Hold Her Close by Wylder Penny

Author:Wylder, Penny
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-20T00:00:00+00:00

7

Sadie

“And we’re out.”

“That was really amazing,” Alan says, coming up to me. “Really great stuff, Sadie. I hope to see more from you.”

I smile, grateful that he thinks that and knowing that I well and truly nailed the story, just like I wanted. Though I do feel a little bit guilty. Tonight was the second part of a two day investigative report the station ran on Jack Singleton.

I told Jon that I wouldn’t look up Singleton, but I did as soon as I got to work the next morning. When he asked me to promise him, I deliberately didn’t. I just said ‘okay,’ which is a reporter’s way of avoiding a question, because I couldn’t let it go. Not until I knew who he is and why he would be a subject worth perusing. The journalist’s curiosity in me needed to know, even if I didn’t do anything about it.

As it turns out, Jack Singleton is a really bad guy. He has a rap sheet longer than my arm, in and out of jail regularly, ties to organized crime, and the kind of person that shouldn’t be allowed to own animals even though I found records of him buying a property with kennels attached.

I dug deeper, and was shocked to find out the connection that maybe Jon was afraid I would discover. Singleton and Jon had been foster brothers at one point. But they were split up after an incident where the police had been called to their home after what was labelled a domestic incident. Jon went to juvie shortly after.

But the more I learned about Jack Singleton, the more I realized that he is exactly the kind of subject that I’ve been looking for. The big story that I’ve been trying to break. He’s flown under the radar for years in spite of doing some really shady shit. And people need to know. Especially if he is planning on starting up dog fighting again.

There isn’t any proof that I could dig up that Jon’s dogs came from Jack’s last fighting ring, but I have my suspicions.

I went into deep investigation mode and drove by the property that is listed under his name. There was barking coming from the back of the house. And I put out feelers into the local community. It wasn’t hard to find what I was looking for once I made it clear I was looking for high-stakes betting opportunities. Even if they weren’t legal.

Jack Singleton was planning a dog fight, and he needed to be exposed no matter what Jon said. When I brought the idea to Alan, he looked at me like I’d gone crazy.

“Are you sure?”

“Dead to rights.”

He brushed a hand over his face. “This is good. I think Bill would be the best face for this. People don’t want to see a beautiful woman talking about something as disturbing as dogfighting.”

“No,” I said. “I’ve done all the work, and I’m the only one who can get the story. I’ve already set up the groundwork, and the fight is happening too soon for Bill to make his own inroads.

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