Angel Killer by Deborah Blum

Author:Deborah Blum [Blum, Deborah]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: cookie429, Kat, Extratorrents
Publisher: The Atavist
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

31

I GET DROPPED OFF at the hotel and call Ailes. I explain Reynolds’s threat to go public with what we’ve asked him, despite our warnings.

Ailes can tell I’m frustrated; he’s calm and soothing. “We’ll figure out how to handle this. We might have to elevate things a bit. Get one of our attorneys to talk to him again. We’ll manage.”

“I don’t know if it will work. He wants to be a martyr. I think he’s hoping we’ll arrest him. I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s already got the post set to go up on a website. He’s the kind of guy who reads about hackers getting busted and wants to be a celebrity.”

“I know the kind,” says Ailes. “That could be dangerous for us.”

I’ve let everyone down. “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.” I’m sitting on the edge of my bed with my head in my hands.

“Easy, Jessica. He made up his mind before you got there. At the very least you may have bought us some time. He probably wrote the post after Jennifer left, just to prove how smart he is.”

I know Ailes is trying to make me feel better. But I screwed up. I thought I’d get here and pout my lips and Reynolds would fold over. I’m stupid. So stupid. I fell for his little argument. Any minute now he could send out his post explaining how we’re interested in his website and how he imagines we’re trying to roll over on him.

The Warlock would most likely see this and know we’ve figured out one of his secrets. He’ll change his tactics and make it harder for us to catch him.

I’d like to think the heat might stop him from his next victim, but chances are he already has them. Swanson went missing days before he showed up in the airplane. We have no idea how long he held Chloe’s twin sister captive. The scars on her body suggest he had access to her for a long time.

Every time you deal with a difficult witness, a light bulb goes on in your mind. What are they hiding?

Part of me wants to think Liam Reynolds is the bad guy. It’s a normal reaction. The last asshole you meet is the biggest asshole in your universe.

Ailes’s and Chisholm’s people profiled Reynolds as soon as we found the website. He’s not a killer. They never would have let me near him if they had any doubt.

Reynolds is just an asocial jerk on a power kick. So deluded that he asks me out after he turns down our request. He’s the kind of guy who sits around in his apartment reading books on how to pick up girls by putting them down and then stutters once he gets a conversation going.

Before I hang up with Ailes, he tells me again not to worry. “If he does anything stupid we can get into his system and get some of what he may have. It may not be admissible in court. But that’s something we can sort out later.

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