I feel like we are going in circles.
“Reed and a couple of the guys at the security office.” Peter grins.
How did he overhear? Reed had the office searched for bugs and found nothing.
“The FBI agent asked Reed and his employees to check in with the cartel. After she left, they discussed doing justthat. Obviously, they are working with the cartel if they can check in with them.”
My head falls onto the steering wheel. You have got to be kidding. He was eavesdropping? We were joking around. Durango was being sarcastic! I’m both angry that he listened to a very private conversation and that he made assumptions that could ruin people’s lives, reputations, and businesses.
“How could you possibly have overheard their conversation?” Savvy asks.
Peter leans forward. “I have a device in my car. As long as I’m close…” He shrugs.
“Also, I confirmed everything when I talked to Agent Myers. He said the cartel busted into the house you were all at, and your boyfriend barely subdued the guy, but instead, he punched Myers. Man, Myers was pissed!”
Myers? That’s who his informant is? That son of a bitch. And he’s spreading lies, too? Barely subdued? I stopped Bennett from killing Savvy.
Myers claimed he lured Bennett there to help with some bigger investigation. But what if Myers was working with the cartel himself? Bennett was yelling that Myers set him up. If Bennett was pointing fingers at Myers, then Myers would need to either discredit Bennett or find someone else he could pin any cartel business on. Now Bennett is dead, and Peter is publicly claiming RHS and all of us are connected to the cartel.
“Dammit!” I slam the steering wheel. Why didn’t I see this earlier?
I’d also be willing to bet Myers told this guy whateverhe thought would tie Reed to the cartel and make it all a nice, neat package. It wouldn’t matter if there wasn’t real evidence. In the court of public opinion, many would believe Peter.
“As far as you being involved, I figured if your boyfriend was, you likely were, too.” Peter slides his coffee cup to the edge of the table and raises his hand to get the waiter’s attention.
Once the coffee is refilled, the waiter leaves.
“You got it all wrong,” Savvy says. “And you’re hurting a man’s business over lies.”
“No, you have it wrong. There is an innocent woman in prison. That’s what matters.”
“You believe Stacy is innocent?” Savvy asks.
“I do. Don’t you?”
Savvy sighs. “I don’t really know much about her. But I do know that Reed is a good man. And I can tell you, Agent Myers is an asshole. If you are getting any information from him, don’t trust it.”
Peter laughs. “Well, I guess we will have to disagree then. I have to go.” He grabs his phone and stands up.
“Wait,” Savvy says as she grabs her phone and puts it into her purse.
Hopefully, Peter will believe she stopped recording.
“What’s in it for you? You know if you can get Stacy free?”
“You mean beyond brotherly love?”
“Yeah, what is she offering you?”
Peter leans down. “Half. Half of everything she gets. Millions when she gets the inheritance she waswrongly denied. So, yeah, I’m not going to stop until she’s free.”
“Even if she’s not innocent?”
“Off the record? It doesn’t matter. I can get her free and make millions. Why wouldn’t I do it?” He stands back up, smiling. “Speaking of that, you’ll love tonight’s episode. It’s going to be explosive.”
Peter walks out the door, whistling. As he gets to his car, a woman approaches him. I smile as I watch him get served Reed’s lawsuit. The woman gets back into her vehicle and leaves as Peter reads the papers. He crumples them in his hands and throws them into his back seat..
I sent a text to Reed, letting him know it worked. Then I head into the café.
