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Remy pulled his cell phone out of his pocket.“Landry, burn a copy of that video, send one to Swede and bring him up on video conference.”
“Yes, sir.”Landry’s fingers flew over the keyboard.
Remy turned away and spoke into his cell phone.“Hey, babe, could you come by the boat factory?We have something you’ll want to see.Great.See you in a few.”
The big monitor over the conference table blinked to life, and a giant head appeared.
Felina blinked at the white-blond-haired Norseman hovering over them.
“Hey, Swede,” Remy turned to Felina.“This is Lucas’s mission, Felina Faivre.”
Swede dipped his head.“Nice to meet you, Ms.Faivre.Your ex-boyfriend is a fool.”
Felina’s cheeks heated.“Thanks.Does everyone in the country know I was dumped?”
Swede grinned.“If by everyone, you mean me, then yes.”
“And me,” another man stepped into view with a little boy in his arms.“I’m Hank Patterson, and this is Axel Svenson.As you might have already guessed, we call him Swede.Bet you can’t guess why.”Hank glanced down at the dark-haired toddler he held.“And this little stud is McClain Patterson.The boss.”
Felina smiled.“Adorable.”
“Thanks,” Hank said.“My wife thinks so.She thinks the kid is kind of cute, too.”
Felina laughed.“Nice to meet you both.”
Hank transferred his attention to Remy and Lucas.“Were they able to identify the body?”
Remy and Lucas nodded.
“Willard Gaither, a private investigator out of New Orleans.”
“Interesting.”Hank’s brow twisted.“Do they know why he was in Bayou Mambaloa last night?”
“We were all wondering that very thing.”Remy glanced toward Felina.“When he shoved Felina last night, he slipped a nanodisc into her pocket.She didn’t find it until this afternoon.”
“Why would he do that?”Hank asked.
“Considering he turned up dead this morning, we can only guess he didn’t want whoever killed him to have it.”
Hank frowned.“What was on the disk?”
“We sent a video to Swede,” Lucas said.
Hank bent over Swede’s shoulder as the Viking worked his keyboard.Then they both grew still, brows furrowing.Then Hank and Swede’s eyes widened.
“Did she just do what I think she did?”Hank asked.
“Kill that man?”Remy’s mouth pressed into a thin line.“That’s our hypothesis.Given the date on the clip, it coincides with the death of a local, Thomas Crabtree, six months ago.Felina confirmed the man in the video was Thomas Crabtree.”
Hank glanced up.“And the women?”
Remy and Lucas shook their heads.
“At this moment, we don’t know who they are,” Remy said.
“And the PI had this video?”Hank shook his head.“You say Crabtree was killed six months ago?Is this the first anyone’s seen of this?”
“That we know of,” Remy said.“Shelby’s on her way here.”
