CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVEOkay, I had a theory. Maria Benitez could be saving sea turtles in Costa Rica. Or not. This led to all sorts of interesting possibilities, if you applied the “follow the money” principle.
Suppose Maria Benitez was involved in the business, but not directly. Maybe she was using the nonprofit as a front. And Maria was probably more than just Dwayne’s drug supplier. She no doubt supplied illegal help to Curtis. Labor in Central America is so much cheaper and good help so much more plentiful than here. Plus, the nonprofit could be used to launder money. How convenient.
Right now, all I had was a name and a theory. One problem: how to prove it, by next week? Or, better yet, in the next two days?
Meanwhile, I wondered if Jamila had been scratched from the program yet. And I
