Chapter 11 I HEADED HOME after I called Raptor and filled him in on what had happened over at Sal’s. “She obviously knows of Cole’s involvement,” he said. “Yep. And I’m sure that he’s now aware that we’re on to him.” “Did you try following her?” “No,” I said. “She drove off like a bat out of Hell. I’m working on getting an address for her, though.” “An address, huh? You call Vera?” “Yeah.” Vera was a girl I’d banged last month after changing her tire on the side of the road. She worked for the IRS and it didn’t take much to get intel from her, especially addresses. “You have to bribe her?” “Of course. She’s going to call be back within an hour. Said she had to slip back into work and log in to the computer.” “Good thing you slipped it to her a few weeks ago. She’s certainly been

