That meant he was also the man who tailed Max and Sean from Harrison Monroe’s office.

Nate took the lead. “We have you on felony hit-and-run. We know you are employed by HFM, an LLC operated by Harrison and Faith Monroe. You talk, you may get out of this with minimal time.”

He stared at them.

“Remaining silent isn’t going to help you,” Nate said. “We are going to take down your employers, sooner rather than later, so you should understand that cooperation is at a premium. We already have multiple people cooperating, so if you don’t step up you’re going to lose the opportunity to make a deal.”

Again, Ynez refused to speak.

Nate sat across from him talking about his options, then the guard stepped in. “Agents, the sheriff is here to talk to you.”

Nate stared at Ynez for a good minute, then he walked out with Lucy.

“He’s been inside,” Nate said. “Why’s there no record of it?”

“Because,” the sheriff said, stepping into the hall, “he’s Carl’s cousin. I know Cesar, and dammit, he’s going to tell me where Carl is.”

The sheriff stepped into the interview room followed by Nate. Lucy decided to watch from the observation room, along with another deputy who had accompanied the sheriff.

“Hank’s pissed off,” the deputy said.

“How’s Detective Douglas?” she asked.

“Conscious. Hank and I just came from the hospital. He’s going to make it, in fact already hates being laid up.” He glanced at Lucy, looked her up and down. “Hank’ll tell you, but Garrett is mad at himself, and mad at Carl, but said you got him thinking. Three years ago Garrett’s wife left him, he didn’t see it coming, and it threw him. His daughter had just left for college the day before his wife walked out, and he told Hank that he let Carl run with the case. Garrett’s a good cop, but he was going through a bad time.”

“I don’t hold grudges,” Lucy said, “and I’m really happy that he made it through surgery.”

They listened to the sheriff tell Cesar that Carl was wanted for attempted murder and suspected of a multiple homicide. If Cesar knew what’s good for him, he’d tell the sheriff where Carl was hiding.

But Lucy knew Cesar wasn’t going to talk. He was too seasoned to cave. He would take his chances with the system, might not even care if he went to prison. He worked for a lawyer, might figure the lawyer would get him off.