I shook my head with disbelief. “You mean what?s left of it, don?t you?”
“You can be an irritatin? son of a bitch.”
“Probably. I didn?t come here to run for Queen of the May.” His tone became more condescending.
“I don?t wanna see things blown out of proportion, okay, doughboy? People make mistakes. It?s
natural. We ain?t all perfect.”
“I?ll buy that,” I said. “I just want to make sure that?s what they were—mistakes.”
“I?m tellin? you they were.”
“Sheriff, I?ll tell you everything I think. Not what I know, because I don?t know that much. I think the
same gun killed Tagliani, Stinetto, and O?Brian, possibly an American 180. I think the same gun was
used to kill Stizano and his bunch and Draganata, probably an M-16 equipped with a grenade
launcher. Whoever used them has a military background and killed Logeto and Graves? girlfriend,
Della Norman, using a garrotte that was fairly common in Vietnam. I think it was all done by one
person”
Titan pursed his lips and cocked his head to one side. “Not bad for someone who?s game ain?t
murder,” he said. “Why?”
“If I knew that, I could give you the killer.”
“Humph,” he snorted.
“Now I?ve got a question to ask you. Who busted Tony Lukatis on the pot charge?”
“Why?”
“He?s dead, that?s why.”
“I know that. „They?re doing an autopsy down in Glynn County right now. So what does Tony?s
previous record have to do with anything?”
“Just curious.”
“The drug enforcement boys nailed Lukatis and his buddy.”
“Did they both do time?”
He paused for a second or two and shook his head. “The shrimper turned state?s and got a suspended
sentence.”
“Was Lukatis running marijuana for Longnose Graves?”
Titan looked shocked. “Hell no,” he stormed. “Graves doesn?t run dope. He may have a lot of faults
but that ain?t one of them. Far as I know, Lukatis and his friend were freelancin?.
“Where were they caught?”
“On Buccaneer Island, where the South River empties into Buccaneer Bay. Why are you so interested
in Lukatis?”
