Ray was clean and no longer smelling like smoke. Therefore, he was happy. He couldn't stand the smell of smoke, especially now that Kowalski had all but officially quit, so he didn't even have to put up with it anymore. Except for at bars and on the job and almost everywhere ever, because it seemed like the whole of Chicago liked the idea of lung ( Read more... )

So they were going out to dinner with Anna - Ray's temporary partner from back when Kowalski was stabbed - and her girlfriend Lila. Personally, Ray wondered if it was such a good idea.

That hadn't stopped him from teasing the hell out of Kowalski, reminding him every second he could about how jealous Kowalski had been, thinking Ray would leave him ( Read more... )

As he was getting out of the shower, Ray thought for the eighteenth time that he should never, ever get drunk again. He always managed to say something to Kowalski that he regretted the next day. Sure, the first time it led to really amazing sex, but that was beside the point.

The point was that this last time, he said something stupid about ( Read more... )

It figured.

It just figured that the one day Ray leaves the apartment without his car, there's a freakin' flash flood. He only left the car behind because he was sick of hearing about how he was single handedly causing the world to end from pollution. Why people seemed to think the Riv was worse at that than any other car, he was never able to ( Read more... )

Name: Ray Vecchio ( Read more... )

It was stupid. It was crazy and stupid and what the hell was wrong with people that they couldn't see it was an open and shut case? The guy - Branson, it was obvious that he did it, that he killed that girl. but no. The jury was obviously blind and maybe deaf too, because they sure weren't paying attention to what was going on right in front of ( Read more... )

When Ray woke up and realized that it was moving day, he wasn't sure if he wanted to stay in bed and ignore it or jump up like it was Christmas morning and he was ten years old again. It was weird to think that in a few hours, he wouldn't live in the house that was left to him ( Read more... )

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY: Ray. Vecchio. Raimundo ( Read more... )