Page 79 of I Will Find You

“We need to ask Rachel Anderson about this.”

“Her lawyer barred her from answering any questions.”

“We have to try. We still have eyes on her, right?”

“Right. She’s home. Her sister came over.”

“Burroughs’s ex?”

Sarah nodded. “She’s pregnant.”

“Wow,” Max said. “We have taps on all the phones?”

“We do. Nothing yet.”

“Rachel Anderson drove with Burroughs for hours. They planned this out. She won’t be stupid enough to use her phone.”

“Agreed.”

“We both know her history,” Max said.

“That me-too article?”

Max nodded. “Any chance that has something to do with this?”

“I can’t see how, Max. Can you?”

He thought about it. He didn’t. Not yet anyway. “How’s the deep dive into the financials going?”

“Ongoing,” Sarah said. Max knew what a slow-go it was to comb through a person’s financials. It was how most white-collar criminals were able to stall for years. “But I do have something.”

“On.”

“Ted Weston.”

“The prison guard Burroughs tried to kill?”

She nodded. “The guy is in debt, totally underwater, but there’s been two recent deposits for exactly two thousand dollars each.”

“From?”

“Still checking.”

Max sat back. “A payoff?”

“Probably.”

“It never made sense to me,” Max said.

“What didn’t?”

“That Burroughs would try to kill Weston.” Max started gnawing at his fingernail. “This is feeling like a lot more than a prison break, Sarah.”

“Could be, Max. You know how we find out for sure?”

“How?”

“We do what we do. We don’t get distracted. We bring in Burroughs.”

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