Ray spit out the sour grit in his mouth and immediately resolved two—no, make that three things: one, to strap another knife someplace easier to reach when he was tied to a freaking chair; b, to sign up for that Houdini escape artist course thing down at the Learning Annex; and third, to never, ever tell Fraser that in a moment of desperation after being roughed up, tied down, knocked out, and locked away someplace pitch black, he'd not only deliberately licked the floor, but that it had worked — and that meant Whiskey Novotny was due for a size 10 kick in the head.
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As the two biggest pains in his bunions poured themselves into the Lieutenant’s office chairs, both reeking like imminent single malt lawsuits, Welsh rubbed at the 36-hour stubble on his jaw, and said, “Can one of you tell me why there’s a wolf puking into my office trashcan when Vecchio’s desk is so conveniently located within staggering distance in the squad room?”Tags: