[Daniels has just given Damien Price's money back to him]
Hey, what the fuck? Let me guess, the Deputy? How's he got onto this so quick?
I told him.
You told him? Why would you be fucking telling him?
He's the Deputy for Operations, and I just jacked up an aide to a state senator. How do I not tell him?
Yeah, Lieutenant, if you've noticed, there hasn't been a complaint so far from the senator. And you know why? Because what the fuck is his driver doing coming out of the high-rises carrying that kind of money?
That's what I told the Deputy.
Yeah, and what did he say? We should mind our own business? Fucking give the man back his money and go the fuck away?
Pretty much. Except he said a few things for my benefit, too. Like how I had shit all over him. Like how he was shutting us down at the end of this week.
The fuck he is.
We're done. I go past Friday, and I'm buried. He told me that.
He's gonna bury you? For what? You're doing your fucking job.
You think the job is going to save me? You think it's going to save you? Chain of command, Detective. That's all I got from the Deputy today.
Chain of command? Well, did you tell your major about the senator's driver? Did you tell the Colonel? No? Then where's your fucking chain of command?! What's the shift lieutenant doing going up the back stairs to the Deputy Ops?!
What are you saying?
Nothing.
Goddamn right.
Why, he got something on you? You say you got the Deputy's ear. What the fuck's he got on you?
Only rank, Detective.
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