Betrayal
Chapter Eleven
It was midnight, and none of them were any closer to finding Ezra. Vin had met
with all of his snitches, none of them could or would tell him anything. Edward
Mounds put a lot of fear into a lot of people. JD and Buck couldn't find
anything that they hadn't known before. Josiah, Nathan, and Chris were searching
Denver relentlessly. As they neared the offices again, the truck headlights
highlighted the street. Chris slammed on the brakes and jumped out of his truck,
followed by Nathan and Josiah.
Squatting down, Chris studied the side of the street. "What is it?" Josiah asked
as he and Nathan got on either side of Chris.
Touching the spot, Chris found that it was still wet in a couple of spots.
Bringing his hand back up, Chris saw that his fingers were red. It was blood.
"Blood," said Chris. "He was so close, only five blocks away," Chris added, his
eyes closed and his voice sad.
"We don't know that it's Ezra's blood," Nathan said, trying to soothe Chris.
"Yeah right, Nathan." Chris rose and walked back to his truck. Grabbing a
napkin, he walked back to the blood. He wiped the spot with the napkin, getting
back up when the napkin had some of the blood on it. "We'll get this analyzed,
A.S.A.P, and find out for sure if it's Ezra's blood."
Nathan and Josiah could tell, from Chris's tone of voice, that he already
believed that it was Ezra's blood. "Let's head back," said Chris as they
got back into Chris' black truck.
*****
An hour later, all of them met back at their office to report their findings.
"None of my snitches would say a thing," said Vin.
"Buck and I couldn't find anything new," sighed JD.
"We found some blood on the street about five blocks from here. Chris took a
napkin down to forensics, to have the blood analyzed," said Josiah. He paused
for a moment, "He's positive that it's Ezra's."
"Do you think it is?" wondered Buck.
Josiah nodded, "I do. But, I'm hoping that I am wrong."
*****
Twenty minutes later, Orin Travis and Chris walked into Team Seven's office.
They could all clearly see the guilt, anger, and fear in Chris's eyes as he
opened his mouth to speak. "Melinda analyzed the blood and the results were
positive. The blood's Ezra's."
"Oh God," whispered Vin as they all absorbed the news.