“Reg was a cool dude. You could trust him with your mother’s life, long as you were on his good side,” Pedro told us. “If you weren’t, you’d have been best not to be within five-hundred meters.”
“So, he helped those he liked?” Linda asked casually. “Like Sonja?”
“Yeah, exactly—wow. I haven’t thought of Sonja in years. She was quite a popular feature there. Reg was particularly fond of her. They had similar childhoods, so gossip had it. He took her under his wing, and if anyone gave her a hard time, he gave them a hard time.” He took a sip of something. “So, Sammy Mo-Mo Martine was found after all these years, eh? Hard to believe. We took bets back then as to where they’d find him. If they’d find him.” He chuckled fleetingly.
IfI told him what the local media had offered and a few things
