Chapter 12Joe Hesterberg was charged with murder in the death of Edward Nicholson, the former job superintendent for JYB Commercial Contractors. He was also a leading suspect in the murder of the attorney Stanford Birdman. Birdman was to testify against him in return for a plea bargain for obstructing justice.
Hesterberg didn't intend to go down for murders he didn't commit. The only thing they could get him on was theft kickback from the Jobsite and attempted murder on Judith Gardner.
He'd bet his last cent that Garner would never testify. He learned she didn't die of the knife wound and figured she feared another attempt and left the state, probably the country.
Judith was no fool. She made sure she had an Internet connection for researching news from the United States wherever she wa
