Ambition 3: A Billionaire Romance (Driven) by Landish Lauren

Author:Landish, Lauren [Landish, Lauren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-10-22T07:00:00+00:00

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The next night, I had another contact to make, this time for the first time meeting someone face to face. Or at least he thought so.

The roof of the Federal building was cold, but it was safe. It was just past eleven at night, and I hoped my meeting would go quickly so I could get home before one in the morning. Seven hours of sleep was a luxury.

"You up here?" I heard, then a stamping of feet and hands rubbing arms over a heavy jacket. Bennie Fernandez may have been a good attorney, but he wasn’t prepared for the winter cold. He was dressed in a full length heavy parka, looking for all the world like he was getting ready for a winter blizzard instead of just a conversation on a clear winter night.

"You look uncomfortable, Prosecutor," I said, keeping my voice pitched. "You should try getting a job in Dallas or something."

"Very funny," he replied. "You know I'm breaking about half a dozen volumes of the laws I'm supposed to be upholding just talking with you up here. What do you need?"

"Francine Berkowitz," I said. "You have your eyes on her?"

"My boss does, I don't," he replied. "She's a very big fish, like in Washington level. There are plenty in the DOJ who would like to see her taken down, but she's got a very tight game. Nothing that can be proven, nobody willing to talk. And she's got political allies. Why?"

"If I bring you direct evidence of her collaborating with a street gang to incite violence at the new community center that is opening up next month, think you can get something done?"

Bennie thought about it. "You're going to make me famous if you do. I'll take the case myself if the evidence is damning enough. What do you have?"

"You might have to wait for it," I replied. "I have a recorded conversation between Edgar Villalobos, the head of the Latin Kings, and someone claiming to represent the Union discussing a collaboration. But I don't have Berkowitz herself on tape saying anything."

"That would be helpful. You can get some heat on Berkowitz, but she's got enough connections and a high power team of lawyers. No way could I get even an indictment without either testimony, a confession, or her on tape, preferably high definition audio and video. You do that, I can get an indictment on at least a RICO charge."

"I'll see what I can do," I said. I turned away, but Bennie's voice called me back. "Yes?"

"You're doing more than just gathering information for me, I know that," he said. "But how long are you planning on keeping this up? Your luck has to run out some time."

I leaned against the side of the building and crossed my arms over my chest. "How long are you planning on trying to take down the corrupt assholes I keep bringing you? You know eventually one of them is going to get off on some technicality on appeal.

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