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Ethan nodded.
“Close to it.”
Gene tried to make it fit.
“So he’s out having sex with younger men because Daddy can’t get it up? Or he’s just into Daddy for the money?”
That was what he was thinking.
“Yeah, that would explain why he was so freaked out. Just from his reaction, and how he didn’t want to talk about it…it was off.”
Gene agreed.
“Normally, people will tell us to keep it quiet, or do we have to put their name in a report? This guy was panicked. I’m going to bet his older fiancé is the reason. That’s a lot of wealth.”
Which made him curious.
“He’s on the cusp of being rich. His sugar daddy might be leaving it to him. Would he risk it to sell drugs?” Gene asked, playing Devil’s advocate.
Ethan pulled out his laptop and started working, trying to find something on the man.
“You drive. I’ll research his police records if he has any.”
That worked for Gene.
As they headed out, and Gene drove, Blackhawk worked to find anything.
And nothing was coming up.
Harrison Dunne was clean. Well, his record was clean. He was betting his boxers weren’t now after their visit.
“No record,” he offered still searching.
Gene sighed.
“Well, then, it looks like we need to talk to the wealthy man who’s giving away scholarships, EJ. I didn’t see a white Mercedes Benz. There was Harrison’s white Jaguar, but not the Benz.”
When Ethan sighed, Gene glanced over.
“Bad news?”
He was honest.
“The man’s clean. He doesn’t even have a speeding ticket. I checked to see what cars are registered to him, and a Benz isn’t on the list.”
He considered it.
“Maybe the sugar daddy?”
The only problem with that was that Stafford Townsend III owned many corporations. If there was one, the chances wereit was hidden. It would take forever to get through that corporate red tape.
IFthey could get a warrant.
“He has none of them in his name. I’m going to bet they are write-offs tied to his businesses. It’ll take me days to jump through those hoops.”
Damn.
“What kind of businesses does he own?”
