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I nodded. “Positive. I’m friends with his…” I stopped myself before saying fiancée. “Katelyn, the woman he was engaged to, so he was around a lot.”
“Looks like he got too greedy,” Sanchez said.
“And you are certain the other guy is this Aiden Pons from Knife Creek Chemical?” Newson’s pen hovered over his notepad.
“Yes,” I confirmed. “He’s the COO there. He met with me less than two weeks ago. I know the voice, and I saw him there.”
“The icing on the cake,” Lucas said, “is that Serena heard Pons and Yaroslavsky discussing the conspiracy to illegally dump hazardous materials on Knife Creek’s land, and Yaroslavsky said he was running out of room to store the barrels. So if you move soon, you’ll catch him with the goods in one of his warehouses.”
“You can testify to that effect?” Newson asked.
I nodded. “Yes, and these readings…” I tapped the monitoring-well data that had been in the locker. “…confirm that it’s been going on a long time.”
“We suspect,” Constance said, “that Pons decided he could getter a better deal by killing Gambino and working with Rossi.”
“If that’s the case, how did Rossi get her hands on this material?” Sanchez asked.
“Probably found it in Gambino’s things when she inherited the job,” Constance guessed. “Just like Serena inherited the space from Rossi when she left.”
My mind drifted to Duke again. This was the last place I wanted to be, but Lucas, the asshole, wouldn’t let me go to the hospital. Even if Duke was in surgery, I wanted to be there when he got out. I wanted—no, needed—to hold his hand. There was no room for doubt. I’d fallen in love with the man, my protective, bossy Cobra.
“Isn’t that true, Serena?” Constance asked, nudging me.
“What?”
“That the same workspace was passed from Gambino to Rossi, and now to you?”
I nodded. “That’s right. They both worked in the same space I do now. It goes with the position.”
“Maybe she left town because Pons threatened her,” Terry guessed.
“We’ll never know now,” Constance pointed out.
“The Russians are a tough nut to crack,” Newson said. “But this Pons character will roll over on them for a deal.”
Lucas nodded.
“Does that mean it’s over?” I asked. “I don’t have to worry about any more attacks?”
Lucas rested a hand on my forearm. “Johnson Spinelli is the only loose end. Otherwise, that’s what it means. With Pons, Yaroslavsky, and Tony Spinelli arrested and the blackmail material recovered, you are no longer a threat.”
“We’ll have him by this time tomorrow,” Sanchez predicted.
I could breathe freely now. The nightmare was finally over.
“Why would Rossi send you the key to this?” Sanchez asked.
I shook my head. “Not a clue.”
The agents stared at me, waiting for more.
When the doorbell rang, Winston left to check it.
Lucas stepped in. “Maybe she knew Serena would do the right thing and turn it over.”
Behind me, footsteps announced the arrival of more people. Desperate to see Duke again, I spun. I hadn’t thought things could get worse. But for a second, my world stopped as Winston escorted my father in.
I hadn’t wanted Dad to know anything about this.
