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“Si, si,” Stephano agreed quickly as he turned to me. “Ms. Regatta. Have you ever heard of Deacon Walker?”
I gawked at him. Why on earth would these people know that man? “I have. Why do you ask?”
Everyone in the room stared at me. Some of the stares weren’t kind ones either.
Feeling put on the spot, I took a step back. These people didn’t act like fans of the man. I wasn’t either really but I knewwhen I met him that he could lead me to solving a mystery that had haunted my family for a very long time.
“No, no. Ms. Regatta,” Stephano tried to assure me. “Your knowledge could provide us with information that will save a life.”
“My father’s life,” Glory said.
I looked at her then around at them all and I knew I needed to walk a fine line here. “I met Agent Walker maybe a month ago. I do notknowhim. I’ve met him, is all. He was at a deposition. This involved the Firm I work for. But I’m unsure about knowing anything that could help all of you.”
Romeo shook his head and said, “She also cannot talk about what the context of this deposition was, Papa,” he explained to Stephano. “If it involved her firm, she may not be able to tell us what the nature of this was.”
“Well, he was not a client,” I told them. “He was giving a deposition on a case, involving the FBI and their evidence.”
“I just don’t fucking understand this,” Redemption spoke up. “How could this psycho-killer still be an FBI agent?”
Considering what I knew, I wasn’t shocked at his description of Agent Walker. But I was curious as to how they knew him. I looked over at Redemption and asked, “Psycho-killer?”
“Hell, yeah,” Redemption conceded. “This man has so many crimes under his belt that even your famous law firm could not get him off.”
I stared at him. Could it be? Coming here might help me to find out the truth? “Are you sure we are talking about the same man?”
The biker named Talon nodded his head and replied, “Yes, the very same.”
“Can I ask what all he did?” Curiosity killed the cat and all that. Yet, I knew Agent Walker wasn’t legit really.
“We don’t have that kind of time,” Redemption said as he shook his head. “That list would take an hour.”
“He kidnapped me,” Glory spoke up. “To trade me for his mother.”
“Trade?” I stared at her while feeling confused. “For his mother?”
“Yeah, and since you’re in criminal law maybe you’ve heard of hismommy,” Redemption quipped.
“Ophelia,” Talon interjected. “Better known as the notorious O crime boss.”
I had definitely heard of this woman. Famous for drug peddling, human trafficking and many different illegal activities in general. I should know who she was as I’d been tracking her for the last year or so.
Romeo saw my expression and said, “Sorry about the shock, Julianna, but it is all true.”
“She had been torturing our family for more than ten years,” Talon explained. “She killed our uncle, our father and framed my brother so that he was sent to prison for seven years.”
“Yes and we never knew about Deacon at all, until Deacon took Glory,” Legend added.
“Well, the truth is, we Texas Walkers never knew about the Louisiana Walkers until Deacon took me,” Glory added.
I raised my hands up at them. “I don’t doubt your words, I just think we cannot be talking about the same man.” I had to say this. I needed more info on Deacon and his mother.
Stephano stepped over and raised his phone to show me a video.
I stared at the screen and gasped. It showed the very same Deacon I remembered from a month ago, pacing in what looked like a jail cell. I snapped my head up and stared at him. “He is in jail?”
Stephano lowered the phone then looked over at me and smirked. “In a manner of speaking.”
“Manner of…” I gasped and looked from him to Romeo. “Please don’t tell me you have him in a cell!”
