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"A o He’s takin’ a piss but he’ll be out soon, if you need hin that he’s irritated "How about the other one?"

"Aengus?" I shrug "He was here two nights ago"

"What for?"

The glasses clatter as I stack them noisily "To have a pint"

Duffy slides his cup out without a word, signaling a top-up As much as I’d like to tell hirab the coffeepot and fill him up

"Did he talk to anyone?"

"He talked to lots of people You know Aengus, always so social" Rowen, stepping out from the back just now, hears me and snorts

"Give me some examples of people he talked to, River"

"I can’t recall It was a Saturday night You knohat those are like around here" I carry the emptied dish tray over to its special spot, where we load it with the dirty glasses and send theuy takes the hint that I’ of a bastard he is "But you should track hi you" He wipes at the light sheen of sweat across his forehead with a cloth "We got an anony with Jimmy Conlon here"

"Really"

"We have an arrest warrant out for Jimmy"

"Then it wouldn’t make much sense for hiround"

"You would think Especially seeing as we’re not the only ones ant him Word is Beznick’s put a hit out on him"

"They must really want him dead then"

"What about you, Rowen?" Duffy shifts his questioning "Did you see Jiht?"

"Who?"

"Jimmy Conlon," Duffy repeats

"Sorry NeverHe has never officiallypatience Good Maybe he’ll leave us the fuck alone "We got an anonyus was behind the bomb in St Stephen’s Green"

I catch a flash in a nore it, leveling Duffy with an even stare I have a pretty good poker face, even when my insides are about to explode "That’s a serious accusation" As ardai have heard, I’us, have too et drunk in pubs and boast, and the wrong person’s always listening

"It is" He nods, watching me closely "Carries a sentence of at least fifteen years if we can prove it And I will prove it, if it’s true" He delivers the warning with a light voice, though his ht I know Duffy’s history He lost his uncle and father to a bo in Belfast in the ’90s He’s been especially interested in disht for a free Ireland and those who fight for the fight--since he put on a uniforus about that I’m sure he’ll tell you the truth"