Once Button was walked and fed, and she and Bonzo settled in the lanai, I made a cup of mint tea and got down to business: compiling a list of priorities and calls to be made.
Priority number one: determine how to ensnare Colt. A pissed-off traitor with his [dangerous] skillset should not be walking among the masses, much less working for the “good and safety” of the country. Proving Buddy innocent was pretty much a done deal, thanks to the witnesses from J&B who"d verified they"d seen Buddy leave Jimmy Picolo alive. Still, his executioner had to be found and when he – or she, as the case might be – was found, the tragic demise of Razor and Eb would almost certainly also be explained. Priority number two: track down one dogged killer. Locating Coco"s dead body – the piece that could help
