Ace in the hole
In a place as busy as the Garden, it wouldn't have taken the police long to find the taxi. An hour at the most, if it was a bad day. If there was anything in that ledger Mason had a bit of a head start on the investigation team. It wasn't much but if Matthews' hounds got to new evidence before he did, they'd leave him with nothing. He'd have to beg for clues and second-hand information was more like kicks in the face. He needed to study his notes. The only lead, if there was one, was in those numbers. Mason couldn't bear to lock himself in his office, but he had no alternative.
Pulling up in front of the agency in the heart of Chinatown, he found April on the side of the road. The girl had raised her arm to be seen. She didn't give Mason time to stop the car she had board
