CHAPTER FIVE
Quite a lot happened in the twelve minutes it took for O’Malley to show up. For starters, the patrol car from the A1 was not the first vehicle to arrive. A news van came to a screeching halt in front of Avery’s apartment building. She watched three people get out from her broken window: a reporter, a cameraman, and a tech guy, unspooling cable from the back of the van.
“s**t,” Avery said.
The news crew was nearly set and ready to go when O’Malley pulled up. Another car came inching in behind him, nearly careening into the news van. She wasn’t at all surprised to see Finley getting out. Connelly was apparently positioning Finley to move up in the ranks—perhaps to even fill Ramirez’s shoes.
She scowled at the news van as she watched Finley give the reporter a piece of his mi
