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“We’ve found things.”
“Nothing really serious. Not enough to put them away forever.”
He grimaced, then relented. “…not yet.”
“You realize why, don’t you?”
“Because Jack Pollari is incredibly good at covering up the club’s illegal activities.”
“No – because Jack Pollari is clean. He’s one of the good guys. He’s reformed the club. You have to have seen that; you’ve been here the entire time he’s been president. You haven’t found anything on him because there isn’t anything to find.”
“Evidence points to the contrary.”
“What evidence?”
“I can’t go into that.”
“If you want me to risk my fucking life – ”
“I thought you just said Pollari was a good guy.”
“He is. Lou isn’t.”
Eddie nodded. “That one’s obvious.”
“Why not bust Lou? You could get him on what happened earlier tonight. You phoned it in, for God’s sake.”
“I’m with the Justice Department, not the local P.D.”
“What, gang-style executions aren’t good enough for you?”
“We’re trying to wipe out an entire distribution operation, not put a couple of guys behind bars.”
I squinted at him. “You think Lou’s doing something really big, don’t you?”
“We think both of them are doing something really big.”
“Jack’s not.”
“Then prove it.”
“Prove it on your own.”
Special Agent Eddie started to get a little testy. “You don’t help me, I don’t help you find out what happened to your cousin.”
What a dick. This whole thing was all just a ruse to get me under his thumb.
“You don’t know what happened to her, so I don’t see that as a great loss.”
“Like I said: I have access to intel you can only dream about.”
“You could help me out of the goodness of your heart,” I suggested mockingly.
“I scratch your back, you scratch mine, Fiona. Otherwise… no.”
“If you prosecute Lou or… somebody else, I could get the information anyway through the court files.”
“Only what shows up in the court case. And that’s if it goes to trial, and if the perps don’t plea out, and if the indictments aren’t sealed, and if the court records are made public. Which they might not be… considering it’s an ongoing investigation and all that,” he said with a smug smile. “Even if everything breaks in your direction, it’ll still take years for you to find out. And that’s if we play nice.”
