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I whistled "That’ll put a dent in anyone’s wallet"

Finn polished off his muffins and reached for the basket of rolls I passed hier dent in Dawson’s wallet than most It wiped outends allon hat"

"So he just doesn’t want the diareed "But wait, there’s more Guess who one of his priuess "Mab Monroe"

Finn pouted "You ruin allDawson’s name in the file Fletcher compiled on Mab Even if I hadn’t, it wouldn’t bein this city Including Dawson’s pocket, I i way," Finn said "Mab’s been floating hi it off as a speculative business venture"

I looked at him "Speculative venture? So she knows about the diamonds then"

"Probably," Finn said "Dawson iven her a couple of saesture"

"So all Dawson has to do is get rid of the Foxes, and he can tear up the wholediaain, and make himself and Mab Monroe a pile of ht, Gin Tobias Dawson isn’t going to stop until Warren Fox’s land is his He can’t afford to Not with Mab Monroe breathing down his neck to co the dwarf ’s dirty secrets is all well and good, but we kneas going to have to kill hi," I said "What I want to kno is how I can pull it off - and get away clean afterward"

Finn buttered another roll "I’ve been working on that too Like I said before, Dawson is all about his business Mining is his life"

"So I take hi deal"

Finn shook his head "I did soest either one of those options Dawson has a pretty tight security setup at houards, and his house is in a flat, re And after your break-in last night, I iuards at his office and theout would be a serious probleht before you kill himent just as much as I’d trusted Fletcher’s If he said the house and office were out, they were out "What about going to and from work?"

"Dawson has a driver who’s been with hi SUVat Country Daze Bulletproof glass, airbags, reinforced frame, all the usual assorted safety features"

"Which lass wouldn’t work, and the dwarf is probably tough enough to survive a car accident or even a boot it"

"So what do you suggest?" I asked "Because the clock is ticking Violet can only stay with Eva Grayson, and Sophia and Jo-Jo can only watch Warren at ho to coain sooner, rather than later The dwarf needs to get dead, Finn In a hurry"

Finn grinned "Ask, and ye shall receive Dawson doesn’t get out ht, as a matter of fact"

Short notice, but I could make do I’d had less time to do other jobs "But"

"But there’s only one problem No, that’s not true," Finn said "There are several probleoing to be?"

"I don’t know The Five Oaks country club, maybe?"

That’s where a lot of upper crust types held their functions

"Nuh-uh," Finn shook his head "This shindig is going to be held at Mab Monroe’s house - her own personal estate"

"Fuck," I said

"Fuck, indeed," Finn agreed

I sat there and ate my blackberry cobbler for several minutes Mab Monroe’s house was the very last place I’d want to do a hit The Fire ele someone within the confines of her own home Not to mention the fact it would seriously under in the Ashland underworld Killing so people would talk about for years Mab would do everything in her power to find out who killed the dwarf in her own territory Who had the audacity to thumb her nose at the Fire elees to her power base to ato be, then that’s where I’d have to do the job - whether I liked it or not I just hoped I was up to it

"Tell me the rest of it," I said

Finn cut himself a piece of the chocolate chip pound cake "Officially, the party is a business mixer Mab’s invited all her business associates, and everyone else she wants to do deals with in Ashland and beyond Lots of bigwigs expected to attend Security to get in is going to be very, very tight"

"So?" I asked "We’ve crashed lots of parties before Surely, Jo-Jo can get us in"

Finn shook his head "I already called her and asked You know she can’t stand Mab Jo-Jo declined the invite teeks ago You can’t use her invitation now and kill Tobias Dawson"

"Because it’ll look too suspicious and point Mab in Jo-Jo’s direction," I finished his thought "Okay, so hoe do it? There has to be soet close to Dawson"

Finn hesitated "Well, there’s so to like it"

"Spill it"

He stared at h for you to just get into the party You can’t go into Mab Monroe’s uest list He’d spot you in a uise Not like I haven’t done it before"