Close Range by Mike Ryan

Author:Mike Ryan [Ryan, Mike]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Ryan Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

14

Recker, of course, was the first one up in the morning. By the time Jones and Haley woke up, they found Recker already sitting at the table, combing through the information Lawson sent them. Jones went over to the kitchen and poured himself a cup of coffee from the potful Recker had already made.

“Have you found anything interesting?” Jones asked.

“Oh yeah,” Recker answered. “Lawson was right in sending us these names. There’s a ton of weird stuff happening with these people.”

Jones came over to the table with his coffee and sat down. “Such as?”

“A few have interesting criminal histories. And a few have some interesting bank transactions.”

“Payoffs?” Haley asked, coming over to the table with a coffee in hand as well.

“Could be,” Recker said. “It’s not paychecks or anything like that. They’re cash deposits for large amounts and would indicate they’re getting money from somewhere other than their employer.”

“Their known employer.”

“Right.”

“So, how’d you wanna handle these?”

“I have a suggestion,” Jones said. “Why don’t you two continue with what you already had planned for the day and I’ll start digging further into these names. Maybe I can come up with some other things on them.”

Haley nodded, seemingly on board. He looked to Recker, who seemed to not be as enthusiastic about the idea.

“I was thinking about talking to these guys today,” Recker said.

“I don’t think that’s wise,” Jones replied.

“Why?”

“Because we’re still digesting this information. We’ve given it a cursory look, and it looks promising, but there’s still more buried underneath the surface. Let me see if I can find it before you go running off half-cocked talking to people.”

Haley was still on board. “Plus, if David can come up with more stuff on them, it’ll give us more leverage in talking to them. If they’re feeding us a bunch of junk, we can hold this stuff up to them and know they’re lying.”

“I’m only talking about a day,” Jones said. “I’m not talking about weeks or anything. Just give me a day to look through it all and see what else I can find. Since you already had your day planned out for today anyway, it doesn’t really set you back at all. If anything, it will enhance our time and make it more productive.”

Recker finally saw the light and agreed. “OK. You got it for today.”

“Wow, you really are becoming a changed man. Two times in a row.”

“I’m sure the streak won’t last for too much longer.”

“Of that I have no doubt.”

The trio finished eating breakfast together, then went their separate ways for the day. While part of the day for Recker and Haley involved interviewing and questioning people, part of it also entailed surveillance. There were several questionable characters they were looking at who they knew talking to would be a waste of time. But they hoped by following them, they’d lead the team to something bigger and more interesting. But that was later. The morning would be spent talking to four other people who were suspected of having ties to Cloutier somehow, though it hadn’t yet been proven.

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