Four: 9-1-1, What's Your Grievance? Part Two.

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Still with May and Josh...

May: "Deserved what?"

Stan: "Oh, sorry. I buried the lede. My name is Stanley Whitworth, and I just planted a bomb."

May's head snapped in Josh's direction.

A few minutes later, May was sitting in the staff room, sliding through her phone, and Josh walked in...

"They found the guy's house. No sign of him. They went to his job, and it turns out he was fired last month." Said Josh.

"Did they find the bomb?" May asked.

"No. The place was clear. I guess maybe it was just some kind of revenge prank." Josh says.

"Didn't sound like a joke to me. I think maybe we have the wrong job. I was looking at his social media." May mumbled, sliding her phone across to Josh.

"You should not be doing that."

Josh picked up her phone, sliding through some photos

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Josh picked up her phone, sliding through some photos.

"This isn't the first time he's lost a job. Probably half a dozen of them in the last two years." May said.

"What was the first job he lost?" Josh asked.

The 118 arrived on the scene and walked over to an officer...

"Clearing the building now, but we need to shut off gas and power as a precaution." Williams tells them.

"Eddie, you're on electrical. Chim, I want you to go up the street and shut the gas off at the main." Bobby says.

"Copy that." Chimney muttered, walking away from them.

"I mean, I know Stan was angry, but... it's Stan! He was with us for almost 20 years until the accident."

"He was injured on the job. Blamed the company for cutting corners. Filed a grievance over it." Williams said.

"The company said it was his mistake."

"So when you fired him, he lost his health and pension." Ashleigh murmured, checking her blood pressure.

"Court threw out his claim on Friday. He must have snapped."

"And what did he do for the company?" Asked Ashleigh.

"He was in charge of demolition on our job sites."

"Wait, he'd blow things up for you." Ashleigh says.

"Yes."

"BP's slightly elevated, but it could be the stress." Ashleigh said.

"I'll keep my eye on her until we can transport."

Eddie: "Cap, power's out, but I just got word that a janitor might have had an asthma attack and collapsed in one of the stairwells."

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