Chapter Twenty-five
Matthew felt that the pieces of Angelo’s case had slowly been fitting together like a complex jigsaw, but he could not force those one or two final pieces into the remaining spaces. Knowing that Angelo was innocent was immaterial. Knowing that he had always been honest during his police career was irrelevant. Knowing that the parties in the drug conspiracy case had framed him was inadmissible in any trial without proof. Hard evidence was what he needed, and the date for trial must soon be upon them.
Matthew had kept in weekly contact with Inspector Mike Gordon, but after a few weeks of coded conversation between D’Ascenzio and Mannheim, all contact had abruptly stopped. Although Gordon had not spelt it out, it was obvious to Matthew that he suspected a leak in Interna
