Sand Dollars (2011)
“That had no effect, so I looked in his medicine cabinet and found smelling salts. They did.
“You know where the money is?” I asked him when consciousness returned. It was time to focus on the problem.
“Buried.”
“You know where?”
“Yeah. Me and Elena. We never told the boys. But you said you knew.”
“I just took a wild guess and said that to see what you’d do. Where is Elena?”
“Don’t know.”
“Where were you going?”
“It’s falling apart. I was getting out.”
I considered that. It didn’t make any sense. Trust a lawyer to lie. “Where does de la Peña fit?”
“He’s the Mexican connection. We work both sides of the border. He protects us down there.”
“That’s all?”
“He’s also enforcement, working with Chico.”
“So he sent the two kids to Claire’s house? To do what, clean the slate?”
“Yeah. He and Chico. After you snooped around with those San Diego cops, he thought you were onto him. He went around the bend. I gave you his number knowing he’d never talk to you.
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