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didn t add much either. But Faith and I went through all the stuff that Andy sent to us
plus the research from Faith s assistant.
And? Mike prodded.
Here s the thing. He carefully chewed and swallowed a bite of his food. To
begin with, every one of the men Pelley, Prescott and Post is in trouble, in differing
degrees.
What kind of trouble?
Post blew through his trust fund his parents left him and he s overextended on his
chain of spas. He s been trying to borrow more money and he s pissed off that his sister
and brother-in-law wouldn t bail him out. Apparently they ve done it twice before and
this time they flat out told him no.
So he s a good candidate.
Yes. But so are the others. Pelley makes a damn good living as vice president of
Wright International, especially with all his bonuses but he also has been trying to
borrow money. Andy couldn t find out what for but he s still digging.
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What about Rand Prescott? Kat asked. The man who was lending them his
house.
Again, something funny there. Andy found signs he s being investigated by the
Securities and Exchange Commission but he s still hunting for more details, especially if
it ties to any of the deals he did with Wright.
Faith? What did you get?
Faith patted her lips with her napkin and pulled a tiny notebook from the pocket of
her jeans. I wrote some of this down so I wouldn t forget it. Mark picked up a new
portable printer on our way back here but we haven t hooked it up yet.
So there was something in the notes Tia sent you? Mike prodded.
Faith flipped the notebook open. She d found tons of stuff on the cartels and their
kidnappings. More than I expected. And we were right on target.
Just so we re all prepared for what s going on here, Mark interrupted, since the
demise of the Cali and Medellin cartels in Columbia in the nineties, the Mexican cartels
have become super powerful. They re responsible for nearly all the marijuana and
methamphetamine coming into this country, as well as heroin. Although there are
others who distribute heroin more widely on a global basis. But they dominate the
entire illicit drug trade in the United States.
Faith took up the narrative again. It s apparently become a regular fundraising
activity for the cartels to supplement their income. I had asked her to make a list of the
names of those who appeared most frequently in the media. There are six. She flipped
to another page. Mano Escobar, Hector Villareal, Jesus Morales, Ricardo Banderas,
Victor Herrera and Esai Borreo.
And, Mark went on, a couple of them, instead of using what they call sicarios
gangs of enforcers actually have pulled together their own private army.
The man I saw in my remote view was wearing khakis, Faith said, like some
kind of uniform.
That s good, Mike told her. It can help us narrow things down.
I shot all the names to Andy, Mark added. I told him he can go home for a week
when this is over but until then he should consider himself chained to the Dragon.
I think he actually lives there anyway, Mike said with wry humor.
Can he find out everything about these men? Kat tried to tamp down her anxiety.
Even the most casual news junkie knew that victims of cartel kidnappings had a low
rescue factor.
I told him I want everything including how many times a day they go to the
bathroom. What we need to find out is where in hell one of them could have crossed
paths with any of the three men receiving the emails.
What did he find out about them, anyway? Mike took a swallow of his wine.
Anything more than basic financial information and stuff you can find in news clips?
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Not yet, Mark told him. He said he s still working on it but I told him he needs
to get his ass in gear.
The thing is, Faith commented, pinning down a connection could be the most
difficult thing. Wright International has businesses everywhere. So does Rand Prescott.
And maybe Ryan Post has been looking to expand his spas operation into Mexico. Or
already has. Mark, will you ask Andy to check on that? Maybe he s operating under a
different name.
Mark put down his fork, took out his cell and speed dialed a number. In a few
quick sentences he added to the instructions he d given earlier.
He s working as fast as he can. Let s finish dinner, Katherine, afterward, do you
think you could try another remote viewing session?
Kat wanted to tell him that after making love with Mike she felt capable of doing
anything but she just said, Absolutely.
Mark snapped his fingers. Almost forgot. Detective Wagner called about our
friend Brent Fontaine. The guy manages a hedge fund and is loaded to the gills. But he
has a reputation as a narcissistic asshole. Wagner called a friend of his on the Tampa PD
who said they ve had other women complain about Fontaine before.
I m not surprised. Kat pushed her plate away. I didn t think I was the only one
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