Page 272 of Allegiance

“As a cop, you’d think he’d know better. So, I had to blow up the van, and take him out before they got any information out of him. He’s seen me, and he’s spoken to me while I was in our hidey-hole. It was too risky.”

Cruz knew how dangerous that was.

“I’m sorry, Boss.”

Chevy shrugged.

He didn’t get worked up like El Gato had. He was making money left and right, and he wasn’t going to be stopped.

All he had to do was outthink a Marine who had been trained the same way he had.

But first…

“What did you need?”

Cruz had bad news.

“It was just on the local news. A cop committed suicide at the station, so I reached out to some of the men you have on the payroll.”

He lifted a brow.

“And?”

“Tate West hung himself, and left an incriminating note talking about his sins.”

Chevy didn’t like this.

“And any other cops we have who worked with Tate?”

He was honest.

“There was only one left, and he’s gone MIA. I think he ran for it, and I don’t blame him.”

Well, that was for the best. At least The Hunters couldn’t grab that cop up. Now, to worry about the note.

“Anything about what we’re doing?”

“I don’t know. The note is sealed for now, and I’m working on figuring it out. Someone we pay will see it. Right now, the whole evidence locker is shut down and word on the street is the FBI is coming in to handle it. This might take some time.”

Chevy sat back.

“And you say he committed suicide?”

He nodded.

Yeah, no.

Chevy knew better.

This was a little too coincidental for him. The guy he paid who controlled the evidence locker loads up a bunch of money, guns, and what is left of Addiction, and then offs himself? Right after a cop drives the van out of the station to bring it to him?

Nope.

That was not a coincidence at all.

“That’s going to be Jagger. He somehow found out about the cops on our payroll. He figured it out. First, the two detectives are killed in that house, and now this. I know that man. He’s good at being ruthless. He’s gunning for me since I killed his bitch. We have to rethink this.”

Cruz was curious.