Show of Evil by William Diehl

Author:William Diehl [Diehl, William]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Twenty-two

Vail snatched up the car phone and punched out a number. Paul Rainey's smooth voice answered. 'Paul Rainey speaking.'

'It's Vail. Where is he, Paul?' Vail demanded.

'I, uh… I can't, uh…' Rainey stammered.

'You can't put your finger on him, right? Like you couldn't put your finger on him last night.'

'It's no big deal, Marty, he doesn't know there's paper out on him. Probably fishing or hunting. He's been through a lot.'

'So has his wife.' Vail snapped back. 'You're acting pretty damn cavalier for a guy with a murder-one warrant in his pocket and a client on the run.'

'He's not on the run, damn it!'

'You accepted service, Paul. I'm putting out an APB on him.'

'Another four hours, Marty. I'll have him there by noon.'

'Four hours for what, a tutor session? What's it going to be? He was sexually abused by his mother and took it out on his wife, or he was afraid she was going to cut off his dick because he was running around with Poppy Palmer? The Menendez or the Bobbitt defence?'

'Damn you!'

'Get off it, Paul, don't pull that indignant shit on me, I've known you too long. We're going to find him. And Poppy Palmer while we're at it. And the deal's off. He's going to get the needle. Goodbye.'

Vail hung up. He looked at St Claire and Stenner. 'Darby turned rabbit, I can tell. I could hear Rainey sweating over the phone.'

St Claire rubbed his hands together very slowly, stared out the window for a few seconds.

'I want a search warrant for the entire farm,' Stenner said, keeping his eyes on the road. 'We've checked airlines, buses, car rentals, trains. Nothing so far on the stripper.'

'You think he off'd her, don'cha?' asked St Claire. When Stenner nodded grimly, he said, 'Well, it ain't like he's not up to the task.'

'And he thinks he's off the hook,' Stenner said.

'Unless Rainey's got 'im in tow, maybe working' up a new yarn to get by the shot sequence.'

Vail shook his head. 'No, I don't think Rainey's up to anything. He accepted service of the warrant. If he hides Darby, he could be disbarred. The case isn't worth it to him. He's got to be thinking we have more than just the tape and he knows Darby hasn't a sou to his name. You two better get started as soon as you drop me at the airport.'

'Yeah.' St Claire snickered. 'It's almost eight-thirty. Day's half over.'

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