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“If you need me to testify against Ronald, I’d be more than happy to.” He ticked off on his fingers. “I’m an only child. Never been married. No kids. I don’t need the millions I got. Sticking it to Ronald is a lot more satisfying than the money.”
Brax held out his hand. “It was really great to meet you.”
Roy shook his hand.
When they got back to the car, Mateo laughed as Brax looked around in the cab of his truck to find a rag to wipe fish guts off his hand before he touched the steering wheel.
“You sure don’t act like a SEAL,” Mateo laughed.
“Shut it. I just detailed my car.”
Mateo was still laughing as they were driving down the dirt road.
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“I called Gideon and let him know we were done questioning Jeckel and we had info. He said that he had some, too. When I mentioned we were at Lake Anna, he laughed. Apparently, Kane has a lake house around here, so we’re supposed to sit tight and wait for them.”
“We passed a barbeque place on our drive in. Wanna go try it out while we wait for them?” Mateo asked.
“You know that all you’re going to do is bitch about how the meat is cooked,” Brax protested.
“That’s half the fun.”
“Fine,” Brax acquiesced. He drove them back to the restaurant and they waited for a call from Gideon. Brax laughed when Mateo complained about how the meat was overcooked, but that was par for the course.
After an hour, they got a call from Gideon saying he and Kane were close. Gideon gave them the address to Kane’s house.
“Let’s roll.”
When they pulled up to Kane’s house, they were both still laughing when they got out of Brax’s truck.
“What’s so funny?” Kane asked as he got out of his vehicle at the same time.
“The last guy we visited here on the lake had a shack that looked like it was going to fall over in a stiff wind, and then we see this. The dichotomy is funny, is all,” Mateo grinned.
“So which one do you like better?” Kane asked.
“I’ve got to see the inside,” Mateo said.
“Did you find anything out?” Brax asked as they walked up the stairs to the front door.
“Yeah. We did,” Gideon answered. “I was still working on something for the Lieutenant, so it was great that Kane could help.”
Brax thought about Jada. He knew she could have helped as well, but he appreciated her taking Jenny’s mind off everything.
When they got inside the house, the first thing Brax noticed was the big windows along the back that encompassed a view of Lake Anna. It was gorgeous. Kane sure had made it before he’d entered the service. Hell, so had Gideon.
“Can I get you anything to drink?” Kane asked.
“Water for me,” Brax said. “I just had a beer at the barbeque place down the road.”
“Same,” Mateo said.
Kane got everybody what they wanted, then they followed him into a room that looked like a command center, what with all the high-end electronics.
“Here’s what we found out,” Kane said as he hitched his hip against the corner of his desk, as the others took different seats around the room. “Soon after Jenny was transferred to Bangladesh, Edgar was transferred to the States. He was no longer working in finance, instead the CEO made up a bullshit job for him. Whoever heard of the Liaison of International Sub-Markets? When I dug deeper, all I could find was a two-sentence job description that showed he was reporting directly to the CEO. Seemed pretty fishy, so I dug deeper.”
Brax glanced over at Mateo and saw his friend was struggling not to smile.
