On the way back, Jimmy's phone rang, and he pulled out his cell to glance at it, it was a call from Tom, Jimmy answered and switched to speakerphone, placing it on the center console.
"Hey, Tom, still not resting this late?"
"Go to the lakeside where we t last ti." Tom said, and then he hung up the phone straight away.
Jimmy curled his lips, Tom's style was getting more and more bizarre, last ti he had phoned to pick soone up from his ho, this ti he just notified the eting spot directly.
It was on the way back to the police station, so Jimmy took a turn for the lakeside where they'd talked the last ti, not far from the apartnt Jimmy was renting, he was quite familiar with the route.
Jimmy arrived early and parked his car a bit further away, then stood by the lake, spacing out.
Tom ca by car ten minutes later; he must have been far away before. Tom knew where Jimmy lived and how long it would take to get to the lakeside, he didn't realize Jimmy was off duty and had notified Jimmy too early.
Tom took a bag from the passenger seat, got out of the car, and walked up to Jimmy.
Tom: "The previous investigation is clear now, Jimmy, it's your side where the problem lies."
Jimmy was sowhat perplexed, "My side's problem? What problem? Which departnt?"
Tom: "The guy investigating you is from the FBI, but it's not an official action, he just took a private job. The person pushing the investigation is a go-between, that's also why it took so long to investigate."
Jimmy: "Why investigate ?"
Tom didn't speak or move, just gazed at the lake, and Jimmy stood in silence as well. After eting Tom a few tis, he got to know Tom's habit, just wait for him to talk.
They stood like that for several minutes, then Tom spoke up.
Tom: "Jimmy, do you really like your current job?"
Jimmy: "I wouldn't say I like it that much, I currently don't have any particular job I want to do."
Tom: "I've looked over what you've been doing these past three to four months, seems like you didn't take my words from before to heart. I hope you live safely, but you keep getting involved in all sorts of dangerous work."
Jimmy: "Tom, I used to be a worthless drifter, now having a normal job, I'm quite content. I'm very talented, and with so many cases so far, I haven't been hurt once, you should believe that my abilities are enough to protect myself."
Tom shook his head, looking very dissatisfied with Jimmy's response. "Alright, decide on your own life. The investigation is over, I'm leaving now."
Tom turned back to the car, did a U-turn and left, and Jimmy went to his patrol car, back to the station to continue his night shift.
In the morning, Jimmy got ho and went straight to rest; eting with Tom had only revealed that soone had been investigating him, but the reason why was still unclear.
While Jimmy was sleeping, Chief Jas was having a headache – this ti it was a ssage from SWAT, like previously with FBI, DEA, they wanted to pull Jimmy over; such combat ability was too wasted at county police.
Chief Jas already knew about last night's case: Jimmy had once again killed a kidnapping suspect, his combat capacity left no room for doubt, the only problem was, he had killed too many people.
The county police usually handled basic public security cases, and a hotshot that brings death so easily, although useful, made maintaining the outward image difficult.
After much consideration, Chief Jas finally decided to give Jimmy a break. Although he'd been on the job for less than a year, granting a long holiday to cool things off seed beneficial.
When Jimmy got back to the station, he received so good news; Chief Jas had a change of heart and was ready to give him a holiday.
But there was also bad news: the Community College winter exams were coming up, so even if Jimmy had ti off, he couldn't go out and play; he needed ti to review before the exams.
Jimmy's holiday passed quickly, he didn't do much aside from studying, working out, and leisure activities, and after nailing the exams, it was ti to return to the station.
The county police were truly idle when things were quiet, unlike city police, where minor incidents abound in the city, and most 911 calls were about trivial matters, with many cops never firing a gun in years of service.
anwhile, the county police covered a larger area with a population much smaller than that of the city, with proportionately fewer cases. If one really wanted, slacking was entirely possible.
Jimmy hadn't gone out for backup in days and just stayed in the station since he wasn't involved in handling cases anymore, he hardly ever attended court, letting others go instead.
Jimmy was insanely bored, and he recalled Tom's words from before, "Jimmy, do you really like your current job?" It seed Tom knew him well, as right now Jimmy definitely didn't like this idle lifestyle. In fact, Jimmy had missed the point, Tom was worried about the several shootouts Jimmy had been involved in being dangerous, while Jimmy thought Tom was referring to his job at the county police.
When feeling restless, Jimmy particularly disliked staying at the station, he called up Cage and headed straight to the Northwest Division in his patrol car, it was ti to look for so unfortunate souls.
Cage now had trendous trust in Jimmy, just joining for a patrol in the Northwest Division was no big deal, and since Jimmy was quite familiar with the area from his previous patrols, Cage agreed to Jimmy's request right away.
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