Chasing Clay (The DeWitt Agency Files Book 3) by Lance Charnes

Author:Lance Charnes [Charnes, Lance]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wombat Group Media
Published: 2019-11-08T05:00:00+00:00

After more jousting and more stories, Carruthers leaves to talk to his higher-ups. Talbot and I sit side-by-side, sighing and staring at the table.

Talbot says, “Good work.”

“Thanks.”

“How’d you get in so fast?”

I’m sleeping with one of the suspects? “Just talented, I guess.”

“Well, keep it up.”

I never expected to get a shot at the guy who officially doesn’t know me. Since I have one, I might as well take it. “I know the deal with Mellin was for sixty days. If I’m close to something on Day 59, are you really gonna pull the plug on it?”

“We’ll see. Something for you to remember—you’re useful only if you’re developing intel for us that we can’t get. If we develop the intel ourselves, we’ll run with that instead of yours. It’s cleaner for us. You hear me?”

In other words, I’m racing against his people to get to the end. “Yes, sir.”

“Something else. You noticed nobody was taking notes in here, right?” I nod. “This meeting didn’t happen. You’re still off-books. We had to read Bruce in on you so he’ll stop arresting you. So even though you’ve seen me, nothing changes. Everything goes through your normal channels—nothing comes straight to me. You hear that, too?”

Translation: if anything happens, we don’t know you. “Yes, sir. One more question. How far do you want me to take this?”

He considers this. “To the source.”

The worst possible answer. “The ultimate source? Where the pots come from? Or just to who’s importing them?”

“Where they come from. We want this stopped. The only way to do that is to keep people from digging up the pots. We can’t do that until we know where they are.”

And here I was starting to feel good about this. “Nobody knows where they are.”

“Somebody does.” Talbot zips his portfolio and stands to go. “Find that somebody. You’ve got plenty of time.” He checks his watch “Thirty-six days. Better get to it.”

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