Them That Chase

The full map of Avalon Gardens HQ. July 8 (con't) Wren and Danny had lunch at a cafe across town from the Avalon Gardens HQ. Danny was former SWAT with the Denver PD: all the guards with Instant Deterrent were either former cops or former military. Danny hesitated upon learning Wren was with the FBI, but he was too charmed to push back and relented with no more than a promise not to talk about his work at Avalon Gardens. Danny didn't relax, though, until he got up from the table and went to the curb to vape. Wren noted he was in a hurry, like he was rushing to the bathroom. There was an expectation of embarrassment, of pain, if he wasn't fast enough.   He'd left his phone case behind, and his case had a pouch with his credit cards and Avalon Gardens security badge, marked with the code K3. She lifted the badge and a few cards, hoping he wouldn't notice until later and mistake them as a random robbery. Sure enough Danny didn't notice when he got back to the table...

A map of the Avalon Gardens HQ as the Agents have scouted it. July 7 (con't) A clerk at Lindsey-Flanigan Courthouse set the team up in a conference room with the evidence in Radomir Reznik's now-shuttered case. Wren and Rex took note of a handbag and wallet with a driver's license, credit cards, and member card for the Missouri state teachers union in the name of "Suzanna Carmichael." That lined up with a receipt from Demver Greens Dispensary. with the memo line "Suzy." for a vape pen and four cartons of juice. A call to Ms. Carmichael quickly satisfied Wren that she wasn't a person of interest she had been visiting Denver over the holiday and, though she wouldn't admit it, had clearly bought some weed to take back home. Reznik must have been waiting outside the store and snatched her bag, and she was more worried about her employer learning about her weed habit than having her ID and credit cards stolen. Malachi took a closer look at the vape di...