Hometown Detective

Meanwhile (Part 8)

Zander and Josh drove high speed across town. They were trying to find a marked police car. They used a new app on Zander's phone to listen to the walkie talkies that the police were talking on.

"Birge to George. Come In." said the person on the other end.

"George over." replied George.

"Where are you?" asked James

"I am almost there. I am almost on the corner of Elm." replied George.

They shut off his phone and made their way to the corner of Elm. When they stopped, they saw a parked police cruiser sitting out in front of a donut shop.

"Okay, here is the plan. Zander, I want you to go inside and make sure it is Officer George. Once we know, I want you to stall him somehow, and I will steal the lie detector." explained Josh.

"Okay. Once we get what we need, we can destroy it, and they will never find out who killed Edwardo." replied Zander as he went into the shop.

A few minutes later, Josh received a text from Zander that read: "Officer Stopped for Desert. Take Item Now. Donut's are being made fresh. I repeat. Donut's are being made fresh."

Josh looked inside the police cruiser to make sure the car was unlocked, and unfortunately for him, it was not. Josh responded to Zander's text and said: "Mayday. Car is locked. Can't get item needed."

On the inside of the store, Zander kicked the officer in the nuts and took his car keys. On his way out of the store, he grabbed a chain and chained the outside of the door shut. He threw the keys at Josh, who caught them mid air. He then unlocked the car and grabbed the machine out of the passenger seat. He threw the keys in the passenger seat of the car, locked the cruiser, and then slammed the driver side door shut.

Zander and Josh ran back to their car and got in it. They started the car, and took off so fast that they left tire tracks on the street. They drove for a few minutes down the road to the dock off the edge of the Jones Lake. They parked the car and grabbed the machine. They ran to the edge of the dock and threw the machine into the lake.

They ran back to the car and got in. Zander opened the app and heard that George had called for backup so they can help him get out of the donut shop and asked them to bring the spare key to the police cruiser so he can get in.

"I think he will get ripped by the chief. I mean, he had one job and he stopped to get donuts." said Josh.

"Who ever killed Edwardo is one lucky person. They are getting away with this one. I mean we will probably face jail time but that is okay." replied Zander.

They continued driving. They stopped to get food on their way back to Edwardo's restaurant. They ran through Krank's Burger's. They bought everyone a cheeseburger and then began their way back to the restaurant. They pulled in the parking lot, and ran inside. They sat back down where they were before they left, and were back just in time for the interviewing process to start back up.

James walked into the room with a smile on his face.

"We are going to start interviewing again. Bethanie? Can you come with me?" asked James.