“There’s some argument in the office. My second believes that the girl here would make a good witness. Apparently she remembers numbers quite well,” Scarsdale said. “One of the pages that ended up missing had a series of numbers that might or might not have been accounts.”

“Oh, they were accounts.” Lisa was happy to have something to do with her hands. “I’m pretty sure they were Cayman accounts. I could write them down for you.”

Scarsdale looked slightly ill. He stepped back from the bar. “No. It wouldn’t help anything at all. No one is going to believe some waitress can remember numbers like that.”

“She’s an accountant,” Remy shot back. “With a master’s degree. I think she can handle a few numbers.”

Scarsdale stood up, his shoulders straightening. “Well, I think it’s a bust and law enforcement moved too quickly, and all on the word of a twenty-nine-year-old working on her first big job. If we lose this case, it makes my whole office look soft. I’m not willing to risk that. Now, if you have any other questions, I hope you’ll refer them to my admin.”

Remy stood up, too, getting in Scarsdale’s way. “And what about her? What about Lisa? She’s the only one who can corroborate those books. Why wouldn’t Vallon come after her?”

“Vallon isn’t violent,” Scarsdale replied.

“What about the men he launders money for?” Remy wasn’t letting this go. He sounded a lot like her brother in that moment.

Scarsdale sighed like the whole thing bored him. “I don’t know who they are. If I did, I would be able to indict them.”

“But you suspect,” Remy shot back.

The lawyer shook his head. “Suspicions don’t form a case. I can’t put my reputation on the line when all I’ve got is one woman’s memory as my witness.”

“She’s the only witness,” Remy pointed out. “Give me one good reason they don’t come after her.”

A long sigh went through Scarsdale. “Why would they come after her if we’re not going to prosecute?”

“Because they know damn well someone with more balls could get your job the minute politics change, and then they’re fucked. I would take her out if I had skin in the game.” Maia shook her head Lisa’s way. “Which would be a shame because you’re the only one who knows how to make a real martini. But I would totally have you offed.”

“I understand.” She passed Maia the second martini.

“The police aren’t going to give her protection on a case that isn’t being prosecuted,” Scarsdale said.

“So what you’re basically saying is you don’t care.” There was a dangerous tone to Remy’s words.