Chapter 5

Tonio smiled maliciously. “When Reni gets done ‘talking,’ he’ll see the error of his ways. Not thathe’ll know that’s why he’s suddenly decided defending scum like Acasta is wrong, but he will.”

“Then why haven’t you done that a long time ago?”

“He’s not an easy man to get close to,” Reni said. “He knows he’s hated by anyone in law enforcement, plus all the people who’ve suffered at the hands of the criminals he’s managed to successfully defend.”

“What we need,” Mattie said thoughtfully, “is to give him someone new to defend.”

“Such as?”

Mattie went to the computer on the desk along one wall. Going into the recent arrest files, she checked who had been picked up within the last twenty-four hours. “This man should work. Steven Diaz.”

Tonio leaned over her shoulder to see who she meant. “Given that he’s part of Acasta’s organization,I agree. A small fry but still…Married?”

Mattie checked and nodded. “We’ll need to know what she looks like.”