Victorie City #2

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HIS NAME IS BRAHM

ALLVAR. 32 YEARS OF

AGE, 6 FOOT 2 INCHES TALL, 180 POUNDS.

HE HAS

COMMITTED NO FELONIES, NO MISDEMEANORS, AND

NO INFRACTIONS. A CLEAN RECORD, NOT SO MUCH AS A PARKING TICKET.

USUALLY

THE TYPE TO

COMMIT SUCH A

VIOLENT CRIME WOULD

HAVE PRIORS. OL' BRAHM HERE NEVER SEEMED TO BE MUCH OF A BOTHER BEFORE NOW, AT LEAST WE

HOPE

NOT.

WE'VE

RECOVERED TWO

UNIDENTIFIABLE BODIES; ONE MALE, ONE FEMALE, CHOPPED TO PIECES IN

THE TRUNK OF HIS CAR. WE'RE SENDING THEM TO DNA TESTING.


ALLVAR HAS BEEN COMPLETELY CALM SINCE HE ARRIVED, HOWEVER, AND HAS NOT SAID A SINGLE

WORD.

IS THERE ANY

SUSPICION THAT HE'S DONE THIS BEFORE?

...IT'S LIKE HE

APPEARED OUT OF THIN AIR ...WITH MUTILATED BODIES IN THE TRUNK.

WELL,

CHIEF,

THAT'S THE FEAR.

THIS GUY SEEMS TO HAVE LIVED HIS WHOLE LIFE IN VICTORIE BUT NO ONE'S EVER SEEN HIM BEFORE.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE

THIS

SICK

BASTARD GOES

DOWN, BITNER. FIND OUT WHERE HE LIVES AND DIG UP EVERY PIECE OF EVIDENCE YOU CAN.

LET'S SEND HIM

TO HELL AS

QUICK

AS POSSIBLE.


WHY DO YOU DESERVE TO LIVE?


...I JUST THINK WE

SHOULD LOOK AT THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO START OVER

SOMEWHERE ELSE.

...OKAY, WE

THERE'S NOTHING

KEEPING US HERE. LET'S

CAN LEAVE.

GET OUT WHILE WE STILL CAN.

BUT THERE'S SOMETHING I HAVE TO DO FIRST. THERE'S A GIRL, A MISSING PERSONS CASE.

HEKTOR,

YOU'RE SUSPENDED,

YOU CAN'T GO OUT AND ACT LIKE A

DETECTIVE RIGHT NOW.

TH ERE 'S SOMETH IN G N OT RIGHT A BO U T T H IS ONE. TH E FA M ILY D ES ERVES SO M E O N E TO GO TA KE A LO O K AROUND. T H E M O T H ER DOES, A N YW AY.

AND THEN WE GET OUT?

WE CA N LEAVE FOR GOOD, I PROMISE.


ALL RISE FOR THE HONORABLE JUDGE ROCKWELL.

HOW DID HE GET

HE'S A CRAZY

TO BE A JUDGE?

OLD SUNUVABITCH.

'SGOTTA BAD HABIT OF HANDING DOWN

HIGHLY IRREGULAR SENTENCES.

BEIN' A

HARD-ASS

IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE PISSING PEOPLE OFF WOULD GET YOU PLACES.

IT DOES IN

VICTORIE CITY.

THE PROSECUTION

MAY MAKE OPENING STATEMENTS.

WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, IT CAN BE VERY FAST, VERY CROWDED. MAYBE TOO

HECTIC A

LIFE

FOR SOME. BUT ON THE OUTSKIRTS IT GETS RURAL

REAL

REAL

QUICK. THERE

IS PLENTY OF FOREST AND ROOM TO MAKE A

QUIET

LIFE.

PLENTY

OF ROOM

TO BUY A PIECE OF LAND TO BUILD A LITTLE CABIN. MAYBE SET UP A

NICE

BACK

PORCH WITH A FIRE PIT AND HAVE COOKOUTS. YOU CAN GO

HUNTING

IN THE

EARLY MORNING AND

FISHING

IN THE

AFTERNOON.


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