Chapter Thirty-Eight
“War’s good for business,” explained the digitally distorted Barbu. He had been talking, according to the recording, to someone he referred to as “Mr. Jeffers.”
Among other things, they had verified the locational information in the data stream had been wiped. That seemed pointless, given they had visited the shop and could easily include that information if they passed the rest of it along.
Erik and Jia had been reviewing some of the information Emma recovered, focusing on whoever was most likely to be Alina’s person of interest.
There was no guarantee that Barbu’s leaked information covered everyone important, but he’d passed along these people for a reason. Even criminals had certain lines they wouldn’t cross. This Jeffers might have pushed too far for Barbu’s t
