LM 03 January's Betrayal by A.E. Howe

Author:A.E. Howe [Howe, A.E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery
Published: 2016-07-24T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

I drove to the back of Rose Hill Cemetery and parked next to Caroline Thorne 1878 – 1918. Eddie was sitting down, leaning against the cemetery’s wall and waiting for me. Whenever he saw me, he looked like he was about to run. He stood up as I walked over to him and for a moment I thought he really would rabbit this time.

“You look more nervous than usual,” I told him.

“I’ve got good reason. I want you to destroy everything with my name on it.”

“What are you talking about?”

“If they find out about me, I’m dead. And they’ve got more than one deputy on the inside.”

“You told me that from the beginning. What’s changed?”

“They’ve killed someone. Before it was just drugs and women and stuff. But now I know they’ve killed someone, and not just a drug guy either. You got to destroy anything that might have my name on—”

I held up my hand to stop the words pouring out of his mouth. “Don’t worry. I don’t have a file with ‘Eddie the Informer’ written across the top.”

“What about your phone?”

“I keep it with me all the time. Is this why you wanted to meet?”

“Yes. No. I wanted you to know that my dad and all of them are going crazy. I’ve never seen them like this.”

“Is that an angora sweater?” His jacket had blown open and I could just see something pink and fuzzy around his neckline.

“It’s cashmere. And it makes me feel a little better, okay? I’m telling you, things aren’t good!”

“Okay, slow down and tell me what you know.”

“Dad’s, like, gone into hiding. When I see him or any of the big guys, they’re giving everyone this look. It’s that look the Secret Service gives everyone. You know, like anyone could be guilty.”

“That’s fascinating,” I said sarcastically, “but how does that help me?”

“I’ve heard things too. Dad’s sure that your father is running some kind of sting on him.”

“That’s crazy. My dad’s been after him for years. He’s never made a secret of it. Besides, it doesn’t even make sense. If your father has these moles in our department, wouldn’t he know if we were running a special operation against him?”

“I think that’s what’s making him go berserk. He hasn’t been too worried about your father’s efforts in the past because he knew what was going on from the inside. But now he thinks your father is onto him and has found a way to target him without him knowing.” Eddie was talking a mile a minute.

“I need you to give me the names of the deputies on the inside,” I said, trying to get him to focus.

“I don’t know who they are!” he yelled. “If I did, I’d tell you and get out of town. I thought I had a chance to find out, but now Dad’s gone into, like, lockdown. I see him once in a while at the house. He eats and leaves.”

“I thought you got on his good side when I helped you by taking out some of his competition.

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