Blood and Justice by J.J. Miller

Author:J.J. Miller [Miller, J.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-03-03T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 23

I took a laptop with me to Men’s Central Jail the next morning to show Chip the drone video. I opened the computer in front of Chip and brought up the file. I played the clip and hit the space bar to pause when the first man appeared.

“Do you recognize him?”

“Yes,” said Chip. “That’s Kenny Sutherland. He’s worked for Quinn for years.”

“He works for HardShell?”

Chip nodded.

I grabbed a pen from my inside jacket pocket, pulled out my notebook and wrote the name down. We continued on until all ten men had been identified. All of them were vets, all former private military contractors.

Chip pointed to the bag that one of the men was carrying. “What’s in the bag?”

“I don’t know. But I think it’s meth.”

Chip’s face dropped. “Are you serious?”

“Couldn’t be more so.” I showed Chip the rest of the video, including the clan lab.

“I can’t believe it,” said Chip, flopping back in his chair. “I mean, I knew Quinn didn’t mind pushing the boundaries, but I never thought he’d go that far.”

I closed the laptop and sat down again at the other side of the table.

“Chip, I’m putting the pieces together here because the cops won’t. All they’re focused on is you. I’m convinced there was meth on that run you did.” I didn’t want to tell Chip that Ace had practically confirmed that there was. “And if that’s the case, it was somehow loaded while you weren’t there or you weren’t looking.”

“But I saw what we were carrying. There was nothing but legal cash and weed in that van. I’d checked it all on the manifest.”

“Maybe it was hidden in the van somewhere.”

Chip was lost in thought. “I can’t for the life of me figure out where.”

“Did you ever say anything that might have worried Quinn enough to get rid of you?”

Chip folded his arms and gave it some thought. “Well, I made it pretty clear to the other guys that I wanted nothing to do with any illegal carries.”

I shook my head. “I can’t imagine that would put a target on your back. Was there anything else you said?”

Chip thought some more. After a few moments, a recollection came to him. “The only thing I can remember was… Look, I mean it was nothing. It was silly. I was drunk and just having a joke.”

“What did you say?”

“I told Nate and Bo that there was no way I was going to put my family’s future at risk by getting into anything shady. To be honest, I was joking and I wasn’t. I really wanted nothing to do with anything like that. I wanted to do my job and do it well and get rewarded well for it.”

“What was the joke?”

“I said something like I might end up like the guy from Goodfellas, you know the Ray Liotta character? I said I might have to expose the whole deal to the feds and go into witness protection. It was stupid thing to say, but I can say some dumb stuff when I’ve had a few beers.

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