Chapter 6
With Mason out of the picture, the three men returned to the motel, where they debated what to do next. Ash was all for finding Franklin, the second of Patterson’s elite handlers—as he called them. Kegan wasn’t certain that was a good idea.
“Patterson’s going to know we, or at least I, was responsible for killing Mason. He’ll have your basic all-points-bulletin out for me.” When Ash began to protest that other operatives wouldn’t come after them, Kegan said, “Look at it this way. If we hadn’t been involved—if someone else was accused of Mason’s death, and we were told to look for that person and deal with him if we found him, we would. Right? Without questioning why he’d killed Mason.”
“Yeah. I guess so.” Ash barely smiled. “I’m a prime example of that happening.”
“Exactly. I
