“I’m pretty sure he is. He was sent to Manny Roberts for help in his vanishing act. I imagine that he got it because I’m told he came highly recommended.”
“By whom?”
“Some man on the West Coast. I don’t know his name. But I think you can also bet that Johnny Clark had a hand in it all the way. Where do you think Roberts would hide Rako that would be good for the last seven years?”
“Why should they bother hiding him? I don’t get that part of it. Are they suddenly getting ethical or something?”
“I think he has something on Clark and that’s been his insurance.”
“Interesting. Well, they could have kept him here in the city. It’s a big place. But I doubt if they’d do that. New Yorkers are too hip about things, and there would be too many people who might spot him one day. If what you say i
