“Somebody in South Florida,” Tommy said, “not Key West.”
“Good,” Stone said.
“Who and where?”
“You guys ever know Mike Levy, who was an investigator for the DA’s office?” Tommy asked.
“No,” Stone and Dino said simultaneously.
“He’s retired, lives on the inland waterway, somewhere between Stuart and Palm Beach. Is that too far north?”
“Is it near the interstate?”
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on the waterway, it could be approached by boat. That might appeal to the shooter.”
“Does Levy have any family?”
“His wife died last year; I went to the funeral. He’s got kids, but they’re both in the New York area.”
“So he’s all alone there?”
“Yeah, and Mike might find something like this entertaining.”
“Who do we get for backup?” Stone asked.
“The local sheriff might play,” Tommy said. “I worked on something with him a while back.”
“We’re going to need a lot of cash for bait,” Dino said.
“Evan can supply that,” Stone said.
“We’re going to have to get him some fake I.D.,” Dino said. “Manny’s going to be careful. He’ll search him for a wire, maybe even check him out.”
“Let me work on that,” Tommy said. “We’ve done that kind of thing for undercover drug buys.”
“There’s something else,” Stone said. “We need a connection to Manny White that can’t be traced back to us. Evan’s going to have to say that somebody sent him, somebody Manny would trust.”
“Wally Millard,” Dino said. “Wally’s sent him business before; Manny would trust him.”
“You think Wally would do it?” Stone asked.
“Let me talk to him about it,” Dino said.
“What else haven’t we covered?” Stone asked.
“I think that’s about it,” Stone said. “I’ll talk to Evan.”
“Talk to me about what?” Evan asked.
Stone turned to see him standing in the bedroom door, in his shorts, rubbing his eyes.
“Evan,” Stone said, “go back in the bedroom and use the phone to call your grandfather’s house. Tell his secretary that if anyone calls for you to say you’re on your way there, or if it’s tomorrow, that you’re in town, but not in. Tell her to confirm that your grandfa2 4 6
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