CHAPTER 22“Are you all right?” I asked after we had driven a few miles.
“What do you think they will do with Rick? Will they kill him?”
I thought for a while before I answered. “I do not know. My best guess is that it depends on what is in the file Imad left behind. It is clear to me that if—or I should say when—this whole thing ended, and Imad and Conner both knew at some point it would end, Rick was to take the blame for the money laundering. Imad would have had plans to leave the country, especially if the arms sale was found out. If I am right, there is no reason to kill him. Killing him might start another investigation. It is better he should stand trial and go to jail. You and I, on the other hand, could be a problem. You could testify about the files you saw, and Rick could testi
