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"And I believe he was also an investor He would have demanded some kind of financial stake That is his way"

Murphy let out a breath "No wonder Jetta is so suspicious of the Russians"

Rens waved a hand "Jetta has never liked Oleg He once tried to seduce her That never goes well"

"She’s a very direct woman"

"That she is But back to Livia There were cases of Elixir found--so The for took over after Livia? That he’s behind all this?"

"Do you?"

"No"

"I don’t either" Rens sipped his beer "But I cannot tell you why"

Murphy leaned over the table "What do you know, Rens?"

"Know?" The vas"

"Such as?"

"I believe Oleg took theto do with Livia From what I know about hi"

"But those cases were still his blood And Oleg does not share his blood lightly He had one htine he only donated the blood because he thought he could make a substantial amount of money from the investment"

Murphy said, "But then Livia’s scheme fell apart, and he discovered the truth"

"Indeed," Rens said "Hewith it, but he would want the remainder of the Elixir under his control In hiswas his"

"That makes sense," Murphy said "What about distributors? Could any of them have had stock in transit that Vecchio and his allies were unaware of? Livia’s shipping interests were taken over by the new leadership in Rome"

"Conti is not involved in this," Rens said "And neither were her previous distributors"

"Why not?" The answer occurred to Murphy before Rens had a chance to answer "Of course It’sover water"

"If Livia’s sales pitch had been successful," Rens said, "then she would have no need to conceal the distribution of Elixir She would havewith her cosmetics Possibly to the same vendors, even But her sales pitch failed So nohoever isthis must redients are particular Sorown commercially in southeastern Europe That was the reason she chose Bulgaria"