Herbie brightened. “Okay.”
“That’s if we arrest him and on your information,” Dino said. “If he’s not at this guy’s address, there’s no reward.”
“Yeah, that seems fair,” Herbie said.
“So, give me the name.”
“And I’ll be a hero?”
“Herbie, you’re going to be a dead hero if you don’t give me the name right now.” Dino stuck his hand under his jacket, as if reaching for his gun.
“Okay, okay,” Herbie said, raising his hands. “The name is Galeano—G—”
“I know how to spell it,” Dino said. “What’s his first name?”
“Vito.”
“Hey, wait a minute,” Dino said. “I know that guy. He runs a numbers operation, and God knows what else, out of a grocery store in Little Italy.”
“That’s the address he gave me,” Herbie said, taking Stone’s pad and pen and laboriously writing out the address.
“What’s he doing getting film processed in Brooklyn?” Dino asked.
“He lives in the neighborhood. I’m not sure exactly where. He comes in all the time with his wife’s pictures.”
“Stone and I are acquainted with the gentleman, too,” Holly said, inspecting the photograph. “Oh, oh, take a look at this, Stone,” she said, pointing. “I think this nails down the location, don’t you?” She handed him the photograph.
Stone inspected it carefully. “Aha,” he said, “I believe that’s our grave in the background.”
“Your grave?” Dino asked. “What the fuck are you talking about?”
“Remember, I told you about that? Mr. Galeano and his friends dug this hole in the basement of his grocery store especially for Holly and me.”
Dino took the picture and looked at it closely. “So, why aren’t you in it?”
“Because I persuaded him to call your father-in-law first. Eduardo suggested he not do it.”
“When did he dig the grave?”
“Yesterday,” Stone replied.
“So we know Trini was there yesterday.”
“Right.”
“And how do we know Trini isn’t in the hole?”
“Because he was at that apartment today.”
“Did you actually see him?”
“No, but one of the SWAT team identified him just before he slammed the escape door in their faces.”
“When do I get the hundred grand?” Herbie asked.
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?Herbie,” Dino said, “do you remember the conditions attached to the reward?”