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This burned Gibson’s butt more than anything because his inquiriesweren’tunreasonable. She’d be asking the same questions if she were him.
And right at that moment she decided to tell him the truth. Or at least some of it.
“Ididn’twant to be involved in any of this. But the moment I went out and found that body, I was involved. I still tried to get out. Like you said, I’ve got little kids. I didn’t want to do anything to put them in danger.”
“Then why did you?” asked Pinker.
“Because I didn’t have a choice, okay? There are…there are people who are aware of my involvement. My only way out of this is to solve it. And I was a cop for a long time. It’s just my nature.” She paused. “Any of that sound unreasonable toyou?”
He sat back, clearly reassessing her in light of this swift and frank comeback. “What people?”
“Not going there, sorry,” replied Gibson.
“Okay, I’ll accept that. For now. Have you made any progress?”
“A little. Pottinger is Langhorne. Langhorne probably stole a fortune from the mob. Someone is looking for that money. And I think that’s why they got me involved. At ProEye, that’s what I do for a living. I look for assets, big ones, in the most unlikely of places.”
“And does whoever got you involved in this think you will find this treasure, if it even exists, and then, what, turn it over to them?”
“Maybe,” answered Gibson.
He looked at her skeptically. “Have they made threats against you or your family?”
“I think my safest bet is to find the treasure, if it does exist, and then turn it over to the authorities. That way, I’m off the hook, at least the way I see it.”
“You didn’t answer my question. Have you been threatened?”
“That’s all I’m going to say on the matter,” replied Gibson.
“Which is an answer in itself. So, do you have any firm leads?”
“Yes, and I’ve shared them with Detective Sullivan.”
Except for all the ones I didn’t tell him. Sorry about that one, Will.
“So what do you plan to do going forward?” asked Pinker.
“I’m planning to do some online searches into Langhorne’s assets.”
“I’m sure the police are doing that as well.”
“And is the Bureau?” asked Gibson.
“I can’t tell you that.”
“Why is the Bureau involved, anyway?”
“I can’t tell you that, either. But I’m sure you know that WITSEC is afederalprogram.”
“They were no longer in WITSEC,” countered Gibson.
“Doesn’t matter. They’re dead. Someone killed them. We have to figure that out. Next, they might start killing people whoarestill in the program.”
“I see your point,” said Gibson.
“So I’m less concerned about this ‘treasure’ than I am about finding the killer or killers.”
“I’m sure you know all about the Langhornes?”
