Chapter 39

“Not…really. I don’t know. If he was, he was doing a bad job of it.”

“You said he’s new?”

“Yes. The boss hired him yesterday, because Josh quit. Why?”

“Maybe I’m paranoid, after all that’s happened,” Zack said, “but it seems a bit too convenient.”

Trev shivered. “You think he’s a—what do they call it?—a plant? That he’s working for Alberts or Carter? But why come after me now? I don’t have anything they want.”

“They know you and I are connected and that I was part of Quint’s sting, because I took the painting to Alberts.”

“Then why not go after you, if you think that’s what’s happening?”

“If you think about it, I’m not that easy to get to. And I’m older and wiser. I wouldn’t fall for someone trying to make time with me.”

“And I would?” Trev said tightly.

“No. I didn’t mean it that way, damn it. What I mean is, that could be how they’re thinking. Get to me through you. They undoubtedly want to know who set up the sting and why I’m involved.”