Fakie by Tony Varrato

Author:Tony Varrato [Varrato, Tony]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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“So what exactly does this crap mean?” From across the visiting table, Steve waved away the papers Frank held in his hands.

“It means that we know where Eileen was when she last contacted Lankford. We traced all of Lankford’s contacts to their computers’ addresses. Eileen’s were the only ones that moved, which means that she’s the only witness who has moved. With a little more research, we could sell the locations of the other witnesses to the felons they helped convict,” Frank boasted.

“I don’t care about that,” Steve snapped. Then the businessman inside him added, “At least not yet. My appeal date is less than two months away. Come March lst, I want no living witnesses.” The anger was back in his voice. “Understand?”

“I understand.”

“Good. So where are they now?”

“We don’t know. We’re hoping she tries to contact Lankford’s office when she sees the headlines.”

Steve couldn’t believe his ears. He kept his voice low, but his mouth nearly foamed with fury. “Let me get this straight. You try to get the information from Lankford, but you can’t, so you kill him. Then I pay some computer geek $200,000 to do all this paperwork, and we still don’t know where they are?”

“No, but there’s the — ”

“Shut up!” Steve glanced at the security guard, who started walking his way. Steve made eye contact, shook his head, and gave a fake grin at the guard. The guard gave a warning look and walked back to his post. He continued much more quietly. “I’m not waiting for her to contact them. She hasn’t in over a year, and she’d be stupid to do it now.”

Frank nodded in agreement.

“Where are the girls?” Steve continued.

“They are just about done with Maryland.”

“This is going way too slow. I only have a month and a half left until my court date!” Steve checked his voice level again. He leaned in closer to Frank. “It’s time for a different approach. Use your government contacts to get into the social security files.”

“That’s a different department. It’s not going to be that—”

Steve’s glare was enough to stop Frank in mid-protest. “They moved in November,” Steve explained, as if to a two-year-old. “So if Eileen began working in November or December, the social security office would have a record of a new number appearing in that state. Check for a single parent with a newly-enrolled child at a nearby school.”

“But there’s millions … and we don’t know which state.”

“Then you shouldn’t be wasting your time talking to me.” Steve leaned back in his chair. The conversation was over.

With that, Frank stood and walked out of the room. He could feel Steve’s glare burning a hole in his back all the way through the gate.

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