Raider sighed. “Fine. Just explain what’s happening. Then I’ll decide if I want to invest the rest of my funds with you.” He leaned in, keeping his voice hushed. “And don’t forget that I have the other half of the journal and evidence, Eddie.”

Eddie flashed his teeth. “I haven’t forgotten. But I went through what you gave me, and none of it is catastrophic. Especially after all this time.”

Raider let his own teeth shine. “You didn’t think I’d give you the good stuff up front, did you?” Yeah, he liked throwing Eddie’s words back at him.

“No.” Eddie straightened. “Okay. Rex?”

Rex typed more, read, typed more, and then nodded. “The money is there, and I’ve traced at least two of the deposits to the Lagaretoes in Thailand and the Norts in India.” He looked over his shoulder. “You’re dealing in more than drugs and antiquities, my friend.”

Raider let his face go stony. He couldn’t overplay his hand. Those trails had been added by Brigid early this morning after Angus had come up with the idea. Perhaps they could get Eddie to give them the information they needed. “Wrong.”

Eddie eyed him. “I know those organizations. You’re part of the game.”

Fuck, Raider hated that term when used with human trafficking. None of this was a game. He was going to take these assholes down if it was the last thing he ever did. “I don’t know you well enough to discuss my other businesses, Eddie.” He didn’t have to force hardness into his voice this time.

Eddie’s gaze turned calculating. “Maybe we can do more than launder money together.”

That was the plan. “We’ll see.” Raider pointed toward the screen. “Now explain what’s happening.” Eddie had just received confirmation that the money was dirty, so if he was ever going to trust, it was now. Before he found out the actual money wasn’t going to arrive in the other accounts. For now, it was all numbers on a screen.

Eddie nodded. “All right. Here’s the deal. We’ll take your funds and funnel them through our businesses in small amounts, watching for any alarm bells on the way. For this kind of transaction, we’ll use hair salons, a couple of nonprofit organizations, several churches, art galleries, and so on. It should take about a week or two, and then we’ll form several corporations together and plant seed money. You can use the corporations to create new businesses or cash out. But I figure you have enough cash.”

“I do.” Raider scratched his head as if the concept was overwhelming, which it would be to anybody unfamiliar with laundering money.

“We do cash differently, for obvious reasons,” Rex said while still typing away.