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But then I realized my ace in the hole

I glared at Wayne, hoping to evoke his anger—I had a feeling I’d need it to get to the heart of the matter To make the exact words fall from his mouth that would secure this confession

I said, “So Bryn Hilliard is pulling your strings I thought you were smarter than that Because now you’re his bitch”

There it was

Fury flashed across Wayne’s face “I auess what? When those idiots anted back into the Lux—Bryn included—get their balls nailed to the wall because they were too stupid to cover their tracks and the FBI and IRS caught up to the to take my millions and drift away Disappear into thin air Poof!”

He was beyond sinister and insidious He was evil Chillingly so

But also delusional That was his weakness I wouldn’t be du Bad so quickly

“You’resome marbles, Wayne, that’s for sure First, those ‘idiots’ will point fingers at the person who actually planted the bomb They’ll want to take you doith them Second … have you watched the news lately?”

He eyed me suspiciously “I don’t have time for the bullshit on TV”

“That’s too bad Because that hotel you worked at in Las Vegas—overseeing some of the construction—was about to implode because it was so shoddily built Except that suddenly it became a crime scene”

His jaorked for a moment I’d thrown hi down the hotel What’s the crime?”

“You really a

re a moron of epic proportions A sneakythe tower that can no longer stand on its own and will topple over and kill thousands of tourists and wipe out some of the Strip workers discovered bodies in the concrete pillars Bodies” I gave hi look Time for my full-court press “All three were ID’d They used to work at the Lux, right at the tined on One of them happens to be your brother, Xander Or should I say, used to be your brother”

His head jerked back and he stu!

I inched toward hi the bodies in thirty stories of cement Until those thirty stories have to come down”