DETECTIVE EDWARD WHITTACKER barely made the briefing on time, jogging to the mirrored door to the boardroom and stopping to tuck in a loose corner of his shirt. He hated to be late. Actually felt a burning anger in his throat at the thought of it. He opened the door and walked stiffly to the back of the room, determined not to react to the eyes of other officers following him. As he took a seat, a detective he knew from Robbery turned and leaned over the back of the chair in front of Whitt. “How’s Barnes?” the younger detective asked. “Still kickin’?” Whitt felt his face flushing. His former unofficial partner, Detective Tate “Tox” Barnes, was deeply reviled across the Sydney metropolitan police department. His grievous wounding in a fight with Regan Banks was hardly tragic news. Whitt knew it wouldn’t be long before this hatred for Tox, and for Whitt’s partner before him, Harriet Blue, would turn on him. “Detective Barnes is recovering well,” Whitt said. “He’s not receiving visitors. But the doctors tell me he’ll likely be up and about in a couple of weeks.” The young Robbery/Homicide detective gave a theatrical sigh. “Well, you know what they say. Only the good die young.” The officers around them sniggered. A senior detective came in and began the progress check on the Banks investigation. There were sightings of Banks all over the city to run through. Most were unsubstantiated, panicked calls from elderly women after hearing bumps and thumps in their yards in the early hours.
慢跑到會議室的鏡門，停下來塞在他襯衫的寬鬆角落。他討厭遲到。一想到，他的喉嚨裡就燃起了憤怒。他打開門，僵硬地走到房間的後面，決心不對跟隨他的其他軍官的眼睛做出反應。當他坐在座位上時，他從搶劫案認識的一名偵探轉過身，靠在惠特前面的椅子靠背上。
“巴恩斯怎麼樣？”年輕的偵探問。
“還在踢呢？”惠特感到臉紅了。他的前非官方合夥人泰特（Tate）“ Tox” Barnes偵探在悉尼大都會警察局深深地受到譴責。在與里根·班克斯（Regan Banks）的戰鬥中，他傷勢慘重，這簡直不是悲慘的消息。惠特知道，對Tox的仇恨不久就會到來，而惠特在他之前的搭檔Harriet Blue會激怒他。惠特說：“名偵探巴恩斯恢復得很好。” “他沒有接待訪客。但是醫生告訴我，他可能會在幾週內醒來。”這位年輕的搶劫/殺人案偵探發出了戲劇感。 “好吧，你知道他們在說什麼。只有好年輕人早逝。”他們周圍的軍官輕笑著。一名高級偵探進來，開始對銀行的調查進行進度檢查。整個城市都有銀行的踪影。大部分婦女在清晨聽到院子裡的顛簸和顛簸之後，都沒有得到老年婦女的充分證實和驚慌。
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