Tolerance Book III

Chapter One Hundred and Eleven: Reading A Killer

Silence greeted Voights' succinct response.   Murphy eyed his Guests curiously.  Although they seemed to share his surprise, their expressions did not reveal the astonishment he himself felt.  Although he knew the Sergeant wasn't actually going to kill the remarkably unperturbed young Detective any plan that Voights' response intimated would require his participation. Looking at the stoic features being presented to the world the AD wondered if the  Sergeant was perhaps  misreading his Subordinate.  It wasn't that Murphy doubted the young mans' willingness to do whatever was required it was just since news of the escape the haunted look that had resided in his eyes during the daunting investigation had returned.  Murphy grimaced.  It seemed  any respite afforded by the return to Canada had been fully negated.  With a sigh he tuned back into the conversation that had commenced.

"If Billings really thinks Jay is dead what's to stop him just taking off?" Antonio queried.
"He won't believe it unless he sees it with his own eyes,"  Jay finally spoke as Parker modded in agreement.
"That's what I'm  counting on," Voight noted.
"Would he risk capture going to a morgue to check?" Mouse doubted the Killer would chamce it.
"At this stage he's not even factoring in his freedom," the Psychologist looked around the room, "he'll be warring with himself ...,"
"Why?" Adam cut in impatiently.
"As much as he wants me dead he wants to be the one who killed me," Jay interceded when the Psychologist hesitated in responding knowing the New Yorker didn't want to be so frank.
"And he has tunnel vision at this stage," Parker explained nodding gratefully, "we saw that when he killed the last two Victims. He made no real attempt to evade being seen." 

"So how exactly would your plan work?" Murphy eyed Voight speculatively, he suspected it wasn't going to be straight forward.
"If Fielding even goes for it," Antonio put in.
"He's anxious to get Billings back behind bars," Al noted.
"Aren't we all?" Kevin sighed.
"Well?" the Host redirected looking at the Sergeant expectantly.
"We let it be reported that a visiting Detective died as a result of a medical issue .....,"
"What kind of issue" Adam checked, he wasn't  enamoured about the idea  but couldn't control his curiosity.
"I have an idea but I want to talk to an expert first," the older nan stated in a vague response.
"That won't make front page news," Al observed practically, "how do we ensure Billings finds out?"
"We know he has kept an eye on our movements before," the Sergeant stated, "we act as if we would if Halstead did die."
"You're making as assumption he still has access to someone who will help him," Murphy professed, "didn't the APB make that possibility redundant?"
"He's resourceful, we know that," the Sergeant reminded.
"There's no certainty it would work."
"No certainty it wouldn't either," Jay countered softly, although there was no guarantee the plan would succeed right now it was all they had and as far as he was concerned it was worth a shot.

As his best friend spoke it struck Adam that they had to try everything to get Billings off the streets as quickly as possible and  Jay for all his calm exterior was in no condition to prolong the pursuit of the evil man.  With that   in mind he kept his doubts about the plans'  success to himself.  By now he knew voicing same would not help  the green eyed man.

Voight had proffered the plan without going into great detail because he knew one aspect would not be welcomed by his youngest Detective.  He had referred to obtaining advice from a medical expert but had purposefully refrained from disclosing the expert in question was Rhodes.  He  suspected the Detective would  not wish to engage the dark haired man in the matter as details of Billings' escape had not been made known to the Surgeon or Will.

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HS Headquarters

Two days later  found Voight sitting in the Psychologists' office with the green eyed man.  As expected the young Detective had argued strongly against contacting the Surgeon.  Seeing his Subordinate was genuinely upset by the prospect the gruff man had changed his mind. Luckily,  after the Sergeant specified the ailment the Detective was supposedly going to be afflicted with,
Parker had helpfully stepped up and assured he could get advice from another  Cardio-Thoracic Surgeon.