This Is Life by Seth Harwood

Author:Seth Harwood [Harwood, Seth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781611097870
Publisher: CrimeWAV Books
Published: 2018-06-11T23:00:00+00:00

28

They sit in Gannon’s car again, the heat on and Jack in the front seat this time.

Gannon has her BlackBerry out, typing into it or scrolling through e-mails, Jack’s not quite sure. She’s either trying to decide whom to contact or she already has and is telling them what she knows.

Finally Gannon looks up from the screen and turns to Shaw. “I want to know how Akakievich found out about the Bureau’s involvement. Who could’ve clued him in on that?”

“That I don’t know.”

“I don’t like the talk about this thing escalating,” she says, “not for what it might do to the city or these girls. We have to make our move.”

“I’m in,” Jack says.

They both laugh, and Shaw pats Jack’s shoulder from behind. “It’s okay, man. No need for acting now.”

“I—”

Gannon cuts him off. “This is what we do: Shaw goes to check out Prescott Court in North Beach, see if the big guy was right about Akakievich making his move. I’ll do my best to get some manpower to make a raid. I want to get in fast and get out as many girls as we can.”

“You don’t want to go in together now?”

“If I could get thirty men I can trust? Sure. I’d take it. But there’s no point in going after Prescott if Akakievich already knows we’re coming.”

Shaw nods as he zips up his leather jacket. “Ain’t that a motherfuck of a feeling?” He shakes his head.

“I’ll take Palms back to our safe house. Then we see what we can do about getting some help.”

Shaw nods at Jack. “You call me if this guy gives you any trouble.” He shoots Jack a last look and then gets out of the car.

Gannon takes a compact out of her purse and checks herself in the mirror, brings out a lipstick in a silver case and traces the lines of her lips. She looks good, and she knows it. Jack takes his time getting an eyeful.

“So, Jack Palms,” she says, still checking her mirror. “You come out of hiding a couple of months back and help some Czech freewheelers secure a major coke buy.” She tucks the compact into her purse and levels her glare at Jack. “Why is that?”

Jack starts to answer, and she holds up her hand. “Wait, I want to make sure I get the whole picture laid out here.”

“Okay by me.”

“Good. So you do your movie, drugs, tabloid routine and then disappear for close to three years. You come back and broker a drug buy that winds up in one of San Francisco’s biggest bloodbaths in recent history. About half of the players involved get shot to bits, including Junius Ponds and Tony Vitelli. But you walk out clean as white sugar.”

Jack bites his lips, both unsure and uncomfortable about where this is going.

“At one point, you even convince Sergeant Hopkins to spring Mr. Ponds to help you with this?” Her eyes go tight, like she really wants Jack to confirm this detail. Jack nods.

“And that

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