“Not too jaded, huh?”
Cisco chuckled like he?d just heard a dirty joke. “I loaned him to Dutch. I don?t think anybody else in
the outfit knows he?s one of us. Dutch?ll fix it so the two of you can pair up. You?ll like him.
“Says who?”
“All the ladies do.”
“Great.”
“Sorry about Tagliani,” Mazzola said. “I know how long you been working on his case.”
“Well, saves the Fed a lot of money, [ suppose,” I said. “But it would have been nice to put the
bastard in Leavenworth with his brother.”
“One more thing,” Cisco said before hanging up. “You?re not here to solve any murder cases. You?re
h ere to find out if there were any outside mob strings on Tagliani and who holds them. That?s number
one. We could have a classic case working here, Jake.”
“Morehead said something funny,” I told him. “He said, „I?ve got the whole thing on tape.”
“What whole thing? You mean the Tagliani hit?”
“I guess so. He was evasive when I asked him.”
“Well, ask him again. You can fill me in at breakfast.”
“Sure.”
“I?ll meet you in the hotel restaurant. Eight o?clock suit you?”
“Nine might be better.”
“See you at eight,” he said, ending the conversation.
6
INSTANT REPLAY
When I got back to the Kindergarten, Dutch Morehead?s SOB?s were beginning to gather in the room,
One or two had drifted in. Dutch had a handful of photographs which he was about to pin on a
corkboard. A quick glance confirmed that the Tagliani gang was in Dunetown and was there in force.
Only two pictures were missing: Tuna Chevos and his gunman, Turk Nance. And as I told Cisco, I
knew they had to be in Dunetown somewhere.
“That?s Tagliani?s outfit all right,” I told Dutch. “All but two of them. Otherwise known as the
Cincinnati Triad. Mind if I ask you what put you on to him in the first place?”
“Ever hear of Charlie Flowers?” Dutch asked.
“Charlie „One Ear? Flowers?” I asked surprised.
“Could there be more than one?” he said with a smile.
