The Sixth Man (Sean King & Michelle Maxwell 5)
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She said, “Bellies full, let’s get to it. Of course I knew you’d come to see me after I hung up on you. As to how you’d know where I lived, I assumed that former Secret Service agents would be able to find that out. I expect that’s why Teddy Bergin hired you.”
“Teddy?”
“My pet name for him.”
“So you knew Bergin before all this?”
“He was my godfather. And one of my mom’s best friends.” Paul studied their reaction to this revelation and then said, “I want you to find out who killed him.”
“So you know he’s dead?” said Michelle. “How?”
Paul tapped the table with her long index finger. “Does it matter?”
“We’d like to know,” said Sean.
“Hilary phoned me.”
Sean looked angry. “She said she had no idea who the client was.”
“That’s because I made her promise me she wouldn’t tell.”
“Why?”
“I had my reasons. Same ones that made Teddy keep everything under seal with the court.”
“What’s your relationship to Edgar Roy? Are you his sister? You have the same height, same features.”
“Half sister. Same mother, different father. Mother was over six feet. Funny thing is, both our fathers were shorter than she was. Guess we got her height genes.”
“Is Paul your married name?” asked Sean.
“I hope not, since I’ve never been married. Paul was my father’s surname.”
“But you obviously know Edgar Roy?”
“Yes, although I’m eleven years older than he is.”
“You’re forty-six?” said Sean.
“Yes.”
“You look a lot younger than that,” said Michelle.
She smiled. “It’s not from pious living, I can tell you that.”
Sean returned the smile. “I guess a lot of people could make that
concession, including me. But then again I think I look every day of my age and then some.”
Paul continued. “Our mother divorced my father when I was nine. She married Edgar’s father, and they had him shortly afterward.”
“So you two were together as a family for how long?”
“Until I left for college.”
“And your mother and stepfather are dead?”
“My stepfather died about the time I left. Our mother passed on seven years ago. Cancer.”