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are the Morgaine family. None of the family were present today, they are on vacation; so no
speculation on who might have been targeted” he was saying when Corrigan interrupted

“Was this a Syndicate hit?” he asked

“I can’t say for certain, we’re waiting on Forensics to determine the type
of explosives used, when we know that we’ll let you two know first. Four
Force officers were called out to a disturbance in the Casino by staff; and
were responding when the explosion happened. Two of those officers are
dead, two are in critical condition. This is where I want your discretion.
Two of the male Force men were The Chief’s sons, Frankie and David,
David is dead, Frankie is in a critical condition at Mercy Creek. You can
imagine how the Chief is right now, so I will be your point of contact for reports on that
matter. Jenny I’d like you to cover the hospital and public side of reporting; the female
officer that was in the car when the explosion happened was shielded from the bulk of the
blast. That’s Nancy Ferris, you two went to school together, and you can probably bring in a
personal angle there. Here’s the rub though. She was due to go on Maternity leave; the
hospital hasn’t said if she’ll lose the baby. You know her husband Manny too; her brother
Juke is the other dead officer.” Jenny nodded approval but you could tell this had shocked
her. “Corrigan I want you to cover the investigation side of things, you’re good at the in
depth interview. There’ll be the usual political cronies jumping on the bandwagon, that’s
your best quarter. I’d like you to start with the Black Guard, they’re going to handle any
further incidents of this kind, and their expertise in the explosives field is greater than
Forensics. Now; here’s the stuff I need you to keep a lid on till we know more. I’ll give you
the head’s up when we know. It’s possible this bombing might be related to a murder that
happened this morning. I can tell you that the Assassins Foundation is involved. Corrigan
you might want to take an investigation report later on this as we have reason to believe the
Caveat Brigade are involved” Corrigan smiled. Jenny asked

“Who was the victim this morning?”

“Jaden Whelks” Lomax replied “I was married to his Granddaughter until two weeks ago
when our divorce became final. Krank and the Chief want a Media block on that incident
still. If it’s as we suspect, we may have a Syndicate push going on. I trust you two to keep a
lid on things; we don’t want any Media speculation to spark an escalation. We can ill afford
a repeat of the Turf War of ’99. So if you get wind of any of the other Media vultures poking
their noses where they shouldn’t let us know”

“Have you had word with your Ex yet Steve?” Jenny asked

“Not yet, but if she wants to talk with me she’ll get in touch. That’s all for now; one other
thing that might help with this Casino investigation. We’ve already contacted the weather
service as they had one of their drones over the area around the time. Could you ask your
operators and the other media teams to send us footage from around the time? It could be
something was caught that would help. As I said I’ll be giving a Conference
in two hours. And don’t be afraid to ask for protection. I know the Black
Guard would help there. I’m going back to HQ. Krank’s handling anything
to do with the Chief Jenny, so after the Hospital see him”. A shout came
from behind them they turned to see a Guardsman carrying out the body