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    Out of the Dust
    Out of the Dust
    Out of the Dust
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    Out of the Dust

    By Ethan Dreilinger

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    TV reporter Bob Roberts thinks he's rolled up on the scene of another homicide in a city that seemingly has one each day. What he discovers though is a murder which is only the tipping point for a day of death and destruction, all aimed to provide cover for a daring museum robbery.

    With ancestry that traces to the days of the Russian Tsar Alexi, Magdelena Romanov Boriskovski leads a small but well trained and controlled group-which includes the number two person in the metro police department into a murderous spree.

    Dodging bullets, and surviving exposions, Robers and Sargent Julie Carlin piece together most of the plot, but then have to figure out who will listen to them.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEthan Dreilinger
    Release dateJun 2, 2011
    ISBN9781458139986
    Out of the Dust
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    Ethan Dreilinger

    A single dad and digital media executive in New York City. So much to do, and so much to learn. Hope I can get it close to right.

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      Out of the Dust - Ethan Dreilinger

      Out of the Dust

      By Ethan Dreilinger & Kristin Benedetti

      Copyright 2011 DTSG, LLC

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      Chapter 1: In the Beginning

      Rolling up on the flashing lights, Bob jumped out of the TV truck while his driver/cameraman Juan ran to grab his gear.  Another day, another crime scene was Bob's thought as he surveyed what has become his normal work environment.

      Standing on a downtown street, yellow police tape hanging off of car mirrors, around trees and utility poles.  Once the police on scene see Bob's truck, many start moving for their cars.  Bob smiles as he sees this.  He knows the uniform officers are actually out of uniform without their hats on.  Its 95 degrees today-who wants to wear a dark blue hat?  But if they are caught on camera when Juan sprays the scene as the assignment desk calls it, they will get fined, lose vacation time or maybe even get suspended.

      Bob Roberts has been around long enough to know not to get any cops in trouble if he can help it.

      Bob turns to Juan Michaels and nods in the direction of most of the activity.  To the north side of the crime scene: police, techs, medical examiners are all kneeling over a prone body on the street.  Not far away is an ambulance with two paramedics sitting on the back.  There is the normal bustle of a crime scene-plastic cards with numbers scattered about, someone taking pictures, cops with notebooks out writing things down.  While Juan starts to grab his shots, Bob heads in the opposite direction.

      At every crime scene, there is a uniformed senior officer, usually a sergeant. Somewhere near the sergeant is the officer whose job it is to keep track of who is at the crime scene.  What time they came in, what time they left and other notes related to investigative traffic at the scene.  At some point, if there is an arrest and eventual trial,

      this poor officer will have to testify to these mundane details, as they set the stage all of the evidence gathered.  The sergeant's job is mostly to make sure the uni's are wearing hats.

      Julie, nice to see you, Bob says as he approaches the sergeant in charge of this scene.  Julie Carlin is a veteran of the police force, and has been a patrol sergeant for five years.  Bob first met her when she was assigned to an undercover unit doing buy and busts at a bar he frequented more than 10 years ago.

      Same old Bob.  How's Nancy? Julie asked, referencing Bob's wife.

      Doing OK. One of the kids is sick this morning, Bob answered.

      Anything worth asking about here? Bob asked Julie turning his attention back to work.

      They are playing this one pretty close to the vest, Julie said.  What is interesting though, take a quick look at the command folks down there.  They emptied out the third floor for this one.  Not sure what that's all about.

      Bob took a look toward the investigative activity, and sure enough two deputy police commissioners were on scene, along with the head of homicide and deputy chief of patrol.  That's a lot of brass for a downtown murder.  Yesterday's crime scene was so run of the mill it took 45 minutes for the medical examiner's van to roll up.

      Thanks Julie.  Best to the kids, Bob said as he made his way along the police tape, and through the on-lookers.  A few recognized Bob, others thought he looked familiar.  One stopped Bob to tell him about a much better story going on a block away.

      There's a house and the lady has like 100 cats in it and it smells.

      Tell you what, why don't you call the station.  555-2322.  Tell them you spoke to me, and I think they should roll out on it.  

      Thanks, I watch you guys all the time.

      Shaking off that discussion, Bob found his way to Juan and pulled him aside so no one could hear.

      Still not sure what is going on here, Bob told Juan as they walked away.  Do me a favor though, very quietly, and so they don't know make sure to shoot a lot of the suits working this scene.  There's a ton of top police brass here, and as of now my sources either don't know why, or won't tell me what's going on.

      Juan nodded as Bob was talking to him.  More often than not over the last two years, Juan and Bob would work together and each day they would usually have the top story in the newscast.  Juan knows what Bob is looking for to tell a story, and Bob knows what Juan will shoot. When a request like this one comes up its a cue to Juan to pay extra attention, so he did.

      In the meantime, Bob worked his way toward the hub of the investigation and tried to catch the attention of one of the suits.

      Bob Roberts, KKIX News, he said offering his hand to the first detective to walk his way.

      Shaking Bob's hand, the detective replied, Not much to say right now.  We are just starting.

      What's with all the brass?

      That's above my pay grade bud.  You'll want to ask them.

      With that the detective turned and walked away, and Bob felt the unmistakable buzz of his cell phone going off on his hip. Roberts.

      Bob put his sunglasses on while listening.

      OK.  But we have something here, we really do. No one is talking and all the police brass is here.

      Bob could feel his face getting flushed.

      No really? Cat house?

      Bob hung up the phone and thought about slamming it off the ground.  Instead he looked around, through the crowd, at the police in uniforms to the south, over his shoulder at the investigators.

      Fuck, Bob said to no one in particular.

      Along the police line he could see the guy who told him about the cathouse smiling.  The big time suits were now standing under a tree in the shade talking to one another, a few had blackberries out punching keys.  Sergeant Carlin was looking at the brass under

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