Detective Ln; An Adam Ruzek Love Story

Favor, Affection, Malice or Ill-Will

Yn's POV

The next morning, Adam went in early to talk to Voight. A few members of the team were out doing stuff for our new case, so Kenny and I went to get coffee. We entered the district just as Adam walked down the stairs. "Adam, this is Kenny Rixton, my partner" I say. Saying that felt so weird. Adam and I had been partners since he came up to Intelligence. "And Kenny, this is Adam Ruzek." "Listen, I... I didn't mean for..." Adam cut Kenny off. "Hey, no sweat, man. Just keep doing the job." I turned to Kenny. "I'll meet you upstairs" I say. He nodded and headed up while I turned back to Adam.

"What happened with Voight" I ask. "He's making me be a patrolmen because there are no open spots on the team" Adam said. "I could talk to him" I say. "No, it's okay. I left without telling him anything. It's only fair that I deal with the consequences. I'll talk to you later" he said and gave me a quick kiss before heading off. I then turned around and headed upstairs. 

"Rebecca Clark" Voight said and put a picture on the white board. "That's the girl that moved here and was gunned down in Bronzeville a couple months back, right" Kenny asked. "That's right, she'd only been in Chicago six months before she got killed. Happened when she pulled over to buy a bottle of water at a corner store. Shot with a .45 semi-auto" Voight said. "Father is Donald Clark. He is a poetry professor at West Michigan College. Mother's in a mental institution. Checked herself in after Rebecca's death. She couldn't handle it" Erin said. 

"So who's he want dead" Kim asked. "Uh, Omar Fry. He's a documented South Ave hustler, prime suspect in Rebecca's murder. Gang Intelligence and Area Central Homicide both cleared him, so he was released a few weeks ago. Since then, open murder investigation, no other suspects" Jay said. "Now, Clark is convinced that Omar Fry's the guy who killed his daughter" Al said. "All right, Jay, you and Yn hit Homan Square. See if you can dig up the original gang file. Kenny, you and Burgess go pay Omar Fry a visit" Voight said. "What's the next step with Clark" Al asked. "Let's see if we can get some perspective on the original homicide first, shed some light on who actually killed his daughter. For now, just... just string Clark along."

"You guys got your work cut out for you, dealing with all these cliques, huh? So what do you got for us" Jay asked as we entered the gang unit's office. "Uh, Rebecca's murder wasn't a typical mutual combatant killing. It was an innocent girl new to the city. So the mayor's office gave us a directive to saturate the area" the officer said. "And you guys like Omar Fry for it" I ask. "Ah, well, we did at first. He's a banger with a ton of priors. He was recorded on a security camera at a corner store buying a tallboy, where Rebecca had purchased a bottle of water approximately a minute later. We assumed he followed her to her car and it was a robbery gone sideways" the man said. 

"So now you cleared Omar" I ask. "Yeah, we never found a murder weapon. He passed the gun residue test. We got no confession." "Have we given Rebecca's dad this information" Jay asked. "He's in town now, asking a lot of questions." "Yeah, he showed up after Omar got released. Almost had him arrested, he was so worked up. Even when I showed him the evidence, he wouldn't listen" the officer said. "We don't want to step on any toes. You mind if we take a stab at it" Jay asked. "Stab away. I got ten cases here that I haven't even read yet." "Thank you" I say.

When Kim and Kenny went to talk to Omar, they said he saw some guy run into the Red Line tunnel on 47th and Wentworth. So, the whole team went to check it out. "All right, search the drainage grates along all the stairwells. Bangers file the gates loose, use them to hide contraband. They get spotted topside, come down here to sling away their guns or drugs. I suggest you all split up" Voight said. Looking through the vents was disgusting. Thank god I had on gloves. As I was looking in one of the vents with, I found something. "Guys" I say and hold up the gun. "I think we have a murder weapon."