Clint Faraday Mysteries Collection B :This Job is Murder Collector's Edition Read Online Free PDF Page B

friends in Panamá and your boss and
everyone associated with him will become statistics in a couple of
hours, at most. You only think you know how to cause pain. It was
how some of the Ruskies made their living for years before they
came here.”
    Almost anyone in organized (or, as seemed too
apparent in this case, disorganized) crime in Panamá is terrified
of the Russian mob. They have the reputation of being totally
merciless and more than a little crazy.
    “ Get the family released.
Now!”
    “ I can’t get them to do anything! I
just take orders! I ain’t no boss! Fuck!”
    “ Just tell them that Clint Faraday says
he’ll get his Russian friends to act if they don’t cooperate.
They’ll know I’m not the type to bluff. I have a small bit of a
reputation myself.”
    “ I can call them and try. It wasn’t my
idea to grab the woman and kid. I told them that was stupid because
it would get too many others after their asses. You keep this stuff
in the family. Somebody else, you don’t know what’s going to
happen! THIS kind of stuff can happen!
    “ I ain’t got a cel.”
    Clint handed him his cell, then had to punch
the number and put the phone on speaker because Paco couldn’t hold
onto the phone and punch the number with one hand broken. He got
someone he called “Juan” and argued a minute. He said to put the
boss on the phone. It was an emergency. Juan refused.
    “ Mira, estupido! Diga Ger ... el es
urgencia muy muy mal!” (Listen, stupid! Tell ? it’s a bad and
urgent thing!)
    Clint caught that and quickly added two and
two. He remembered what he heard in David. “Tell him we know who
all of you are and we don’t bluff! Maybe Geraldo, better known as
Mr. D, has more sense than you, Juan Marinni! Clear enough?”
    There was a silence, then another voice came
on. Paco gave him the message, then passed the phone to Clint.
    “ What is this about a scam?”
    “ First, the Martín family gets sent
back home and are unharmed in any way.”
    There was a short silence. “That was a very
large mistake. I will grant that Paco was correct in that. They are
not harmed and will be returned immediately if you will but
guarantee that no action will be taken for our detaining them.”
    “ IF they are unharmed, you have my
guarantee – where they are concerned.”
    “ You say I may seek the treasure you
claim is not there without the application of pressure?”
    “ That was the stupidest part of this. I
know it’s the way your group handles things, but it’s time you move
into the real world. You may use any of the methods the police and
I used to find the treasure. You will simply give Mr. Martín or
anyone else whose land the stuff’s found on ten percent of the net.
Nobody gets hurt, there’s not a bunch of silly plots and plans and
your kids won’t be ashamed of what their Pop was. Maybe you’ll live
and stay out of the pen long enough to have kids if you don’t
already. I didn’t check on that.”
    “ He will agree to that?” Paulo looked
surprised, shrugged and nodded.
    “ Certainly! You wouldn’t if it was on
your land and you wouldn’t have to do a single thing yourself to
find it?”
    “ Probably not. I’m not the sharing
type. I see your point, however, and will agree.
    “ What is this about a scam?”
    “ If your map is from that deal where we
dug up those two chests, every map Miss Halverson had was checked
thoroughly. One of the chests was there. The other two had been
found as much as ninety years ago. There weren’t any maps secretly
hidden or any other cache of maps found. The other pirate wasn’t
nearly successful enough to have much hidden and the Canos would
handle anyone who got any map to what they consider as their
property. Despite it all there’s still a lot of power with some
people in that. There are no Canos alive who were involved. There
are several people alive who are not Canos or not known to be
Canos. Don’t forget how many people here have two families