Barr looked at him as though he was a dumb hick. “Why sure, they were family through marriage. Chuck Ferrera married d**k Higgins sister, Theresa. They'd known each other for years, been in the OSS together before moving over to CIA. d**k Higgins was Daniel Ferrera's godfather.”
Dempsey analyzed the information quickly. Higgins was close to Chuck Ferrera, was godfather to Daniel Ferrera. If that wasn't motivation enough, then what was? Troy Dempsey had found what the old hand detectives would call an investigative chain of evidence.
“Of course, the problems for Chuck didn't go away. In fact, as soon as he returned to work, it just got worse. The drinking, not showing up for meetings, his appearance. Eventually, he got moved out of operations and shoved somewhere deep and dark where he wo
