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Fifty-Nine
Finn
Call it fate or luck,but my realtor had dragged me across the river to Brooklyn for a supposedly ‘once in a lifetime deal’ when Aidan rang me.
Standing in a luxury condo in Park Slope, arguing with Eric about his stretching of my principal requirement, ‘on the island,’ I almost didn’t answer, but when I let it ring, and then it disconnected, only for him to try again, I demanded, “What?”
“Finn, we’re heading to Greenwood Cemetery.”
I stepped away from Eric for some privacy. “Why?”
“Because Da’s meeting with the First Lady there.”
“So? Conor’s toys,” I amended for Eric’s benefit, “will pick up on whatever’s discussed.”
“His system’s down.”
My brow furrowed as I twisted away, ignoring the palatial surroundings of the condo Eric wanted me to buy. “Was he hacked again?”
“No. He said something about a backlog of data, but he’s not at his computers to fix it.”
“Where the hell is he?”
“He headed to New Jersey. That Lodestar bitch has gone missing. He wanted to find her.”
“I’m about five minutes away from Greenwood Cemetery. Want me to check things out?”
“Please. Traffic is crazy. ETA fifteen minutes.”
I grunted. “I’ll keep you in the loop.”
“Thanks, bro. Conor says they’re meeting at Paddy’s grave.”
A thought occurred to me. “What about her security detail?” I questioned with a frown.
“What about it?”
“The woman’s got so many men guarding her, Junior, that she probably can’t have a shit in private. The Secret Service isn’t in the business of fucking around.”
“I think that’s dramatizing things,” he grumbled.
“I don’t. And I can’t see her detail being okay with her meeting in a fucking graveyard in public.” I scowled at my shoes. “This feels like a trap.”
“Conor played it back to me. It’s her, Finn. I think Da’s going to hold what Paddy told him against her.”
“Leverage?”
“Yeah.”
“For what though?”
“For whatever he wants.”
“You’re the one who’s supposed to be his heir, bro. Any clue what that is?” When he remained silent, I turned to stare out of the condo’s bay windows and onto a park in the near distance. “What was the reason for her call?”
“She wanted to know where Michael was.”
Eoghan’s reply had Junior remarking, “She dug in deep enough to figure out that Michael isn’t where Conor’s hack says he is. That speaks of someone who cares.”
