Defending Justice by Misty Evans & Adrienne Giordano

Author:Misty Evans & Adrienne Giordano
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781942504221

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It was a fucking shame that Charlie Schock had left the FBI and joined forces with her sister. Good thing she had though, because Beck would definitely be holding his ass right now, looking like a fool if it weren’t for her and Grey.

The back of his neck tingled as he saw the Cheshire cat grin Charlie shot him from across the table, that same heat he always felt when he was about to find a key to solve a case.

“Who else cashed out?” Beck asked, the answer already pinging against his temple like an ice pick. He sat forward, elbows on the conference table. The picture someone had slipped to Jackie sat between them, the men in the photo bringing it all home. “President Murphy? He was an investor too?”

The grin on Charlie’s face grew, a fire in her eyes. She knew the feeling Beck was experiencing—that ‘gotcha’ moment. She’d been there plenty of times, digging up dirt on a perp and discovering the one fact that put her on the right path. “Bingo. There is definitely a link between Murphy, Lockhart, and Dikko Travathian, and it has nothing to do with friendship. Their paths go much deeper than that. Someone greased the wheels for Dikko and none of us need two guesses as to who.”

“How much did Murphy make when he cashed out?” Jackie said. “Did he dump the stock before he took office?”

“There’s where the problem lies,” Charlie said. “Like Lockhart, it looks like Murphy cashed out before there was any conflict of interest.”

“Ten million dollars?” Meg frowned at a page she then handed to Jackie. “That’s a lot of money.”

“And exactly the same as Lockhart,” Jackie said. “He and Murphy were both early investors who cashed out at relatively the same time and made the same amount.”

“And no doubt helped Dick get his contract accepted by the DOD,” Matt added.

“But Travathian then got caught manufacturing defective helmets and Murphy and Lockhart bailed right before that was revealed. So maybe it wasn’t all about conflict of interest.” Jackie looked at Beck. “Insider trading?”

Beck sat back, totally deflated. “That’s probably the least of it, and it doesn’t help us figure out who killed Annabelle.”

Charlie shrugged, not deflated at all. “Any lead is a good lead. These three have a suspicious relationship that revolves around a lot of power and money. Annabelle knew all three and if they were trying to cover up insider trading, conflict of interest, or defective products sold to the DOD, she might have been using it as a bargaining chip with Byron. Lockhart still looks good for her murder, in my opinion.”

Meg sipped from her cup. “I never cared for that guy.”

Charlie rolled her eyes. “You met him, like, once, Meg.”

“I can tell a lot about a person in one meeting.”

Beck didn’t doubt it.

Jackie smiled down at the deposition notes as she continued to read. “Did you see this?”

She handed the paper to Beck, pointing at the section in question. “Rachael, Dikko’s wife, is CEO of DTC.

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