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Sins That Haunt
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Author: Lucy Farago
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approach to get her to listen.
    â€œGood. Then you just hired me for my expert opinion on a case you’re working. Client confidentiality; I can’t repeat anything you say. Now out with it.”
    â€œThat’s not legal.”
    â€œDoesn’t matter. Considering what I charge an hour and how long I’ve been in this car, you’re getting off easy.”
    He grinned, not realizing how much he’d missed her until then. But she was right. Lawyers could charge a small country’s budget. His divorce had cost him a major chunk of change. And he and his ex had split amicably. “We nailed your father three months ago. When we learned who he was working for, he reluctantly agreed to help us in exchange for a lighter sentence.”
    â€œAfter he and I reconnected,” she said, her disgust with the event clear. “Just my luck. You couldn’t have nailed him sooner?”
    Part of him wished he had, wished like hell he didn’t have to involve her. He didn’t doubt for one second that the dickhead had thought it was a good idea to blackmail his only daughter. For a man like JJ, a man with no scruples, extorting money from your kid was no big deal. “I’m sorry he was blackmailing you.”
    â€œWell, you and he have something in common now, don’t you?” A large jet flew by, rattling the car. “This is ridiculous. At least buy me a coffee if you’re not ready to take me back.” Without waiting, she opened the passenger door and got out.
    He followed. “Wait.” Maybe he should have kept the handcuffs on, but antagonizing her further wouldn’t help their cause.
    She turned, setting both hands on the hood. “Out with it. You need me why?”
    â€œFair enough. Eight months ago we got wind of an Internet posting. Someone claimed he had access to a private placement program where the funds were guaranteed by a Federal Reserve Bank.”
    â€œSomeone being JJ?”
    â€œYes. He offered a million-dollar return on ten thousand after a year. If anyone was interested, he had other programs with even greater returns but would require higher minimum investments.”
    â€œSo he upped the ante, and of course people ignored the fact that it sounded too good to be true.”
    â€œPeople often do.”
    The two of them had debated JJ’s schemes. They’d both agreed JJ was evil and it didn’t matter that people willingly gave him their money—it was still stealing. The issue was whether to feel sorry for the victim naïve enough to hand over money in the first place. They’d excluded lottery scams and fake charities, their disagreements centering around people wanting to get rich fast with little effort on their part. He’d argued it was wrong on any level. While she hadn’t disagreed, she’d laid part of the blame on the victim. It wasn’t until Polanski took his life that she saw things differently. Until then she’d never associated a face with JJ’s crimes. Then all hell broke loose. In her mind . . . and his heart.
    â€œI can’t believe he had the balls to post an ad.” She shook her head.
    â€œWe contacted him and told him we had investors interested in the offer. We arranged a meeting and slowly worked our way up the chain. We’d reached the part where we were told only a privileged few were invited to participate in higher-return ventures. You know . . . the usual bullshit.”
    She nodded absentmindedly. How many times had she heard JJ use similar tactics?
    â€œWe were monitoring JJ’s money transfers when we discovered he had something else on the side.”
    â€œWhat? Something bigger?” she asked.
    â€œSome one ,” he corrected, still unable to believe their luck. “We decided to make our move and bring JJ in.” The FBI had been trying to nail this guy for years. “When we told him we had enough evidence to put him away for life, he
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