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We all piled into my car for the air conditioning and some privacy, and I dialed the fake doctor’s office number. Two minutes later, Fordham called back.
“You better not be calling me from Mexico right now.”
“Far from it,” I said. “What would you say if we could give you a meth lab that Lou’s running?”
“I’d say, why the hell didn’t you bring this up an hour ago?”
“We just found out,” I said, and winced – because I knew what was coming next.
“Well, THEN I’d say, ‘My, my, haven’t you been industrious. Out of my sight for only 30 minutes, and you already found yourself a meth lab.’ And then I’d probably call bullshit on the whole thing.’”
I sighed. “I have somebody else working with us on this.”
“You don’t say. Maybe your boss from LA?”
“No.”
“You know that lying to a federal agent is a crime, right?”
“Then no comment,” I said.
“Did you tell him everything?”
“No comment.”
“Jesus, Christenson, you sure do love racking up the jail time. The whole thing about not exposing an undercover agent? It’s a LAW, not a suggestion.”
“The meth lab – is that enough or not?”
“No. We already know about that.”
“You do?!”
“I TOLD you people you don’t have shit to tell me that I don’t already know. Is Pollari there?”
“Yes,” Jack grumped.
“You’re a little late to the party, my friend. Lou’s been running that shit for close to a year.”
“Told ya,” Sid said from the backseat.
“Who was that, your boss?”
“I’m taking the fifth on that one, too,” I said as I glared at Sid in the backseat.
“Mr. Abrams, I’d bail out of this if I were you. You’re chaining your boat to two losers who are in over their heads.”
“Eh. It’s a living,” Sid said.
“Suit yourself. Look, I need the whole thing, guys. The police, the drugs, the buyers, EVERYTHING.”
“The buyers…?” Jack asked hesitantly.
“You people,” Fordham said in exasperation. “We know the Santa Muertes didn’t do the robbery at the Seven Veils that night, but what if they supplied the jackets?”
Jack looked shocked. “You think Lou’s in business with the Santa Muertes?!”
“It’s a reasonable fucking assumption.”
