The BetrayalWhen I returned home, Pearson had a letter for me:
I have news. — JB
JB had to be Jake Bower, the investigator I hired to learn about Jack Diamond's movements since New Year's.
I poured a glass of bourbon and lit a cigarette. The thought of going to meet Mr. Bower made me weary. All I wanted was a few days to rest, to forget about Mad Jack Diamond and his deranged ruffian Frank Pagliacci. Which seemed unlikely to happen.
Where could Frank Pagliacci be? Besides Anastasia, none of my other informants had any word of him. Clearly he hadn't fled the city. Was Jack hiding him? Jack had taken to his rooms; might Frank be hiding there also?
No. With Jack and Rachel ill and Jon out of the house, Julius wouldn't allow a stranger to stay with them. Gardena would have said something
