New Add-On Story "To Catch A Thief"

[Susan]

Sorry about that I guess I'm not good at add on stories. I did NOT mean to say your character WAS a thief! Peace!
I threw that in as a "red herring" and the real thief was someone else.
Come on now, can we try again?
I'm sorry for the misunderstanding.

 

[Susan]

The next day, Chief Brighton calls Brenda and Nadia into the office.
"Lim, Marshall, I should fire you both. Smith's lawyer just called us. He's suing for false arrest and slander."
"But we were sure, that was where-"
"No excuses. Now, find whoever gave Hatano the note in the first place. This looks like misdirection."
"Sir, I think we'd best ignore the media leads and find our own."
Chief Brighton smiles. "Nonsense. The more I talked to that young man, I wondered why the Osaka Police Department missed recruiting him 10 years ago. He would have made a great cop."
"Yeah, if-"
"I will fire you both if you don't chase that lead down. Start looking for an alias called 'M'."
"Yes, sir."

Chief Brighton steps to the door a few minutes after they leave. Seeing no one, he moves to his personal locker in the room. He pulls out two items: a golden poodle statue and a new digital camera. He uses the cell phone in the bag to call someone. "T. Is that you?" "Yeah, it's me. Will-" "W to you. Come over here quick. I got your week's pay. So you don't have to talk." "W, then. Thanks much and be sure to have next week's." "yes." stroke of genius, Will. No. . .maybe luck. Marshall, Lim, those secret agents, and Hatano are smart. I will give them that. but as long as I have them all on wild-goose chases, first Smith, now this "M" guy. . .none other than me, ha.

 

[Susan]

 

[Boy Wonder]

I'm takin aback! And I have WB!

 

[Susan]

I will edit -this- reply later to be the resumption of the story, or, if you want to try again, I will begin a new story with the same characters (except the new one that you will need ).
I threw in two clues that you could have noticed though:
First of all, Chief Brighton was not a Christian.
Secondly, remember earlier in the story, the post when I first introduced the reporter character? who told the officer that the thief was a member of the police department?

 

[Susan]

Brenda and Nadia sit on the bench in front of the police precinct. "I have no idea what is going on. There is no record of anyone named 'M' here, we are facing a lawsuit, and still, nothing."
"Same here."
Christiana walks by, then turns around. "Hey. At least you don't think I'm incompetent. The boss did, and put Vic and I on another case. However, you may like this."
"What is it?"
"I was running my hidden camera scanner. Picks up video feed from hidden cameras. A longshot, but I thought that if that reporter's bag was anywhere around, and one of the cameras had been switched on. . ."
All three stare at the tape. "That's Chief Brighton!"
"he stole the bag!"
"And the poodle!"
"Does he know about this?"
Christiana laughs. "Totally undetectable. Let's go to Judge Hansen and get search and arrest warrants, and put in a phone call to your department's Internal Matters division."
Nadia picks up her phone. "One thing first. Get John Smith's lawyer on the phone and see if we can apologize to Smith after Chief Brighton's arrest."

 

[Susan]

Seven months later. . .
Brenda is walking out of the city courthouse. The trial of ex-Chief William Brighton has ended with a verdict of guilty on 12 counts of grand larceny and one count of obstruction of justice.
Nadia meets her in the parking lot. "The last man I would suspect to do that! I never thought-"
"I guess anyone is a suspect, no? So did you hear that as an apology for what happened, we were promoted?"
Nadia looks shocked. "Promoted? Where? I'm only getting used to working this division."
Brenda looks at the paper announcing their new assignment. "Bunco Division."
Nadia stares at her. "Bunco? What is that first of all? I skipped that class in the academy."
"Basically, investigating frauds and potentially fraudulent operations."
"Oh! Now I remember."
Norie Hatano waves to them. "Thanks for getting my bag back, ladies."
"Sergeant Lim, Officer Marshall, please."
"Whatever. Not only am I able use my expense account for something other than replacement of all this, and not only do I have even my old laptop back. . ."
"What do you want to tell us?"
"I was going to invite you and those spy people to dinner-"
Brenda begins to walk away. "I don't know about Christiana and Victor, but we police cannot accept gratuities for doing our job-"
"-To celebrate my new employment as a city correspondent for the Times!"
"The Los. . .Los Angeles-"
"Yeah, they saw my not so good writing and hired me on the spot. So I will be in the media room at the station whenever you police there have anything to say. See you there, ladies."
Just don't cause problems for us, Brenda thinks. "Well, since you're here, maybe you could come to church next Sunday?
"I'm very busy this week, getting resettled in America after leaving three months ago," Norie replies. "Maybe sometime."

Watch For Next Installment Soon: Add-On Story "Bunco Division."