- About
- Bottoms
- Up
I
- hope
- you
- will
- enjoy
- reading
- this
- story.
- It's
- about
- a
- detective,
- Dick
- Reeder,
- whose
- career
- was
- in
- a
- downward
- spiral.
- To
- boost
- his
- confidence,
- his
- Chief
- gives
- Dick
- what
- he
- believes
- to
- be
- an
- easy
- case
- to
- solve.
- Uniforms
- nabbed
- a
- stoned
- teenager
- dumping
- large
- water
- cooler
- bottles
- into
- the
- City
- Reservoir.
- Analysis
- of
- the
- substance
- shows
- it
- to
- be
- plain
- tap
- water.
- Dick
- works
- the
- case
- with
- some
- buddies
- on
- HomeLand
- Security.
- Things
- are
- not
- what
- they
- seem.From
- the
- story:
He
- could
- see
- the
- perp
- sitting
- there,
- handcuffed
- to
- the
- table.
- Dick
- liked
- making
- perps
- sit
- and
- sweat,
- but
- he
- felt
- it
- took
- longer
- than
- necessary
- for
- the
- agents
- to
- return.
The
- agents
- stood
- next
- to
- Dick
- and
- looked
- at
- the
- perp.
- Harry
- spoke.
- "Sorry,
- Dick,
- we
- were
- waiting
- on
- the
- analysis
- of
- the
- substance."
"Water?"
- Offered
- Dick.
"Water.
- His
- heart
- meds
- checked
- out
- too."
"Glad
- I
- waited.
- You
- gonna
- work
- him
- now?"
"You
- bet.
- Come
- in.
- You
- can
- watch."
It
- was
- difficult
- keeping
- the
- perp
- awake.
- When
- he
- was
- responsive,
- he
- did
- everything
- he
- could
- to
- help
- the
- agents
- by
- confessing
- to
- every
- charge.
- Whenever
- they
- paused
- in
- their
- questioning,
- he
- fell
- asleep.
The
- agents
- finished
- in
- just
- a
- few
- moments
- so
- Dick
- asked
- if
- he
- could
- continue.
- He
- left
- the
- room
- and
- returned
- shortly
- with
- two
- large
- paper
- cups
- of
- coffee.
Dick
- gently
- tugged
- on
- the
- sleeping
- perp's
- forearm.
- "Clark.
- Wake
- up.
- Coffee."
- He
- checked
- his
- clothes
- and
- haircut.
- Not
- a
- street
- kid,
- but
- nothing
- special
- either.
- He
- checked
- Clark's
- arms
- and
- hands
- for
- history
- and
- saw
- there
- were
- no
- indicators
- that
- he
- used
- a
- needle.
- He
- had
- chemical
- burns
- on
- his
- hands
- hat
- reminded
- Dick
- of
- his
- own
- lab
- schooling.
- Clark's
- speech
- gave
- hints
- he
- was
- sobering up.
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