[Miami P.D. 7 p.m.]

Jack Sparks paced. He sat. He stood. He paced. How the HELL did he get himself into this position! He was only doing his job, after all! Whatever happened to freedom of the press! Just cause he was poking into things certainly didn't mean HE was the rapist! Stupid cops!

And now there were Feds wrapped up in it somehow. He shook his head, knowing he should have stopped digging once the Feds had shown up asking about Kaleb and him mom. But no! He had to play hot shot reporter and try and 'uncover' the plot! Now look at him!

He musta been getting to close. Maybe he was actually on the right track! Geez, it coulda been his ticket into real reporting. Now if he could just figure out what it was he knew that made him dangerous ..

***

Newt was stretching his legs while Paul spoke on his phone in the other room, when he thought he caught a glimpse of September and Flynn head down the corridor and out the door. He frowned and moved to follow them, but when he got to the corner they were gone. He frowned and then headed to the front desk.

"Could you tell me, were there federal agents that just ran by."

The policeman at the desk looked at him in frustration, "Do I look like I watch every Tom, Dick and Harry that goes out that door? I have a job to do here."

Newt looked at the newspaper in the man's hands and nodded, "Okay sure .."

An officer that had just stepped to the desk and heard Newt's question responded, "There are federal agents interrogating that rape suspect."

"Suspect? They got a suspect? Who?"

"Reporter by the name of Jack Sparks."

"Jack Sparks!" Newt said in surprise, pushing his heavy black glasses up the bridge of his nose. "I think I'd like to see him to." He quickly pulled out his ID and showed it to the two policeman.

They nodded and the one at the desk spoke, "Roger'll take you back. Now go on and let me get back to what I was doing."

Both Newt and Roger threw the man a look but neither said anything to him. Roger motioned to Newt, this way Agent Prescott."

"Newt .." Newt responded, "I'm not big on formalities when I don't have to be."

Roger grinned, "Me either. This is actually Norrin's case, but he's gone for the night, so I'll take you back there. I don't know any details though."

"That's okay, I've talked to Sparks before. Never suspected he was the rapist."

"They can be anyone .." Roger said.

Newt nodded, "So I'm finding out." The world was nowhere near as black and white as it had been in his youth.

Paul stepped out of a nearby doorway as the two passed by. "Newt? Where are going, I need some help."

"Oh," Newt stopped, "I just heard that they arrested a suspect. It's Jack Sparks of all people I was going to go talk to him."

Paul smiled, "A wonderful idea. Jack Sparks is just what I needed help with."

Newt frowned, "You knew?"

"I only just found out," Paul said a bit of warning in his voice. "I have my sources, Newt."

Newt blushed slightly. Of course he did. After all he was a higher up within the Bureau. "Of course .. sorry."

"It's all right, son. It's good to question authority on occasion."


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