Grimshaw’s eyes flashed. “That’s because it’s the private equity company Harte uses to invest the money the Collective gives him.”
Haversham grinned. “And we can now tie that to August Kaminski. Finally. Let’s find something to nail the bastard.”
Chapter 44
Before Jane could leavehis office to track down their new lead, Haversham asked, “Where did you get the information?”
“From TS Cooper. Matthew had him digging into Kaminski. As a safeguard, he told Cooper to contact me if he hadn’t responded in forty-eight hours.”
“Cooper?” Haversham frowned and went to his desk. “I don’t know that name.”
“I don’t either.” Grimshaw joined him at his desk.
Haversham typed into his computer. “Is he new? I know I’m not on top of admin around here, but I typically introduce myself to the new people.”
“I’ve never met him before either. But I did talk to him on the phone.” Jane flashed to that conversation. “He had an odd accent.” One she’d attributed to a bad American accent, a cross between Boston and Chicago with exaggerated pronunciations.
Or a foreigner trying to sound American.
Her heart raced. “Can you pull up that picture we have of Victor Bednarek?”
Haversham frowned at her, but he quickly pulled up the photo.
Jane leaned in, studying it, looking for comparisons.
Seeing what had been right in front of her all that time.
“Son of a bitch.”
“Jane?” Grimshaw looked at the photo then back at her. “What?”
“I saw him.”
“Victor?” Haversham asked.
“No, his cousin. Casimir. Rook.”
Her bosses froze.
“Are you sure?” Haversham asked.
“Yes. I knew something was off about that guy. Last Thursday I got a call from TS Cooper. He filled me in on Matthew being incommunicado, and how he’d been told to dig into Kaminski and that he’d found something. He sent me the file. I couldn’t read it, because I thought it was corrupted. But I had a tech guy work on it.”
“Not corrupted?” Grimshaw guessed.
“No. It was intentionally coded so only someone super smart in computer speak would figure it out.”
“He stalled you.” Haversham frowned. “But why did he let you see him? You’re sure it was him?”
“I’m positive. After I talked to Cooper on the phone, I was leaving the office and ran into a man in the hallway.”
“Of our building?” Grimshaw scowled.
“Yeah. He had a badge around his neck. I remember the lanyard. He never gave his name, but he looked familiar. He looked likehim.” Jane pointed to the photo of Victor Bednarek.
“You’re sure?” Haversham asked again.
“Positive.” Giddy at the revelation, she had another thought. “Sir? The Bednareks are Polish. What does Bednarek mean in English?”
