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“And in the meantime, what is your police force going to do?”
“Try to find Len and bring him in. See if he’ll give up the cartel members for a plea. If he doesn’t, we are going to need Maggie to put him behind bars. I’m going to need both of you around.”
“Wait!” A thought occurred to me. “I think Len might already be dead.”
“Why do you say that?”
“Because remember Len took photographs of all the ID’s of the people inside. Then there were the four of us that didn’t have ID’s, and we were put in the bathroom. Are those other three alive?”
“I’d have to check to confirm, but I think so.”
“I think the cartel might have his phone. If they do, then they have all the addresses of the people that were inside. It might not have been someone at your station.”
“I’d like to believe that was how it was done. I’ll confirm that information; in the meantime, will you be able to watch Maggie?”
I laughed. “She’s going to hate it, but she’s going to be stuck with me for a while. I’ll keep her safe. Keep me updated.”
“You got it, Greg.”
I showed him out and returned to the conference room. “Maggie’s not going.”
“What?” Jake barked.
“I said, Maggie is not going. There is something bigger going on than a dead rat being delivered. Several of the other witnesses are mysteriously dead. That dead rat last night, Trevor, might have been a warning.”
“Shit, but wouldn’t it be better if she was out of the country?” Alex asked.
I shook my head. “Yeah, probably, but he said that if she tries to leave the country, they will take her into protective custody. They need her to stay put to be able to ID Len when they find him. Although I have a feeling that he’s already dead.”
I went on to explain to them my thoughts and what the detective had asked me to do. “So, Jake, you need to tell Maggie she can’t go, but don’t tell her why. If she knows what is going on, I’m not sure what she will do.”
“And you’re going to be protecting her?” Harvey asked.
“Yeah, I don’t think I have a choice in the matter,” I muttered.
“You could go on the trip in my place, and I’ll watch Maggie,” Mike said, and I nailed him with a hard look.
“Over my dead body!” I hissed his way, and everyone laughed.
“Yeah, that’s what I thought.” Mike smirked.
That’s why a few hours later, I was pulling up in front of Maggie’s house and carrying a backpack with me. I had a feeling that Maggie was going to balk at this, but I wasn’t going to give her much choice.
She was in an Alice mood when she answered the door, and I wondered what the best way was to calm her down. I followed her back to the kitchen and found another woman sitting on a stool at the counter.
“Greg, Heather. Heather, Greg,” Maggie said, and her friend leaned forward.
“Is this the ex?”
“Yep,” Maggie replied dryly.
Her friend turned and checked me out. I needed to figure out how to talk to Maggie without her friend here, but I had a feeling that was going to be harder than it should be.
“Hello, Heather. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to interrupt your girls' night. I can hang out in the other room until you guys are done.”
“Oh, no, please stay. Go ahead and apologize, might as well do it in front of Heather. It will save me from having to explain it to her later.”
I glanced at her friend and then focused on Maggie as I shifted forward slightly and set my backpack on the counter. “Maggie, this is not something that your friend needs to be involved in. This is between us.”
