Chapter 26

The Fed gave them all a tight smile. “Good, don’t give them a chance to compare stories. We’ll have at least one singing like a canary in no time if my experience is any clue. The spiffy one will be tight-lipped, and he’ll make bail before daybreak.”

Last, they checked the one who’d been shot. It was a clean wound, high in the right shoulder. He was bleeding but not heavily. The Fed shrugged, a bored expression on his narrow face. “Should we call the EMTs?” No one said they should.

After a few seconds, Perry volunteered. “I’ll transport him to the hospital and stand guard until they release him to go to jail. I don’t think it’ll take long. Clean the wound, maybe bandage it, and shoot him full of antibiotics. Then he’ll be good to go.”

They bedded the wounded man down in the back of Perry’s unit. He seemed to black out again while they were getting him settled.