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If he had learned anything from his time in law enforcement, it was that the story can be more important than the truth. He’d spent most of his career reading people, both criminals and his colleagues. The task force they’d sent from the FBI was no different. They were nothing more than cops with federal badges. Different wrapper, same brand. They wanted their cases solved and closed, ready for the next one. Nick let them build the narrative with the evidence and filled in the minor details for them when something was missing. It was a lot easier than doing it the other way around.
They couldn’t help but enjoy the tale they’d been told. A group of domestic terrorists make enemies with an international crime syndicate and they take each other out. The m******e was a gold mine for the m
