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A disbarred lawyer who has business w Slice. So interesting that they still have malls. Could they somehow make a comeback? The gf gushed about the vid, much to Eve's chargrin.
They forged her signature on those business papers.

Walter talked of Lyle. How he fought hard, Slice wanted Lyle to be a leader in the gang. No. Dinnie lied about her past to gain sympathy. Lyle seemed like a good guy. Peabody speculated about Crack and Rochelle. He gave her earrings for Valentines Day. Serious. They go to the DnD.
Crack paid 10,000 dollars for those earrings. They are insured. He wants her to move in.
Central. A lady took umbrage w Eve's language

Had a lil more inisght on the trio.

Her CI. She is sickened to think a case of hers could be why he dead. He went to her once a kid got beaten up by two members. She busted them on selling to someone else. He then fed her info. Dinnie would give him. She is dating the sponsor. He came in. Talked to Eve. About Dinnie bothering Lyle, et, they were buds
Then off to the apartment w Rochelle and her bro Walt. She found some items missing. The neighbor

Peabody gave 20 to the sidewalk sleeper who helped. Said Peabody has puppy dog eyes. Eve tagged Reo for a maybe warrant for the HQ, but didn't need it. The leader is racist re the Dragons. ( Chinese gang. C-word. ) Detective Strong from Illegals knew Lyle. She was on the bust, visited him in prison when he asked- to apologize. She started to believe he was turning a corner. Some ex friends came around, Dinnie. He

Her and Peabody discuss the case, the sloppy work. They arrive at the scene. Dinnie was brutally killed. Officer says the area was Neutral zone.
Are the three idiots wanting a turf war? Dunno.

They talk to the gang members who think they are tough. Word is that Dinnie was at work. Underground? She gives Roarke a big ol knife. He had a police issue stunner already. Dinnie is MIA. Roarke says that once the nice weather sticks around, the start of the pond work would start. A paraphrase of the take care of my cop. She meets up w Peabody at the morgue. Morris gave her some insight. Eve gets the call re Dinn

Beat cops show up and get the trio to leave. Dinnie was known. Not bright. They go see if she is in the flop.

Need help. Then three dudes came up. Left laughing. Peabody off to Central. Eve and Roarke went to Crack's. Rochelle identified the girl- Dinnie. Roarke will get them a car so she can go tell her family. He's family, Rochelle works for him, and Lyle is Eve's. They go to a seedy part of town where the gang live. Had some words w three idiots. One threw a rock and it bounced off the car shield and knocked the girl out.

Was alive when she left to meet Crack. He had been in jail, ran w a gang. But clean. They found him dead in a chair w a syringe sticking out of his arm. Crack stopped her from going to Lyle, comforted her and called for Eve. Her and Roarke go. Eve sees signs of murder made to look like an OD. Roarke calls Peabody. McNab was w her. A neighbor had a lot of info. A girl came up to get Lyle to open the door. Pretended