Lee had no idea how this happened. One moment he was sitting on a bar stool
waiting to meet his contact and the next he was being shoved against the
wall. "Officer, I can explain," he said to no avail. For whatever reason, the
intrepid undercover cop couldn't care less what his reasons were.
"Save it for the Judge," she barked at him. Grabbing his wrist, she twisted
his right arm around his back, pulling it up between his shoulder blades. He
winced in pain as the metal cuff cut into his wrist. Next, the bully, shackled
his left wrist in the other cuff and frog-marched him out the door.
He was unceremoniously dumped in the back of the squad car and driven to the
local police station where he was finger printed, photographed, locked up in
a holding cell, and promptly forgotten about.
He called out until his voice was horse for his one phone call, but that
fell on deaf ears.
Finally, after the morning shift-change, he was escorted to a bank of
telephones. He placed a call to Billy and explained that the meet never occurred
and that he needed some help getting out of a sticky situation. The woman who he
thought was his contact turned out to be an undercover detective with the
Vice squad, and she promptly arrested him when he gave her the code phrase "I
want to hold you."
Billy laughed so hard that Lee had to wait ten minutes for it to subside.
Billy assured him he'd take care of the problem and Lee would be released
shortly.
It took another two hours for all the charges to be dropped and for Lee to
be released.
He made his way back to the Agency, and just as he was making his way up the
stairs to the Q-Bureau, the door in the Georgetown Foyer swung open and a
furious Amanda stormed through complaining about his forgetting to pick her up.
He hated to disappoint her, and promised to co-sign on an Agency loan for
her. She smiled at him. The smile that said he was her hero and it brightened
his whole day.
Of course, if he ever found out which nit-wit came up with the code phrase,
he was going to kick some serious ass.
End
Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, etc. are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. No money is being made from this work. No copyright infringement is intended.