JC: Ed Biggers
Part 3: Expansion
Chapter 16
By
Lazlo Zalezac
Copyright (C) Lazlo Zalezac, 2004

John had been working a case in which children were being 
swapped in a sex ring. The preliminary information they had was 
that the children were actually children of the members of the sex 
ring, kept in ignorance and serving only as sex toys. When the kids 
became too old for the pedophiles, they would get dumped in a 
large city to fend for themselves.

As John, Ed, and Leroy moved into position behind a van in front 
of a middle class suburban house, Ed looked around and noticed a 
large number of cats were gathering in the area. Looking up, he 
spotted crows sitting on the rooftops of several houses in the 
neighborhood. He knew that the Gods and Goddesses were 
providing bodyguards for John. 

The three men crouched waiting for the proper time to move. The 
house seemed to announce the evil within and it was making Ed 
sick to his stomach. He knew that it would only get worse when 
they entered. All three men were wearing headsets with 
microphones. John checked his watch and waited until eleven 
o'clock. At that time, he whispered into the microphone, "Go!"

They stood up and walked around the van. Ed watched the two 
agents that were already at the front door as one of them shouted, 
"FBI, we have a warrant."

The other man kicked the door. As it burst open, the men ran 
inside with weapons at the ready. Only a step behind, John and Ed 
followed them with Leroy bringing up the rear. The room they had 
entered looked like any room in a middle class neighborhood. The 
couch and chairs faced a color television. It was a picture of 
complete normality, but the effect on Ed was almost 
overwhelming. It hid a lie of disgusting proportions.

The center of a fabric-covered wall was false. With his truth sense 
working overtime he pointed to the spot. John stopped at the same 
spot when he noticed a cat sitting there. It was a cat from outside. 
Ed, still feeling ill, waited with John while the FBI searched the 
rest of the house. There were so many lies to expose in this house.

The agents came streaming into the living room. One turned 
angrily to John and spat, "There's no one here and nothing to 
suggest that anything wrong is going on."

John pressed the center panel of the fabric covering the wall. Much 
to the other agent's surprise, the panel swung open giving access to 
stairs down to a basement. Ed stood looking at the stairs for a 
moment dreading what he was going to see down there. John said, 
"If I'm not mistaken, it is down there."

The FBI agents ran down the stairs. As a shot rang out, Leroy 
stepped in front of John in an attempt to protect him. Ed noticed 
the protective move that Leroy had executed; it was the first honest 
thing he had seen since entering the house and it made him smile. 
An answering volley followed the shot. After silence fell over the 
house, John softly spoke into his microphone. "We need the nurses 
now. Call in an ambulance."

Ed, stomach churning, followed John and Leroy down the stairs. 
The sight that greeted him was sickening. The room was filthy and 
smelled of urine, semen, and shit. In a corner of the room was a 
bed with cameras surrounding it. Pictures of children engaged in 
various sexual acts were hung up on the wall. Some of the pictures 
showed kids with kids, but the majority of pictures were of adults 
abusing the kids. One very large picture showed a man with his 
cock in the ass of a four-year-old boy. The boy's face was twisted 
in pain while the man in the picture was grinning excitedly.

John and Ed stared in horror as a naked little girl about eight years 
old begged one of the FBI agents to leave the man alone. "I'll give 
you a real good blowjob if you are nice to my uncle. Would you 
rather fuck me? I've got a real tight ass, you can fuck it if you 
want."

There was a naked boy about the same age making similar 
statements to one of the other agents. Leroy looked at the wounded 
man on the floor with handcuffs holding his arms behind his back. 
He was naked, his cock slick from recent sexual activities. 
Apparently, they had interrupted him while he was having sex with 
one of the kids. Next to him was a handcuffed woman. She was 
protesting the treatment of her husband. Looking up at the people 
in the room, she suggested, "Go on, fuck the kids. I know you want 
to. Just let us go."

Ed looked at the entire scene still feeling sick to his stomach. This 
whole room reeked of lies. He started when John pointed to some 
notebooks he had found behind a secret panel. "Agent Mauz, the 
notebooks here should contain all of the records that you will need 
to bring down the rest of the ring."

The agent went over to the shelves and glanced in it. Putting 
gloves on his hands, he picked up the notebook on the top of the 
stack. He opened it whistling as he read the contents. In awe, he 
said, "This logbook contains everything they've done. It looks like 
there are at least two hundred members in this gang and at least 
three hundred kids being abused."

Agent Mauz picked up one of the photo albums and shook his 
head. Inside there was a picture of each kid and a description of the 
types of sex they had been trained to perform. He looked up at 
John. "This is a catalog of kids."

Ed shook his head at the audacity of these people. Angry, he went 
to the women and knelt down. "Are there any other hidden panels 
here?"

She spat at Ed and answered, "No."

The dissonance in her voice said that she was lying, but he had 
expected that. He asked, "Is it along this wall?"

"No."

Ed looked around the room and saw another wall that screamed lie 
to him. He pointed at the wall and said, "Gentleman, there's 
another secret panel here on this wall."

One of the agents looked around the wall and found a seam. He hit 
the wall and the panel opened. The door lead to another room with 
cells. Stepping inside, Ed could see that most of them were empty, 
but there were two with a child in each one. These kids were even 
younger than the two in the first room. Both kids were naked and 
filthy. Each cell had a simple pot for them to use as a toilet. The 
stench in the room was overwhelming and Ed backed out.

The nurses from social services came into the room and took 
charge of the children. One of the children in the cell was hungry. 
She looked at the nurse and asked, "I'm hungry. Are you the one 
I'm supposed to fuck for supper?"

The nurse stared at the girl in shock at the revelation that these kids 
had to perform sex in order to get something to eat. Leroy heard 
the news with disgust and walked away. This perversion of all that 
he held dear sickened him. His dad had often preached about evil, 
but he doubted even his father had seen such evil as this. He 
swallowed trying to keep the bile from rising.

Even as the nurses were dealing with the kids, the kids in the main 
room were continuing to offer their sexual services. The little girl 
was lying back on the bed fingering her underdeveloped vagina 
and trying to look sexy. A nurse was trying to get her off the bed 
and into some clothes. Once the little girl understood that the nurse 
wanted her to get dressed, she exclaimed, "Oh, I get it. You want 
me to wear a costume while I eat your cunt."

Disgusted by what he was seeing, Ed knew he had to expose the 
rest of the lies in this house. He returned to the woman. "Are there 
any other hidden panels?"

She glared at Ed, as she answered, "No!"

The lie ripped though Ed. Disgusted, he turned to Agent Mauz and 
said, "You will have to take this house apart board by board. There 
are still more secret panels hidden around here."

Agent Mauz looked at John and Ed in awe. He said, "You guys are 
as good as I was told you were."

"It's a shame that we have to deal with monsters like these two," 
replied John. He added, "Thank God we have men like yourself 
working hard to protect us from them."

Somehow, Agent Mauz found himself thanking John for his praise, 
"Thank you."

John asked, "Can you take it from here?"

"Yes, we can."

"Good," replied John. He added, "I'm going to the hotel to take a 
shower and try to wash this filth off me. We'll be at the Federal 
Building later this afternoon."

"Alright."

The man shouted at the agents, "Leave us alone. We aren't doing 
anything wrong. These kids like being treated like this. They want 
us to fuck them. Listen to them begging for it."

Ed listened to the rants of the man with disgust. The horrible thing 
was that this man actually believed the nonsense he was spouting. 
His words rang true and it made Ed wonder what kind of sick past 
could lead a person to pervert right and wrong to such a degree.

One of the agents looked like he wanted to kick the face of the 
pedophile. He moved as though he was going to kick a soccer ball. 
Another agent pulled him back shouting, "Don't do it. He'll walk if 
you do that!"

Agent Mauz turned to John and Ed. "These kids only know one 
way to please adults and that is with sex. They're going to require 
years of treatment."

"They need to be fed. They are used to getting food in exchange 
for sex. Feed them constantly. Make sure there is always food 
available for them. Don't worry if they get a stomachache, they 
need that more than any thing else right now." John sighed as he 
looked at the kids in the room. They were all dressed. The nurses 
had used his tactic to get them dressed. 

A very disheartened Ed walked up the stairs followed by John and 
Leroy. The nurse that had fled the room below was sitting on the 
couch crying. Leroy put his hands on her shoulder and rubbed her 
shoulders and back. As he massaged her shoulders, he sang an old 
hymn. That and his touch eased her tension. She looked at Leroy, 
"How can such animals exist?"

"You insult animals by comparing those monsters to them. The 
kids need some food. See if you can find something here to feed 
them. You don't have to go back down there."

The nurse hugged Leroy and said, "Thanks."

"You're welcome."

Ed had watched the interaction between Leroy and the nurse with 
satisfaction. It was clear to him that Leroy was proper husband 
material. In the midst of such ugliness, he had reacted with proper 
outrage to the evil and the proper support to the injured. As the 
men walked out of the house, Leroy stopped and threw up onto the 
rosebushes. He wasn't embarrassed by his action. He turned to the 
other two and said, "I have never seen such evil in my life."

John frowned and answered, "I have. It never gets any easier to 
deal with it. I leave feeling dirty just by having stood next to 
them."

Ed nodded his agreement. Right now he felt like he had waded 
through a shit filled sewer. He said, "It's always hard when the 
victims are innocent children."

Leroy wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and said, "They 
aren't innocent children anymore. Those sick bastards in there have 
twisted them. Let's get the hell out of here."

The men returned to the hotel where each of them showered, trying 
to wash the filth from their bodies and spirits. The raid had been 
much harder on Leroy than John or Ed since it was his first 
experience with unbridled evil. It had been tough on Ed because 
his last case had dealt with the very old and now the very young. 
The two cases pointed out how unscrupulous people easily 
exploited both ends of life.

Sitting around the hotel room, the three men discussed the events 
of the morning. They ate a poor lunch; the typical steak complete 
with broccoli and thick cut french-fries. Ed and John had laughed 
at Leroy's reaction to the thick cut french-fries. 

After lunch, the topic of the raid was raised when Leroy asked, 
"How can such evil exist?"

Ed answered, "It has to do with the number of people. Even if a 
small fraction of the population, say one out of hundred thousand, 
is completely without morals, it can lead to a large number of evil 
people. When you take into account the number of people in this 
country, then that gives you over three thousand evil people. We 
just took two of them today. Tomorrow, when we complete the 
raids, we'll get another two hundred or so."

John nodded and said, "There are very few exceptionally good 
people, perhaps about the same number."

Remembering the lectures of his father on good and evil, Leroy 
thought about what John and Ed had said. Leroy said, "My father 
said that we had to be ever vigilant against evil or else we would 
be corrupted."

"That's true. If it harms none, then do it. It's very easy to violate 
that rule and with each violation, it becomes easier to violate. But 
that just makes you a bad person, not the kind of evil person that 
we saw today," replied John.

Nodding his agreement, Ed said, "These people violate the rules by 
preying upon the weak and they do it intentionally." 

"So you distinguish between bad and evil people?"

Nodding his head, Ed said, "There is a difference between 
someone who kills in a solitary crime of passion and a serial killer. 
They both kill, but one does it in violation of the first rule while 
the second does it in violation of both rules."

The men sat around the room, each lost in his thoughts. The 
morning had been rough and it forced Leroy to reconsider what he 
understood love to mean. As Ed watched Leroy, he knew that 
within a day Leroy would accept the conditions of marriage within 
the family. 

It was later in the afternoon when John left to visit the FBI office, 
Leroy went in his room to take a nap, and Ed took a walk to clear 
his head. Walking down the street, Ed came across a park. 
Noticing a bench, he went over and sat down next to a young 
mother. There were swings, slides, and teeter-totters filled with 
kids. Ed smiled as kids squatted to play in the dirt and as others ran 
screaming. Little girls jumped rope, singing songs that had been 
handed down from older sister to younger sister for centuries. 
There were games of hopscotch and jacks being played along the 
sidewalks.

The mother, feeling uncomfortable about the strange man sitting 
next to her, asked, "Which one is yours?"

"None, but my wife is expecting a child," answered Ed with a 
pleasant smile. A child took a little spill and ran to his mother 
beginning to cry only within sight of his mom. He watched as the 
mother comforted the child with a hug and just a little attention. It 
was funny, but the child didn't seem that hurt until she reached the 
mother. Suddenly the little scrape became a very serious injury. Ed 
smiled at the scene.

The woman looked suspiciously at Ed and asked, "So what are you 
doing here?"

Not recognizing the source of her suspicions, Ed answered, "We 
arrested a pedophile this morning. The kids we found had been 
twisted and warped by the treatment they had been given. I came 
here to see kids as they are supposed to be."

A look of horror spread across the woman's face as she looked at 
Ed. He was watching a young child go down the slide for the first 
time, conquering his fear and finally sliding down to the waiting 
arms of his mother. His eyes misted at the sight, truly touched by 
the ability of the young to seek out challenges and conquer them. 
He wondered when adults lost that ability. The woman asked, 
"You really arrested a pedophile this morning?"

In a very soft voice, Ed answered, "Yes. Tomorrow we get the rest 
of them. You'll hear about it on the news tomorrow night."

Croaking, the woman asked, "The rest of them?"

Turning to look at her, Ed answered, "Yes, but don't worry. As 
long as I draw breath I shall fight to protect the weak from the 
strong."

A number of kids suddenly formed a game of tag. As they chased 
each other around the playground, there were screams of laughter 
and joy in movement. Ed smiled as one kid tagged another and ran 
off taunting the first. The woman said, "You make it sound like a 
crusade."

"It is," replied Ed. Still watching the children play, he said, "I can't 
wait for our child to be born. We're going to play hide and seek, 
Hunt the Bug-Eyed Monsters, study dinosaurs, watch the stars 
through a telescope, and dig for rocks together."

The woman, having a child, smiled and said, "There's changing the 
diapers, cleaning up after them, cries in the middle of the night, 
and sitting by their bed when they're sick. It isn't all fun and 
games."

Ed added, "And throwing up on your shoulder when you burp 
them after a feeding. I know that it isn't all fun and games."

The woman laughed and said, "Sounds like you know what to 
expect. Don't be surprised when it is a little tougher than it 
sounds."

Nodding, Ed heard the truth in her words. He stood and said, 
"Thank you. I should return to my hotel. Tomorrow is going to be 
an ugly day."

The woman watched Ed walk off wondering if he had been telling 
her the truth about pedophiles. Too late to act on it, she realized 
that she should have gotten his name to report to the police.

Returning to the hotel, Ed found a naked Leroy sitting on a chair in 
the living room of their suite. A strange look was on Leroy's face. 
Ed sat down in a chair and asked, "What's the matter?"

"I had a strange dream," answered Leroy.

"Oh? Want to tell me about it?"

Ed hadn't realized that Leroy could blush as brightly as he then 
demonstrated. He also noticed the twitch of the black man's cock. 
Flustered, Leroy answered, "I dreamed I was giving you a 
blowjob."

"So how was I?" asked Ed with a wink.

Leroy got even more flustered as he replied, "It was just so real to 
me." 

Sitting down on the chair to remove his boots, Ed asked, "So how 
was it?"

"You seemed to enjoy it."

Pulling off his socks, Ed said, "I know that we've talked about it a 
couple of times in the past, but you really don't seem comfortable 
with the idea of sex between men."

The black man stood and started to pace around the room. His 
feelings on the matter were conflicted. Leroy finally blurted out, "I 
just don't know if I'll like myself after doing something like that."

Ed stood up and pulled down his pants. His briefs were next to go. 
After a good stretch, he sat down on the chair and said, "I know 
exactly what you mean. You keep thinking that afterward you'll 
look in the mirror and say to yourself that you're a faggot."

Surprised to hear Ed say exactly what he thought, Leroy turned to 
face him. He said, "Yeah, something like that."

"Will I have any respect for myself afterward? How could anyone 
respect me?" Ed waited a minute for his questions to register. He 
then added, "Yet at the same time, you wonder what it would be 
like to actually suck a cock."

"Exactly," replied Leroy.

Sitting back in the chair, Ed watched the black man pace the room 
with nervous energy. As Leroy came back to the chair and sat 
down, Ed said, "The most horrible realization is when you 
understand that you actually love a guy. You haven't had sex with 
him, but you know you love him."

Leroy slumped in the chair and looked up at Ed. Mute, he nodded 
his head.

Ed continued, "I think it is harder admitting that you love a man 
than it is to have sex with one."

Leroy looked over Ed and knew that Ed had captured his feelings 
exactly. His dream had showed him how simple it would be to 
have sex with a man. Leroy asked, "Do you mind if I try with you? 
I mean, if I start to do it and find that I can't…"

The laughter rolled easily from Ed as he considered the request. He 
said, "Sure. If you find that you can't do it, I suppose I can always 
finish it by hand."

Leroy laughed at the image of Ed jacking off in the middle of the 
living room. Shaking his head, he said, "I was just imagining you 
sitting there jacking off."

Ed went over to the table and poured himself an iced tea. 
Returning to his chair, he took a sip of the beverage. Leroy 
watched him, wondering when Ed was going to suggest that he 
start. Not realizing that Leroy wanted him to say that it was time to 
start, Ed was more than willing to let things stay as they were. Ed 
sighed, "This is great. Sitting here relaxing with a nice ice cold tea 
and good company."

Sitting in the chair across from Ed, Leroy was anything but 
relaxed. Glancing down at Ed's cock, he was trying to build up his 
courage. Wondering if Ed was making him wait purposely, Leroy 
asked, "So aren't you going to tell me when to start?"

Surprised, Ed answered, "Hey, it's when you want to do it. That's 
your call, not mine."

"Sorry," replied Leroy. These guys were so low-pressure that it 
was impossible to believe they were for real. He added, "I guess I 
thought you would say now and it was up to me to put up or shut 
up."

"I wouldn't do that to you. No, when you're ready you'll let me 
know. If you find that you can't go through with it, just stop," 
replied Ed as he took a sip of his iced tea. To him this kind 
approach was the only way to go about it.

"Okay," said Leroy. He took a deep breath and was about to say 
that he was ready, but his nerve failed him.

Picking up the hotel television guide, Ed started checking out the 
channels available on the television. There was only a single news 
channel available and he didn't particularly like that one. He set the 
television guide back on the table. Sighing, he said, "There's 
nothing any good on the television."

Lost in his thoughts, Leroy didn't answer. Without intending it, his 
eyes were focused on Ed's cock as he relived his dream. The dream 
had been very detailed and explicit. He took a deep breath and 
moved across the room to kneel in front of a very surprised Ed. 
Reaching out, he touched the cock and slowly lowered his head. 
Before his head touched the cock, he paused to look at it. 

Despite the lack of warning, Ed found himself getting turned on. 
His cock erected, engorging with blood in time to his heartbeat. It 
didn't take long for it to become fully erect.  The hardest thing for 
Ed was to resist was the desire to grasp Leroy by the head and 
lower him onto his cock.

Leroy, after his pause, lowered his head and took the cock into his 
mouth. For a long minute, he stayed motionless with the head of 
the cock in his mouth. With a sudden shiver, he started moving his 
head up and down the shaft as his hand worked the base of the 
cock. 

Enjoying the sensations, Ed started moving his hips in time to the 
sucking action of Leroy. Experienced enough in receiving 
blowjobs, Leroy timed his movements to coincide with the 
movements of the hips. He started to get into it, realizing that he 
had a different kind of power over the other man. Heart racing in 
his chest, he licked and sucked for all he was worth. 

Knowing that this was the first time that Leroy had given head, Ed 
allowed himself to move quickly towards orgasm. Before coming, 
he told Leroy, "I'm going to come soon."

Leroy didn't stop or slow down. Ed started making grunting noises, 
hoping that would let him know that he was about to come. Giving 
Leroy one more chance, Ed said, "I'm going to come."

Ignoring the warning, Leroy sucked even harder on the cock in his 
mouth. He sped up the movements of his hand, hoping to bring Ed 
off even quicker. His reward was a mouthful of come. Surprised, 
he froze as more come flooded into his mouth. With nothing better 
to do, he pulled his mouth off the cock as another jet of come arced 
out and splattered his lips. Not knowing what else to do with the 
mouthful of come, he swallowed it.

Bending down, Leroy sucked Ed's cock into his mouth again. The 
come now dribbled out of the cock. Leroy cleaned the head of the 
cock and swallowed. When the come stopped flowing, he looked 
up at Ed and said, "I can do this."

"You do it very well," replied Ed with a smile on his face. He 
asked, "How do you feel?"

"Fine, I'm a little horny though," replied Leroy hoping that Ed 
would return the favor.

Ed was about to respond when the door of the room opened and 
John entered. Leroy, kneeling on the floor in front of Ed, wiped 
cum off his lips. John smiled, "Darn, I'm too late to watch."

Ed laughed and replied, "Too bad!"

Leroy looked around embarrassed at being caught kneeling in front 
of Ed with come on his lips. John walked over and put a hand on 
his shoulder and said, "I hope it wasn't too bad."

Still embarrassed, Leroy replied, "No it wasn't bad at all."

Ed grinned and said, "Good, because I enjoyed it a lot."

As his stomach growled, John said, "If you guys wouldn't mind, 
I'm rather hungry. Let's go out and eat somewhere."

Ed looked down at Leroy and saw that he was hoping for blowjob 
in return. Winking at Leroy, he mouthed, "later."

When Leroy nodded, Ed jumped up and answered, "Sounds great 
to me."

Moving slowly, Leroy stood up. His cock was at half-mast having 
wilted partially on John's arrival. Looking down at his cock, unable 
to hide his disappointment, he answered, "Okay."

As Leroy headed to his room to change, John called after him. 
"When we get back, we'll take care of your needs."

Leroy smiled. "Sure thing."

Once everyone was dressed, the three men gathered in the living 
room to discuss what kind of food they wanted. Ed suggested that 
they get some seafood and everyone agreed that it would make a 
good change from the lousy lunch they had eaten earlier. As they 
left the room, John said, "By the way, we are likely to have a 
police escort there."

When asked about the events, John explained that he had been at 
the site of a hostage situation. He suspected that the detective in 
charge had put the two patrolmen on duty to make sure that John 
didn't experience any problems during his stay. After a short 
discussion, the three men decided to invite their escort to dinner. 

When they stepped out of the hotel, John went out to the curb and 
looked for the police car. It was parked fifty feet down the street. 
With a jerk of his head, he indicated that the others were to come 
with him. He walked up to the police car and tapped on the 
window. The two cops inside looked at each other. Finally the 
driver rolled down the window, "What can I do for you?"

John smiled as he answered, "Well, we were thinking about eating 
seafood tonight. Since you are following me, it just might be easier 
for everyone if you joined us."

The two cops looked at each other, knowing they had been made. 
The sergeant had told them to watch over John and to keep trouble 
away from him. The driver finally said, "Okay, get in the back."

The three men squeezed into the back of the squad car. As John 
settled himself in the center, he said, "Take us to the best seafood 
restaurant in town. Price is no object, but quality of food is."

The partners discussed it quickly and then the driver pulled away 
from the curb. At a traffic light, a woman stared at the men in the 
back with single-minded intensity. Every one in the car noticed the 
attention. Leroy got a smile on his face and winked at John as he 
held up his hands as though he were cuffed. The woman's eyes got 
very big. When the light changed, the cars were quickly separated. 
Leroy laughed and said, "I just made her day. She's going to go 
home and tell everyone that she saw three criminals getting hauled 
away."

There was a general laughter in the car. John asked the officer, 
"Hey, I know it is a crime to impersonate an officer of the law, but 
is it a crime to impersonate a criminal?"

The officers in the front of the car chuckled. Ed asked, "If it is a 
crime to impersonate a criminal, then by impersonating a criminal 
you become a criminal at which time it ceases to be a crime and 
you cease being a criminal."

"I've always said you should be a lawyer," teased John knowing Ed 
generally didn't like lawyers. They tended to offend his truth sense. 

The driver asked, "Who are you? I've never seen so many of the 
brass step all over themselves for someone before."

John answered, "I'm John Carter. The gentleman on the right is 
Leroy and the other is Ed."

The passenger introduced himself, "I'm Harry Albertson and my 
partner is Jay Brown."

Jay explained, "I've known Inspector Kosta ever since I joined the 
force. He never says anything nice about anyone. Today, he stated 
that you were a better detective than he could ever hope to be. So 
who are you?"

Know how John felt about praise, Ed answered, "John's just a 
regular guy that shows up in the right place at the right time and 
does the right thing."

Looking out the window, Leroy swore, "Damn, some guy back 
there is stealing a Rolls Royce."

Harry jumped to attention and said, "Must be that car theft ring 
we've been trying to crack. I'll call it in."

The officers started to react, when John commanded, "Hold on, 
don't call it in. There's a car lot up there. Pull in there. Harry, I 
want you to use Ed's cell-phone to call the duty sergeant and fill 
him in on the details about the car theft. Include the fact that they 
aren't to put anything on the air. If this is an organized car theft 
ring, they'll be monitoring the police radios."

"Sounds good."

"Here's what we'll do. We get two cars at the car lot. We'll take 
turns following the rolls until he gets to his final destination. We'll 
set up a three-way conference call and use it to get backup. We'll 
have to hurry."

The driver pulled into the car lot. The cops got out and opened the 
back door so that the passengers could get out. The five men ran 
into the building, grabbed the manager, and explained the situation 
to him. In three minutes, they were back on the street in two cars 
racing to catch up to the rolls. The driver of the stolen car was cool 
and didn't speed or break any traffic laws.

Jay was driving the car with Ed in the passenger seat while John 
and Leroy were in the car driven by Harry. The two took turns 
following the rolls, keeping in contact via the three-way 
conference call. The sergeant listened as they relayed details about 
the location of the car. 

When the rolls finally pulled into a darkened warehouse, the car 
with John and Leroy was following. Ed waited in the other car a 
block away wondering what was happening. Listening to the cell-
phone, he learned that John was going to spend the night watching 
the warehouse and would call in if anything happened. He worried 
until he noticed a number of stray dogs headed in John's direction. 
He muttered, "May the Gods and Goddesses watch over you John 
Carter."

Jay asked, "What was that?"


