Detective Ln; An Adam Ruzek Love Story

Ghosts

Yn's POV

"Ln, do you have the camera footage" Voight asked me. "Yeah. Here it is. Three white males approach. Close-quarter shootout. Garcia gets hit, but he gets a few shots off" I say as we watched the video. "Hits my boy Scott Jansen" Hailey said. "And then Offender One leaves in the van. Offender Two leaves in the sedan, and they leave Jansen to die" I say. "Do you recognize Offender One or Two" Voight asked. "No, I've never seen them before. They weren't part of Booth's old crew" Hailey said.

"We didn't get any hits on facial rec" I say. "Anything on the vehicles" Voight asked me. "The sedan had no plates. The van had tags, but it was registered to a bogus address in Texas, so I got a BOLO out on the make and model" I say. "Alright, we got a rip crew who knew about a van with liquid meth, and they knew when and where the deal was going down" Voight said. "My money's on Booth. He likes doing rips. 'Better margins when the product's free.' He used to say that all the time" Hailey said. "Alright, give it a shot, but let's not spook this guy. You tell the press the homicide was a road rage incident" Voight said to me. "Copy that" I say. "Get eyes on Booth right away" Voight then told Hailey before heading into his office.

We ended up sending Hailey undercover because she knew Booth and a few of the guys involved, so we figured she'd be able to get something out of them. However, she couldn't get anything. "Still no luck with Booth. Hailey thought that he bit, but so far, radio silence" Jay said. "We got nothing on the drug rip, either. There's no chatter on the streets. No intel from Narcotics or Gangs" Adam said.

"You guys are lucky I work here" Antonio said. "You got something" Voight asked. "Yeah. I think my unwitting, Perez, was in on the rip" Antonio said. "What do you mean" I ask. "I ran his vehicle through NVLS. Turns out, his car was parked outside Booth's paint warehouse three different times in the last week. Pretty sure they weren't talking about color palettes" Antonio said. "So you think Perez and Booth planned the rip together" Jay asked. "He knows lots of dealers. He'd be a perfect partner for Booth" Antonio said. "So Booth steals the product, cooks it, hands it over to Perez to sell? I mean, that's a match made in heaven" Adam said. "Yeah, but the problem is, if Perez is the distributor, we got no angle to play. Hailey pitching Jay as a buyer doesn't mean anything" Voight said. "We gotta do something about Perez. Let me handle that" Antonio said.

Antonio's plan to get Perez out of town looked like it was working, and Hailey was still undercover which meant that the rest of us could take a break for a while. Adam and I headed to Molly's for some relaxation time. After everything that was happening recently, it felt good to get out. "Two beers please" Adam said to the bartender as we approached the bar. After getting our beers, we took a seat next to each other at a booth near the back. 

"I've missed doing this" Adam said as we both took a sip of our beers. "I know. It feels nice to get out of the house for once and not be on case work" I say. Adam wrapped his left arm around my waist and pulled me closer to him. "How about after these beers, we take the fun back to our house" Adam whispered to me. "Is sex all you ever think about" I ask him. "Not all. Mostly though, yes. I can't help it when we see each other for hours on end every day" Adam said. I smiled and pressed my lips to his. "I actually think I'll accept your offer" I say.

Later the next day, Hailey and Jay set up a meeting with Booth, and now Adam and I were waiting in the parking garage. When Jay gave his signal, that meant it was time to move in. The meeting was going well, until things got heated and Hailey used Booth's gun to shoot his nephew Tyler. "Roll in" Voight said over the radio. Adam sped over to where the fight had taken place, and I ran after Hailey who had disappeared after Booth.

I found her with Booth in a stairwell, and Booth was beating the living crap out of her. "Hey" I shouted to get his attention. Booth turned towards me just in time to get a punch straight to the mouth sending him falling into the stairwell. "You're under arrest asshole" I say and handcuff him before turning to Hailey. "You okay" I ask her. "I'm good. Thanks" she replied. "Anytime" I say.