CHAPTER NINETEEN Jake stood at the back of the crowd outside the courthouse where Oliver Wagner was giving a press conference concerning the death of his wife. The Trident operative had awoken to the news report of Carrie Wagner’s homicide and heard the bastard would issue a statement at 11:00 this morning, so he added it to his agenda for the day. The businessman’s lawyer and his friend, the mayor, were in attendance, as well as a few others. Noticeably absent was the Chief of Police, making Jake wonder if the man had wised up to the fact his supporter was a wife abuser and involved in a murder conspiracy. What surprised Jake, though, was that he recognized a man standing off to the side of the reporters, staying out of range of the cameras. If he wasn’t mistaken, the man was Craig Allm

