Chapter 131

When he finished, Mike nodded. “Since Reed wasn’t murdered, his death wasn’t treated as one. I wasn’t involved in the investigation because I was the one who shot him. I can do some digging when I get to work on Monday, to see who his closest associates were.”

“And talk to them, since we can’t?” Van asked through Sage.

Mike chuckled. “I’m not sure they’d be willing to talk to me, since I’m the one who killed him, but I can give it a try.”

“All we need to know is whether he said anything to them about wanting Irwin taken out because he killed Jon and Grant,” Brody said, and Sage repeated.

Mike nodded. “I understand. Don’t get your hopes up, Jon, but I’ll do what I can to find out. It will take a while, one way or the other.”

“What’s a few more days in the grand scheme of my life, and death,” Jon said wryly.