Blood Work Page #4

you owe me just one little one.

l know that.

When you handed me

the Cemetery Man bust...

...you were my membership into

this boys club. l haven't forgotten.

Does that mean yes?

Terry McCaleb.

Lucky for us the bank

had two cameras on this.

The shooter's back there.

l'm betting the mask isn't on yet,

or Cordell would have run.

H&K 9 mm, same model used

in the Valley tape.

Hold that.

Back it up a little bit.

Back up there.

Look, he's saying something.

Like in the Valley tape.

He talked there too.

Yeah, he's a real chatterbox.

Did you get a lip reader in?

l'll get on it.

What about his cartridge?

Did he pick up his brass?

- Yeah, there he is.

- Uh-huh.

James Lockridge.

Pulled into the bank lot,

almost got sideswiped by a sedan.

Says it was a white guy,

but nothing else.

He called for the ambulance.

Cordell died going to the hospital.

You got any leads at all?

No, l'm following

the three-strike thing.

l think the man in the ski mask

is one of those.

What about the gun? H&K's

expensive for a holdup man.

That's weird he'd keep

it after the first killing.

l thought about that. l figure he

stole it, but that lead me nowhere.

l don't know. l think we'll need

fresh blood to solve this one.

Well, Jaye...

...why don't you get me

a copy of the book?

Both yours and L.A. Could you?

l'll ask the captain.

l don't see why not.

He was the lieutenant

on the Cemetery Man case.

Yeah, l kind of remember that.

Oh, well. l'm glad

someone got promoted.

- Right here.

- Thanks.

Mr. Lockridge, Terry McCaleb.

Thanks for seeing me.

Are you a policeman?

No, retired FBl. l'm investigating

a related case for a victim's family.

- Good. Because police are stupid.

- Why?

- Didn't they tell you?

- No.

Why would they? When l found

the guy, l call 911, right?

Yeah.

- Yeah.

They sent the ambulance

to the wrong place.

Took them 20 minutes.

He might have made it

if they hadn't screwed up.

- Those things happen.

- No.

They screwed up. A guy died.

End of story.

l'm busy. l agreed to see you

because you're already here, so...

...what do you want?

l thought you'd give your

statement to me firsthand.

For the love of God.

l needed cash.

As l pulled up, the guy

driving out almost hits me.

All l saw was a car.

There were no plates, no face, nothing.

l walk up to the ATM,

and there's this guy bleeding.

l figured he got it right before

l got there, so l called 911.

Ten minutes later, they come,

driving right f***ing past us. Past us.

Any other details?

lt could've been me.

Could've been him finding me...

...with the ambulance driving

right on f***ing by. Good stuff.

You done?

Yeah.

Hey, Buddy.

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