The fact that Seaborn entertained Tagliani on his yacht was still not an indication of any wrong-doing.
It was his job as a member of the Committee to size up big investors. But if Seaborn was washing
money for Lou Cohen, that was a different ball game. Then the meetings on the yacht became
pertinent testimony.
I decided to change the subject.
“What do you know about Cherry McGee?” I asked.
“He?s dead,” Harry said.
“I know he?s dead. Before that.”
“He was a pistol over in Covington, did free-lance work for Draganata back when Bannion tried to
elbow in.”
“So McGee was working for the Triad when he came down here?”
“I don?t know that for sure. Nobody seemed too upset when he got blown away, though.”
“When did you move down here?”
“With O?Brian. I was one of the kid?s wedding presents. So I came with them. Nine months ago,
maybe.”
“The house was already bought?”
“Yeah, that was also a wedding present.”
“So what was the reaction when Tagliani was iced?”
“Well, you know I been through a couple wars. When somebody in the family takes one, the first
thing happens, everybody gets together, tries to figure out the who and the why. They did it at
Franco?s place the next day, the day of the wake.”
“What happened?”
“It ended up nothin?. It didn?t make sense. Both Franco and Draganata had got it by then. Everybody
else was Freakin? out. They didn?t think anybody even knew who they were. They started talkin?
about you.”
“What about me?”
“That you?re sweet on Raines? old lady.”
“Who said that?”
“Costello, maybe.”
“So
“Costello says you?re bad luck. There?s a big hate on for you over there. It?s why I was nervous for
O?Brian to meet with you. They say you took down Skeet and then set fire under them in Cincy,
which is true.”
