Lizzie and David prepared to join the raid scheduled later in the afternoon. The armed robbery series they were working happened to dovetail with a suspected cocaine ring. As a standard measure they both had donned Kevlar vests under their jackets; they’d be entering the premises right behind the squad members with the battering ram.
“You ready, Zim?” her partner asked.
“Ready as I’m going to get,” she confirmed. “Still want to go in high and right?”
“Yep,” David replied. “Course I do. You got way less to travel to get low than I do.”
Lizzie grinned. “Let’s do it.”
They’d already gone over the full briefing in preparation for the afternoon’s event, but Lizzie and David talked it over again on their way to the scene, as was their usual habit. They rendezvoused with the rest of the team
