Total pages in book: 75
Estimated words: 71095 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 355(@200wpm)___ 284(@250wpm)___ 237(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 71095 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 355(@200wpm)___ 284(@250wpm)___ 237(@300wpm)
“Look the other way at Emerald Isle, and I’ll do it.”
“That’s my business, Father. One of my most lucrative. That’s worth at least two favors.”
The way she spit out Father, meant Sadie was all business now.
“Maybe so, but as far as you or your daughter are concerned, I’m just a man offering a safe haven to victims of trafficking. Got it?”
“Fine. You’re still the good priest the tri-cities think you are.”
She let out a bitter laugh, and I held my breath to hear the end of the audio.
“Now, what do you say we get out of here?”
The audio ended before I could hear Mueller’s response.
“Wow. Gives some theories a bit more perspective, that’s for fucking sure. Sadie met Mueller for dinner like they were BFFs, and she asked him to off somebody. That wasn’t on my radar. Or the Feds.”
“To be fair,” Beau laughed. “I don’t know what else they were doing if you get my drift. Surveillance followed them to Siren Hotel & Casino but the audio wasn’t relevant, so it’s been scrubbed. Officially.” Which meant it was still lurking somewhere in the NSA archives.
“I get it.”
“What are you going to do?”
I stared at Beau from the passenger seat. “That’s the fucking question, ain’t it? First order of business is to figure out who the fuck Sadie wanted dead.” That was likely a long list to start with, but it had to be personal since Jasper wasn’t present.
“I cleaned up the audio the best I could because I’m not sure that’s what she said, but right now it’s as clean as we could get it.”
“I appreciate it, man. I’ll start looking into this Burns character.” Which meant instead of going back to Maddie, I was headed to the precinct for hours and hours of research. “Thanks, Beau.”
“Not a problem. I expect a wedding invite.”
I smiled at the reminder. “Two weeks from today, Ma’s backyard.”
“Not too soon?”
“When you’re sure, why wait?” He’d find out about the baby soon enough. “If you need anything,” I told him and slipped out of his black sedan and into my car.
I had a hell of a lot of work to do. Sadie fucking the priest. Jasper’s offer. The baby. Maddie’s sister. The wedding.
And now, to find out what Sadie knew and who she wanted dead.