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the two officers wanted to help.
    Kovach pleaded, “Dix I’m in deep here. I could lose my career as well. If you taught me anything, it was to do the right thing. The right thing here is to figure out who the leak at my office is and take down the cartel.” He was hoping to convince either Dix or Petersen to jump into this mess. He believed their participation was necessary to solve this case.
    Dix looked over at Petersen and said, “Buddy what do you think?”
    Petersen still reluctant said, “No way man, I’m not dealing with this. I just want to get back home.”
    He laughed and said, “Come on, you can’t tell me you wouldn’t like to get all over this case, see if we can ferret out a traitor wearing a badge, and apprehend some serious bad guys in the process.”
    Petersen tried to remain calm and reminded Dix that they were three thousand miles from home and already on a serious time-out due to the shooting. In addition, it wasn’t even the local Sheriff’s Office (SO) asking for help. An outside agency was butting into the SO’s case. Despite his pleading, Petersen was pretty sure Dix was going to help HSI.
    Petersen reluctantly replied, “If you’re foolish enough to jump in, you know I’m not gonna leave you hanging.”
    Dix was happy to hear his partner supported him. Kovach seemed excited as well and it caused Romero to finally say something.
    “Damn Kovach, I guess you were right about these boys. They have brass balls.”
    Dix said, “We’re going to work behind the scenes, Doug. Our department will roast us if we get caught.”
    Kovach felt it was time to clarify some things.
    “I already took care of that. Well I didn’t, but the Director did. He called a personal favor in with your Chief and you guys have been cleared to help us.”
    Dix felt his face flush, “What the hell? You already had the green light and made us sweat it out just to see if you could trust us.” He was fuming and felt like punching Kovach squarely in the mouth. You son of a bitch .
    Petersen was up on his feet quickly and walking directly at Kovach. Dix could see he was intent on harming him. He jumped up and got between the two men. Romero seemed stunned and just sat there.
    Kovach didn’t put up a fight because he knew he was wrong. He deserved to be smacked in the jaw for being a real ass. He felt everything slipping away and realized he’d made a very poor decision by not telling them everything.
    Kovach apologetically said, “I’m sorry guys. I’m falling apart here. I’ve been standing tall in front of boss after boss and I can’t wrap my mind around the fact that someone in my agency is actually working for a cartel. The identity of my informant was compromised by a traitor. HSI is answering to several higher ups around DC and I’ve got nowhere to turn. All I can say is I’m sorry.”
    Petersen took a deep breath. Dix took the silence as a cue to speak up. “You really disappointed me Doug. Steve and I should walk away from your problem,” he paused and looked at Petersen, “If we’re held out of any other discussion or decision in this case from this point on, we walk and you can lose my phone number…and your career.” He was still a little heated even after finishing his statement.
    Petersen looked at Dix and nodded. He accepted Kovach’s explanation and understood that he was under a tremendous amount of stress. He still didn’t want to be involved in this case, but he was backing Dix all the way.
    Dix pulled out a bottle of Jameson from his traveling liquor suitcase and poured four glasses. He pushed a glass in front of each man in the room.
    “Gentlemen, the way I see it, we’ve got a lot of work to do.”
     
     

 
    Chapter 8
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    Raphael was shaking now and decided he would tell Calderon everything to try to spare his brother’s life. He was weak and tired, which explained why he thought it was a good idea to try to out-wit Calderon.
    Calderon started. “Where’s the money