WE FOUND VARGAS, but he’s a bit banged up, the text message said.
WE FOUND VARGAS, but he’s a bit banged up,I replied with, Can you talk now? Twenty seconds later, another message came through, Yes. I dialed Deidra’s number and waited while the phone rang. After the third ring, she answered.
Can you talk now? Yes“Hi Black, how’s it going?”
“That all depends.”
“What do you mean?”
“How’s Vargas?”
“Oh, he’s fine. Just a few cuts and bruises. He said Snyder and Long roughed him up a bit, and Ramos took the winnings from your last fight.”
“Is that all? He’s fortunate.”
“Yeah, I’d say he was, cause he mentioned when they arrived at your motel, Ramos told Long to take the car and get rid of him. You can take that to mean what you’d like but sounds like he wanted him dead. Fortunately, Lo
