“They?re in cahoots?” Zapata asked.
“Not necessarily,” I said. “He may be depositing in several different accounts or putting it in a safe
deposit box. The bank doesn?t have to be involved.”
I was trying to be honest about it, but I couldn?t help wondering whether Charles Seaborn, president
of the bank, and a member of the Committee, knew Cohen personally. And if so, whether Sam
Donleavy knew that Seaborn knew Cohen. And whether Raines knew that Donleavy knew that
Seaborn knew Cohen. It was time I faced up to the facts. I wanted Raines and Donleavy to be up to
their necks in it, because if things had gone differently and Teddy were still alive, I would have been
in Donleavy?s boots. I didn?t want to feel that way, but coming back to Dunetown had stirred old
emotions that I thought were tong dead, and the lies, the hurt, the resentments, were as visceral as
fresh wounds. I could taste the blood. So there it was. What can a man do?
“We should maybe talk to Cowboy,” said Salvatore, breaking up my train of thought. “He shagged the
little weed for a couple days.”
“Good,” I said. “If we can put together enough evidence to show cause, we might find a judge who?ll
let us look into their bank accounts or let us have some wiretaps.”
“Kite Lange can handle that,” said Zapata.
“He means legal wiretaps, el retardo,” said Salvatore.
“In the meantime, I can throw a few crumbs your way,” I offered.
“How?s that?” said Zapata, slurping his coffee.
I decided to try Charlie One Ear out, to see if he was as good as everybody said he was.
“1 spotted Spanish Eddie Fuereco on the way in,” I said.
“At the airport, no doubt,” Charlie One Ear piped up immediately.
Zapata stared over at him, obviously impressed.
“Right,” I said.
“How?d you know that, Charlie?” asked Zapata, who appeared to be genuinely in awe of the oneeared detective.
“And in the bar,” Charlie One Ear added.
“Right again,” I said.
“Geez,” Zapata said.
“The old coin trick,” Charlie One Ear said. “Was he spinning heads and tails?”
“You got it,” I said.
“What?s the coin trick?” Zapata asked.
“He marks the top of a quarter, say on the heads side but along the ridges so you can?t see it unless
