breath, focusing on Levac. “You’re right, Rupe. Let’s call it in and get this clown back to the District. He has some explaining to do.”
Levac was about to reply when Caito’s arm snaked around the detective’s neck, his wrist blade at Levac’s throat. “Sorry, Ms. Storm, I ain’t going to the District, the boss will have my nose, if I’m lucky.”
Caito turned and started backing away, taking Levac with him.
“Mr. Caito, you’re only making this worse,” Levac said. “You’re adding assault of a police officer to your list of charges. Let go of me and we can work this out.”
“Shut up, Columbo!” Caito snarled. “Or I’ll slit your throat and let the detective here grieve over her dead partner.”
“That’s never going to happen, Caito,” Raven said, drawing her Automag. “Let him go and you just might make it through this night alive.”
Caito laughed and kept backing toward a nearby alley. “What are you going to do, shoot Mr. Levac? This isn’t a movie, Detective.”
Raven concentrated and the growing darkness became bright as day. She raised the Automag and aimed at Caito, who was slightly taller than Levac. “I said let him go.”
“Ray, now wait just a second,” Levac said, raising his hands.
“You won’t do it,” Caito said. “I will. I’ll spill this bastard’s blood all over the sidewalk if you don’t drop your gun.”
Raven let out a breath and squeezed the Automag’s trigger. The bullet narrowly missed Levac and punched through Caito’s collarbone like it was old cheese. Bone splintered and he staggered, letting go of Levac, who backed away from Caito and began to feel his shoulder.
“Did you shoot me?” Levac yelled.
Raven grabbed Caito’s unwounded arm. “You should have let him go. Come on, get up!”
Caito growled and slapped Raven’s hand away with surprising strength. He then stood and ran down the alleyway, leaping up onto a fire escape and disappearing into a nearby building.
“Damn,” Raven muttered. “Rupe, you’re fine, stop feeling up your shoulder and keep an eye on Caito’s girlfriend. If she tries to leave before I get back, arrest her. I don’t care if it’s for jaywalking or picking her nose, arrest her!”
Levac stopped checking his shoulder for bullet holes and looked back at Raven. “I can’t believe you shot at me again. Are you trying to kill
“Bother me later, I’m in the middle of a date,” Caito replied, waving his hand dismissively.
Raven grabbed Caito’s hand and twisted it behind his back. “I think you’ll talk to me now. Get your ass out of that chair!”
She yanked Caito to his feet, startling the people next to him and pulled him toward the door.
Outside, Raven spun Caito around and pushed him against the wall with one hand. She pulled the knife from his belt and slammed it point first into the brick wall. “Now that I have your attention, I have some questions for you and you’re going to answer them, is that clear or should I write it in crayon?”
“Detective, do you have any idea who I am?” Caito asked, straightening his tie.
“One of DiFronzo’s cockroaches,” Raven replied. “I’m not impressed. Where were you last night?”
Caito shook his head. “If you aren’t afraid of my boss, you’re just as dumb as your father was.”
Raven’s eyes darkened and she wrapped her hand around Caito’s throat. “What do you know about my father?”
“That he was stupid enough to get himself killed for not being afraid of the right people,” Caito replied.
“Did No Nose have my father killed?” Raven growled.
Caito choked as Raven’s hand tightened on his throat. “I…ain’t…saying…anything…”
“Ray! Ray, let go!” Levac called, exiting the club.
Raven let go of Caito, but continued to glare at him, her eyes glowing green.
Levac stepped between the two and looked at Raven. “You can’t question a suspect if you pop his head like a zit!”
Raven took a deep breath, focusing on Levac. “You’re right, Rupe. Let’s call it in and get this clown back to the District. He has some explaining to do.”
Levac was about to reply when Caito’s arm snaked around the detective’s neck, his wrist blade at Levac’s throat. “Sorry, Ms. Storm, I ain’t going to the District, the boss will have my nose, if I’m lucky.”
Caito turned and started backing away, taking Levac with him.
“Mr. Caito, you’re only making this worse,” Levac said. “You’re adding assault of a police officer to your list of charges. Let go of me and we can work this out.”
“Shut up, Columbo!” Caito snarled. “Or I’ll slit your throat and let the detective here grieve over her dead partner.”
“That’s never going to happen, Caito,” Raven said, drawing her Automag. “Let him go and you just might make it through this night alive.”
Caito laughed and kept backing toward a nearby alley. “What are you going to do, shoot Mr. Levac? This isn’t a movie, Detective.”
Raven concentrated and the growing darkness became bright as day. She raised the Automag and aimed at Caito, who was slightly taller than Levac. “I said let him go.”
“Ray, now wait just a second,” Levac said, raising his hands.
“You won’t do it,” Caito said. “I will. I’ll spill this bastard’s blood all over the sidewalk if you don’t drop your gun.”
Raven let out a breath and squeezed the Automag’s trigger. The bullet narrowly missed Levac and punched through Caito’s collarbone like it was old cheese. Bone splintered and he staggered, letting go of Levac, who backed away from Caito and began to feel his shoulder.
“Did you shoot me?” Levac yelled.
Raven grabbed Caito’s unwounded arm. “You should have let him go. Come on, get up!”
Caito growled and slapped Raven’s hand away with surprising strength. He then stood and ran down the alleyway, leaping up onto a fire escape and disappearing into a nearby building.
“Damn,” Raven muttered. “Rupe, you’re fine, stop feeling up your shoulder and keep an eye on Caito’s girlfriend. If she tries to leave before I get back, arrest her. I don’t care if it’s for jaywalking or picking her nose, arrest her!”
Levac stopped checking his shoulder for bullet holes and looked back at Raven. “I can’t believe you shot at me again. Are you trying to kill
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