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“A coustine, near an outletthere just after I drove away I have no idea where they are now He gave me a telephone nue the trade”

“I still don’t get why he let you leave”

“He wanted me to broker a deal, but I refused to do that anywhere near Coleen or Nate This had to be face-to-face, just like when Jansen recruitedthose files and that recording isAll he wants is the coin Jansen and Oliver are a different oal”

“They followed you to Gainesville”

“I assumed that would be the case What you had me do in the bus depot was to throw them off?”

I nodded “And it worked”

No one had followed us

My

I was assessing all ofI knew I couldn’t tell Foster that there was no way I was relinquishing the files The coin? Who cared? But the files and the cassette? Those were going to Stephanie Nelle Yet to get Foster’s cooperation, I would have to lie

This guy shouldn’t h

He seeed an entire life based on a lie

“I have an idea,” I said “Hoe can help Coleen and Nate and solve your problem, too”

CHAPTER FORTY-SIX

Dan Veddern had the right idea when he ustine’s main plaza Lots of people Activity Plenty of distractions I decided that though it had been the right idea, there wasn’t enough of all three for what I had into confront Jansen, Oliver, and Valdez, the place to do it here there were thousands of people, a security presence, and toofoolish

Foster and I drove from Micanopy south to Orlando The trip took about ninetythe entrance to Disney World, I stopped and called Valdez, at the nu Nate’s cell phone, its battery about on its last leg Thankfully, the call went through and theas possible before round

Foster and I parked the truck in a massive asphalt lot and took a replica steadoet to the park: the boat, a monorail, and a bus I opted for the boat so I could see in all directions Twilight had arrived and darkness was co 8:00 PM

And it was raining

Not hard A steady ood mixed with the summer heat

I paid for two ad Stephanie’s credit card It didn’t really matter whether she found me now or not

This was about to be over

One way or another

I carried the two ht with tape To protect the from one of the vendors and handed the protected bundle over to Foster I could see he felt better just holding those envelopes

I was a little disappointed that there were no security checks to get inside the park I’d been hoping for h the turnstiles That meant Oliver and co at a disadvantage without a weapon Cie’s rifle would do ood here But so this would go smoothly I didn’t want to place anyone here in jeopardy But I kept telling myself that Oliver wanted the files, Valdez the coin, and Foster the recording and his daughter and son-in-law

Nobody wanted a spectacle

I had no idea where Valdez was located when I called, but I was sure ay ahead of him He’d told me on the phone that he would be there by 9:00 PM The park was on suht

We headed into the Magic Kingdom

Brightly lit topiary shrubs arranged as Mickey Mouse greeted us at the entrance Through a covered breezee caround level inside a town square adorned with rass and pruned trees Overhead the whistle of a train could be heard as it entered the station we’d just passed beneath An array of pastel-colored, Victorian-style buildings surrounded us, creating the vision of astrains of Disney tunes filled the dae of a perfect town I decided higher was better, so we climbed some stairs to the train station depot and stood under an elevated porch that overlooked the square below The rain continued to fall in a light drizzle, but the crowds didn’t see ever stopped the fun here Both breezeways into the park froht Foster and I stood at the railing

“The incredible thing,” Foster muttered, “was that it all happened over nonsense”

He’d offered little to nothing on the trip south, so I waited for him to explain

“In ’62 Martin told the press that the FBI was biased toward southern police He said the FBI was a white organization that catered to white police Blacks stood no chance with theents Hoover took great exception to all that He never allowed anyone to criticize his FBI Right after Martinto clear the air This was the first encounter between Martin and Hoover Hoover had subordinates call the SCLC office to make an appointes and passed them on, but Martin never called back Hoover took that to nored But that was not the case”