The Sixth Man (Sean King & Michelle Maxwell 5) - Page 188
“And Kelly Paul can be very persuasive.”
“She’s the most worrisome pawn on the board right now,” said Quantrell.
“I would hardly call her a pawn, sir. We can’t underestimate the woman.”
“Had run-ins with her before?’
“A couple of times. And each time the result was not one that I desired.”
“If she can beat you, Harkes, she scares the shit out of me.”
“She has to know I’m involved in this because Bunting would have told her, but they don’t know I’m working for you. No one knows that.”
“My ace in the hole.” Quantrell gave a satisfied smile. “How quickly can you deploy the Riley angle?”
“As soon as you say go, Mr. Quantrell.”
“Go,” replied the CEO with Mercury-like quickness.
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“I CAN’T BELIEVE I never thought of that,” said Bunting.
He stared over at Kelly Paul as she sat in a chair and looked down at her phone. She had just gotten off a call with Sean King. She and Bunting were in her “shared” apartment in New York City, not that far from Bunting’s brownstone. The mansion was empty, his family safe, for now.
“The satellite coverage,” Paul said.
“Twenty-four/seven,” Bunting added.
“Provided by DHS?”
“I suppose. Although if they did it, they didn’t bother to tell me about it.” He looked out the window, where the rain beat relentlessly down. “But moving those eyes is not done lightly,” he said. “Edgar would’ve been a priority for them.”
“It might very well require Foster’s signature,” agreed Paul. “That’s a paper trail.”
“Now if we can just prove the satellite was watching and that order was issued.”
Paul didn’t say anything.
“What are you thinking, Kelly?”
“What if it wasn’t moved?”
Bunting looked away from the window. “What do you mean?”
“What if the satellite saw exactly what happened?”
“Are you alleging that your brother is indeed a serial killer?” Bunting said in a bewildered tone.
“No.”
“Okay. So the only other conclusion is that they framed him. They planted the bodies in that barn. If that were the plan, why would they allow the eyes in the sky to watch? It would prove that your brother was innocent. It would have destroyed their plan. And more to the point, that fact would have come out by now.”
“Not necessarily. You know as well as I do that satellite platforms vary greatly. And who is to say it was a government one?”
“You mean commercial?”
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