“Damn right there’s not, and thank Christ for that.” King leaned forward a bit. “They were all angling for plea bargains in exchange for information, but the D.A.’s been pretty uninterested. I mean, me and my team caught ‘em red-handed and dead-to-rights. I found the baby in the goddamn hideout they were hunkered down in, you know?”
“So not much leverage to deal,” Dallas commented.
“Not until just now.”
“What happened?”
“One guy started talking about another kidnapping ring… a major one based out-of-state that he keeps referring to as their former ‘competition’. Like they were a restaurant chain or something.”
“Urgh.” Dallas’ blue eyes were hard. “f*****g dickheads.”
“Right? But the thing is, this guy told the D.A. about a place in Kansas that this other ring used to house the kids.
