Jane sighed. “Fine. But I’d better see you tomorrow.”
“I can drop Lassie off in the morning. Is nine-thirty okay? They open at nine, but sometimes it’s busy until they get settled.”
“Yep. See you then.”
After he hung up, she called Ray’s cell phone.
“Yo, Jane, how are you?” he answered right away.
“Sorry to be calling you at home. You are at home, aren’t you?”
“Yeah. But man, what a long day.”
“It’s about to get longer.”
He groaned.
“A contact called me about another found dog. One dropped off by our killer.”
“Terrific.”
She sighed. “Tomorrow’s Wednesday, Ray. Be prepared to find a dead family in Kirkwood.”
“What?”
“A friend of mine found some bad stuff when he was surfing some dark places online. I’ve got nothing concrete yet, but I put some feelers out. We’re going to get a call on a new dead family. I have a feeling it relates to a missing person who may or may not be related to the Collective.”
“Wait. So now our killer is targeting outside rich families?”
“Maybe. We’ll know more tomorrow. I just thought you’d want in on this.”
“You’d be right about that. Let me know when and where and I’ll be there.”
“Will do. Sorry again to bother you.”
“You FBI are always a bother,” he teased. She heard the smile in his voice.
“Ha. Well, if I see you in the morning, coffee’s onme.”
“It’s a date.”
After she disconnected, she texted Matthew, pleased tofinallysee a response from him.
Can I call you to talk?
She did one better and called him.
“Sorry,” he apologized as a greeting. “I’ve been meaning to call you, Jane. But it’s been a hot mess like you can’t imagine.”
“What’s going on?”
“You mean besides my parents freaking out that Louis Miller is still missing? Besides the fact my father is cagey as hell and my mother keeps telling me to drop it?”
“Oh boy.”
He growled, “Yeah, oh boy. My father is up to his eyeballs in this Collective. He swears he’s never heard of Rook, though he has heard of August Kaminski. Apparently, everyone in wealthy circles is aware of some high rolling gangster with a link to organized crime. According to my father, it’s a well-kept secret amongst those in the know that Kaminski has been responsible for any number of people being elected to Congress.”
“Seriously?” She’d known Kaminski had ties to crime, but not that deep into government.
