“So why are you here, Terry, waving a gun in my face?”
“Crossfire.” Terry smiled. “The s**t hit the fan, thanks to you.”
Taz grimmest.
“Dryfess dumped the case on Boyko’s desk knowing he’d fumble the ball and finger the Brothers Zion as the killers. That would set up the big media event. But he didn’t figure on Boyko cashing in his chips and you taking over the investigation. You dug deeper and screwed everything up.”
“So, what happened to Annie?” Taz asked.
“She’s out behind the cabin. One of these boys killed her. I just haven’t decided which one yet.”
“And Annie killed Theodore Bell.”
“Yeah. That’s how the story goes. Lancer figured some of it out and Annie filled in the rest of it. It was Annie who jammed that hook around Theodore Bell’s neck and pushed him down a hole in the ba
