'The deadline's passed, and that cop, Evan Keller, hasn't come back. Something must have happened to him!'
A flash of glee appeared in Dexter Bishop's eyes at the thought of them kneeling and weeping before a pile of rubble.
'This is what they get for destroying the organization I worked so hard to build!'
'I'll make this bunch of cops feel the same pain I did!'
Relishing the thought, Dexter Bishop closed his eyes, preparing to enjoy the tirade of abuse from Zoe Sawyer and Heath Hale.
'The angrier they get, the happier I'll be!'
But after waiting for a while without hearing any insults from Zoe Sawyer or her partner, Dexter Bishop opened his eyes in confusion. He found the two of them looking at him with a strange gaze.
It held mockery and anger, but none of the grief-stricken fury he had been anticipating.
A sudden, bad feeling crept over Dexter Bishop. 'Don't tell me... my plan failed?!'
'No! Impossible!'
