causeway.”
“We’ll set up some construction, and have one of my guys directing traffic,” Jesse said.
“How you gonna know it’s Francisco?” Crow said.
“You told him he had to come himself.”
“Yeah. And he will. He won’t come alone. But he’s annoyed. He’ll want to kill me himself.”
“After he gets the girl,” Jesse said.
“Yep. He can’t let me get away with holding him up like this,” Crow said.
“I’ve seen him,” Jesse said. “I’ll recognize him.”
“Even in the backseat?” Crow said.
Jesse smiled.
“When he came to visit me, I made his car. Lincoln Town Car. A rental. He rented two of them. Got his license plate number while he was driving away. Got the other number from the rental company.”
“Wow,” Crow said. “What a cop!”
“Ever alert,” Jesse said.
“We need somebody at the other end to let us know when Esteban starts,” Crow said. “He’ll be around the bend.”
“If he comes from there,” Jesse said.
“He’ll come from that end,” Crow said.
“And Francisco from the other,” Jesse said.
Crow nodded.
“Scorpions in a bottle,” he said. “You got enough people to keep them penned on the causeway?”
“I can get some Staties for backup,” Jesse said.
“They’ll go along with this?” Crow said.
“I may not tell them exactly what’s going down,” Jesse said.
Crow grinned.
“You lying bastard,” he said.
“Doesn’t make me a bad person,” Jesse said. “When you want to do it?”
“Day after the money shows up in your account,” Crow said.
“Time of day?”
“Morning is good, late enough for everybody to get here, early enough for me to have the sun at my back and shining in their eyes.”
“Say about ten-thirty?” Jesse said.
“You been doing a few practice runs yourself,” Crow said.
“Plan ahead,” Jesse said.
They were quiet then, looking at the length of the causeway.
