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When he went into the station, Paix felt hunted, watched. But no one said a thing. In the pre-shift briefing, though, the Commander told them that the second of Caddy's friends had been found strangled.
"Kanhu, you're on this, obviously. And I've got a Detective Constable coming from Precinct 2 to help out."
Everyone glanced at each other, and Paix thought: what did the poor guy do to deserve this?
C.K. just nodded. By the way he moved, Paix suspected he'd been drinking already.
After the briefing, Paix went to C.K.. "You need help?"
"Naw, I sent a couple Probies to pick up Crab. We measure his hands, his feet, and it's a done deal."
"What about his team?"
"Look, Hanger, we get him, we stop the killing." C.K. swayed a bit. "I just want this to be over."
"I don't think it's him.
