253 mandatory leave

After hearing Ruiz's arrangements, Jimmy continued to review files. It seemed there were no opportunities for fieldwork at the moment. The cases were either closed or pending intelligence from the surveillance team, and he felt like he spent most of his days buried in various documents.

Before noon, Ruiz came out again, "Jimmy, come in."

Jimmy stood up and entered Ruiz's office. Ruiz took a deep breath and then said to Jimmy, "Hughes just called me. Go to Hughes's office."

Jimmy was startled, blinked, and said, "What for? Hughes is so busy, why is he suddenly focusing on me?"

Ruiz waved his hand, "Just go if you're told to go. GO!"

This was an indication of a bad mood, the kind where even an explanation seemed too much to give. Jimmy turned and left the office, circled back to the area where Peter and the others were, and Hughes's office was right here.

"Hughes, you wanted to see me?" Jimmy knocked on the door and called out to Hughes inside.