Cleaning the Gold by Slaughter Karin & Child Lee

Author:Slaughter, Karin & Child, Lee [Slaughter, Karin & Child, Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, thriller, Crime, Suspense
Amazon: B07R61HWV7
Goodreads: 45302351
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: 2019-04-15T07:00:00+00:00

4

Trent and Reacher went back to the vault. They got back to work. Clink, clink. A fast rhythm. Her best workers.

Will said, “The USB drive was still in the envelope. The envelope was in her inside jacket pocket. I saw the corner. I couldn’t get near it without being accused of assault.”

“What was on it?” Reacher said.

“I don’t know. I just told you, I couldn’t get near it.”

“Speculate,” Reacher said. “Purely as a mental exercise. Pretend you’re a police officer. Make yourself think like a detective.”

“Data.”

“About what?”

“I don’t know.”

“To do with the loans, or separate?”

“Separate,” Will said. “If it was an electronic copy of the accounts, it would have been in the same envelope as the percentage cut.”

“Excellent,” Reacher said. “You’re pretty good at this. You should think about taking it up for a living.”

“Thank you.”

“So what kind of separate thing could it be?”

“Something secret, I guess.”

“For what purpose?”

“To sell, I suppose. She’s clearly corrupt. She told you she’s planning to retire. Maybe she wants a nest egg.”

“What kind of secret?”

Will said, “Well, at Fort Knox, I guess there’s an obvious answer.”

“Except Baldani supplies the thumb drive. How could he? Lukather must know more about the security here. She’s the CO. This is the Army. I guarantee Lukather knows a level Baldani doesn’t. So the USB isn’t Fort Knox security. It’s some other secret, that Baldani supplies from below. Which might narrow it down a bit.”

They worked on for a minute. Clink, clink.

Reacher said, “Where will she sell it?”

Will said, “What’s a POV?”

“A privately-owned vehicle.”

“Then somewhere far away. She told Baldani to gas it up.”

“When will she sell it?”

“I think as soon as she can. She kept it in her inside jacket pocket. Which feels very guarded, in an intimate way, but also temporary. Like it’s precious, but it won’t be in there for long.”

They worked another minute. Clink, clink.

Reacher said, “We’ll finish this job tomorrow.”

“That’s why she let us stay. You were right.”

“We’ll be off the base. If we want to know what she’s doing, we have to find out tonight.”

“Do we want?”

“This thing could last forever. I hate long engagements. Better to nail her tonight.”

“Better for you.”

“When do you guys want to do it? Tonight’s the night, surely. We can catch her red-handed. Continue the mental exercise. Pretend you’re a law enforcement officer of some kind, pretending not to be. You would agree we need to act fast.”

“If I was a law enforcement officer, I would probably point out we have no legal means of achieving these objectives. We’re confined to quarters tonight, and we have no vehicle, not to mention no warrant or even jurisdiction.”

“This is Kentucky,” Reacher said. “I’m sure there’s some kind of overriding doctrine.”

“She’ll put a guard on the hotel.”

“Two, I’m sure. One front, one back. We’re going to need both of them.”

They ate an early dinner in the hotel, Reacher somewhat dutifully, in obedience to his motto, which said eat when you can, because you never knew the next chance. By comparison, Trent ate eagerly.

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