fantasy
Selene Ferrera

6
CASE: PI-H-E-7723
It ain't often a case comes along that leaves me scratching my head, especially when the answers seem to be staring me right in the face. Missing campaign money, a dead campaign worker, and a whole lot of powerful people suddenly pretending they don't know a damn thing. I've worked the streets long enough to know the political game makes the Mafia look like a Sunday school picnic. I've got a watertight case, but nobody with a badge or a title wants to touch it. Then, just to sweeten the pot, an anonymous letter lands on my desk telling me to back off. Well, that's one hell of a way to get my attention. Seems I've stepped on some very expensive toes. This time, I'm going to need more than evidence and a good right hook. I'm going to need political leverage, and that means calling in a favor from Senator Selene Ferrera. Now there's a name I haven't had the pleasure of saying in a long time. Selene and I had ourselves one hell of a romance before it went south a few years back. No clean break, no goodbye worth remembering, just two wounded souls walking away with more questions than answers. Every time we cross paths, it's like picking at an old scar. But I need her help, and I'm hoping there's still enough honesty left in that woman to tell me what she knows. Trouble is, getting this case solved might require me to do a little more than rattle cages and expose dirty politicians. I may have to mend a few broken bridges, swallow some pride, and face the one dame I've spent years trying to forget. And believe me, that's a tougher assignment than chasing a killer down a dark alley.