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Chapters (95)
  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. One
  6. Two
  7. Three
  8. Four
  9. Five
  10. Six
  11. Seven
  12. Eight
  13. Nine
  14. Ten
  15. Eleven
  16. Twelve
  17. Thirteen
  18. Fourteen
  19. Fifteen
  20. Sixteen
  21. Seventeen
  22. Eighteen
  23. Nineteen
  24. Twenty
  25. Twenty-One
  26. Twenty-Two
  27. Twenty-Three
  28. Twenty-Four
  29. Twenty-Five
  30. Twenty-Six
  31. Twenty-Seven
  32. Twenty-Eight
  33. Twenty-Nine
  34. Thirty
  35. Thirty-One
  36. Thirty-Two
  37. Thirty-Three
  38. Thirty-Four
  39. Thirty-Five
  40. Thirty-Six
  41. Thirty-Seven
  42. Thirty-Eight
  43. Thirty-Nine
  44. Forty
  45. Forty-One
  46. Forty-Two
  47. Forty-Three
  48. Forty-Four
  49. Forty-Five
  50. Forty-Six
  51. Forty-Seven
  52. Forty-Eight
  53. Forty-Nine
  54. Fifty
  55. Fifty-One
  56. Fifty-Two
  57. Fifty-Three
  58. Fifty-Four
  59. Fifty-Five
  60. Fifty-Six
  61. Fifty-Seven
  62. Fifty-Eight
  63. Fifty-Nine
  64. Sixty
  65. Sixty-One
  66. Sixty-Two
  67. Sixty-Three
  68. Sixty-Four
  69. Sixty-Five
  70. Sixty-Six
  71. Sixty-Seven
  72. Sixty-Eight
  73. Sixty-Nine
  74. Seventy
  75. Seventy-One
  76. Seventy-Two
  77. Seventy-Three
  78. Seventy-Four
  79. Seventy-Five
  80. Seventy-Six
  81. Seventy-Seven
  82. Seventy-Eight
  83. Seventy-Nine
  84. Eighty
  85. Eighty-One
  86. Eighty-Two
  87. Eighty-Three
  88. Eighty-Four
  89. Eighty-Five
  90. Eighty-Six
  91. Eighty-Seven
  92. Acknowledgements
  93. About the Author
  94. Also by David Swinson
  95. Thank you for buying this ebook, published by Hachette Digital.

“Here’s your choices, then—drop me off, and I guarantee you both will get arrested, or let me talk to him, find out what he knows about the murder, find out where he sold my property, and that’s the end of it. I won’t bother you again, or I can recommend a good defense attorney and you work it out that you or both of you turn yourselves in. It would be to your advantage if you did this before they get warrants. You give everything up, and in my experience you’ll probably get some kind of deal, especially if Biddy or you has information about the homicide.”

“I got to look after him.”

“I figured that much, you risking everything because of him. But I’m at my wit’s end here, so make a decision or I’ll make it for you and call Detective Hurley right now.”

“I gotta find him. Then I’ll call you,” he says.

“When?”

“Tomorrow morning the latest.”

He turns to face me.

“I’m probably a fool for trusting you.”

“No, you’re not.”

He fiddles with something near his lap. I lean forward to get a better look. It’s the money I gave him. He tries to hand it to me through the slot.

“I don’t feel comfortable taking this until you two meet up.”

“Keep it. I trust you,” I say without meaning a word of it. I have a sense for these things, and I know now after he tried to give me back the money that he’s full of shit. It’s something you know after years of dealing with all kinds of people. I’m sure I’ll get a call in the morning, but he’ll have one excuse or another for why he can’t find Biddy.

He slips the money under his lap.

“All right, then” is all he says.

After he drops me off, I watch him drive off. I walk quickly to my car. I still got what I need in my backpack, so the plan is to drive right back to Diamond’s house and sit on it for as long as I gotta.

Forty-Four

Forty-Four

I don’t think taking the side streets made much of a difference as far as time is concerned, but it’s always a good policy to do that if you think you’re being tailed. I got lucky with a good parking space. It allows me a view of the front entrance of Diamond’s house and the cut leading behind it. Whatever route he uses, I’ll see his car.

Since I like to keep up with what’s going on locally, especially when it concerns me, I tune the car radio to WTOP.

More rain in the forecast. That’s always a good thing. After the commercial break, first thing on the local news is about Jeffrey Baldwin.