Moments for the Heart

Hey fellow Weekend Writing Warriors. Diving into a new month. The countdown to the end of they year begins. While I don’t particularly care for October, I would love to just jump to November, I can stomach through it. Ugh, I shouldn’t say stomach though. It has been a bad week for me. Had a bug all week. It has been so tough to write and even as I write this I am so far behind on my client work. Honestly, I shouldn’t even be writing this. But I needed the break from the work, that and its after 11PM on Friday night. And gotta get that snippet to the followers.

Well, without any more rambling, let’s get to our snippet. We are continuing in Chapter one of The Transference II. (Sorry if I titled this with The Five Barred Gate II. My bad.) You can read all about this book here.

You can catch up on past snippets here.

SYNOPSIS:

Given that I am only four chapters in, I am still working on a full synopsis:
This book will take place roughly four years after the events of the first book.

Masters has retired and Grady now leads the team. All seems well until a series of murders take place that resemble the killings four years ago. Grady receives a call from Masters that he has discovered something at a local warehouse. A gun runner is using a long forgotten facility. Are the two events related? As the team is split between the two events that are tearing apart their city, it is a matter of time before an old enemy resurfaces and extends a challenge none of them expects.

>>>If you are curious about the first novels snippets, I have them archived: Here is a link to them if you want to read up on The Transference <<<

SNIPPET:

Sorry. My link said The Five Barred Gate II, but we are still in The Transference II. Last week we left Grady speaking with LaCrosse, his lead Detective. He was given news that he was with Masters the evening before he disappeared and was distraught.

—First, here is a the tail end of last week’s entry:

“As far as I know, he was headed home. He didn’t say anything about going anywhere else. Or meeting you. I know that’ll be your next question.”

“Where are you now?” Grady asked.

“Probably same as you, heading to the station.”

“10-4. We’ll talk more there. See you soon,” Grady said and disconnected the line. |


::Last week’s entry ended a scene. We pickup in the following scene. Grady is in the restaurant and we switch perspective to the two officers he saw walking in earlier::

“That there is one of the best Detectives on the beat,” Clarke said to his companion.

The new officer looked over his shoulder at the one Clarke was nodding to. The Detective was in clean-pressed jeans, a blue buttoned-up shirt, and his boots shined; he looked like he was meeting someone important.

“Detective James Gradiosa. But, everyone calls him Grady.”

“How long has he been on the force?” the newbie asked.

“Five years with us in Savannah. Ten years altogether. He spent some time up in Atlanta.”

“Ten years, and he runs Major Crimes?”

::There is your ten (or so). Here is a bit more to finish the scene.::

“I see you’ve done your homework. Yeah. He runs upstairs. It was Daniel Masters gig until he retired last year. No one else his senior wanted the position, and Maters and Atwater wrote him a glowing review. The big boss took that for what it’s worth and put him in the position. He deserved it, though. No one can run a case like him or a team.”

“What about you?”

“Psshh. You couldn’t pay me enough to be a Detective. That’s Ryan’s thing.”

“Ryan?”

“He was you before you,” Clarke explained. “They had a big case a few years ago. Things went south on our end. Then, they needed one of us to help them out. He was sent over to assist and pretty much stayed over there. He was eventually promoted to Detective.”

“Weren’t you his senior?”

“Yes, but again, that’s Ryan’s thing. I want to be out here on the street. And the more I train and get promoted, the more it looks better on me. So, if I get you trained and promoted, it makes me happy. So, pay attention, rookie.”

“Yes, sir,” the rookie said.

Bridgette interrupts their conversation. “So, what can I get for our boys in blue this morning?”

“Good morning, Bridge,” Clarke said. “I’d like you to meet our newest of the finest. This is Officer Timothy Anders.”

“Well, good morning, sweetie. It is a pleasure to meet you,” Bridgette said, extending her hand.

Officer Anders slowly lifted his arm to meet Bridgette’s hand, “Sorry. Firearm training this morning. Those suckers have a kick. Guess I’m still learning to deal with the aftermath.”

Clarke rolled his eyes to Bridgette, who laughed.

“So, are we ready or do you need a bit more time?”

Introducing different characters here. Clarke was a side character in the first book who was partners with the alluded to Ryan. Ryan joined Grady’s team as a fill-in and now is a permanent part of it. Clarke’s level is the street cop for the Detective’s. They will make appearances now and then. It is always fun to introduce new characters though. This Timothy Anders, so much we can do with him.

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THIS WEEK’S WRAP-UP:

THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT:
Thanks for reading this week. And for your continued support.

What a terrible week. No one likes being ill and having to work, run a home, and continue on with the norm. But it is for the most part out of my system and I am getting back to normal. The bad part is that I think I passed it onto my wife. Now the husbandry of taking care of her begins. The sad part is that I know how she feels and how miserable I was during it. Say a prayer y’all. And have a great weekend and enjoy your health if you have it.

Catch up with everything even writing a blog. You can read it here, Please check it out.
Here’s to living the dream. God bless Writing Warriors!!

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In His Exciting Service,

Jeff S. Bray

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