North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 487 Good News

Jimmy honestly walked the streets of New York for two days, didn't go anywhere, and didn't contact anyone except Nia.

Waiting is always a headache, and Jimmy is in that headache phase right now.There is no public reward, and all arrangements are handled by Winston. Whoever took over the task, and where it is now, is completely a black box.

Jimmy has no informants on the DC side, and it is not clear whether he has done anything now. This feeling of being out of control makes him very uncomfortable, and he misses Tom more and more.Tom seems to be able to find cooperators everywhere to investigate relevant information without worrying about being discovered and followed.

In fact, if you want to know their results, you can ask Caitlin to investigate Sullivan, but this matter is not easy to ask. If he asks and the result of the inquiry is that the person is dead, then his suspicion will be completely confirmed.

Now he just asked Caitlin to check the information, but he has not left in New York. No matter what the problem is, at least he will not be completely exposed, or there is no way to verify that he arranged for someone to kill him.

Jimmy changed into casual clothes and came to the bar, of course, just to enjoy the atmosphere here and let him relax.Today, the bar manager, Isaac, was uncharacteristically sitting in a corner and drinking alone. This is very rare. Of course, the main reason is that Jimmy rarely came.

Taking half a bottle of whiskey from Woody, Jimmy sat next to Isaac, "Hey, Isaac, why are you sitting here alone?"

Isaac looked up at Jimmy, raised his glass and clinked, "Boss, you have been working hard lately."

Jimmy shrugged. Isaac couldn't get used to being the shopkeeper for a long time. "I just took a break recently, you don't look well, what happened?"

Isaac sighed, "Exactly, I need to ask for a few days off."

Jimmy: "Of course it's fine, but what happened? Is there anything I can do to help you?"

Isaac: "I need to go back and go through the formalities with my wife."

Jimmy had question marks all over his head: "What? I didn't understand."

Isaac: "She will soon become my ex-wife, and my daughter will leave me." After finishing speaking, Isaac picked up the wine bottle and poured himself half a glass, and he was bored in one sip.

Jimmy: "Why? It's understandable that you were unemployed and living a bad life. Now that your income is not low, why are you getting divorced now? What does she think?"

Isaac looked down at the cup and shook his head: "It's all my fault, it has nothing to do with her. I don't want to talk about it."

Jimmy took a sip of his wine and shook his head speechlessly. It seems that something happened to Isaac during his time as the bar manager. Most likely, he used the following to think and was discovered.

Jimmy: "OK, you can go back and take care of the housework, don't worry, I'll leave it to Woody to handle it temporarily, if you have anything to do, please contact me, and I'll see if I can help."

After a couple of drinks, he greeted Isaac and was about to leave when the phone in his pocket vibrated suddenly. He took it out and took a look. Jimmy pressed the answer button: "Hi, Peter." Jimmy took the phone and sat down again , Isaac watched Jimmy answering the phone, got up and left.

Peter: "Jimmy, where are you?"

Jimmy: "In my bar, what's up?"

Peter: "OK, wait for me for a while, I'll go find you."

Jimmy: "Okay, I'll wait for you to come over."

Jimmy hung up the phone, still a little confused, but Peter seldom contacted him. He had been out of the white-collar crime team for two years. After that, he mostly met and said hello, and rarely came directly.

After thinking about it, Jimmy asked the waiter to bring some snacks over, since it would be too boring to just drink.

Soon, Peter came over, but he also brought the consultant.

Jimmy rose to greet, "Hi, Peter, Calfry."

Peter: "Hi, Jimmy."

Jimmy beckoned, and the waiter brought two more glasses. Jimmy picked up the wine bottle and poured it for the two of them, "Why are you here all of a sudden?"

Peter: "Jimmy, how's the traffic going in here?"

Jimmy spread his hands: "You will know if you look at it. The flow of people here is still very good. What's the matter?"

Peter: "Well, I want to host a party at your bar."

Jimmy: "Work related?"

Peter nodded, Jimmy looked at Calfry, then at Peter: "Of course, time?"

Peter: "Next week, the time has not yet been determined. We need to confirm the venue first."

Jimmy nodded: "Wait a minute." He yelled at the bar: "Woody! Come on."

Woody turned his head to look at Jimmy, saw him waving, put down the cup in his hand, and came to Jimmy and the others.

Jimmy: "Woody, this is Peter. He will hold a party here one night next week. You can support me later. Peter, you can contact Woody directly after you make an appointment. The manager here, Isaac, needs to go back to his hometown to deal with it during this time. I'm going to do some housework, I guess I won't be here for a while."

Woody reached out to shake Peter's hand: "Nice to meet you, Woody Boyd."

Peter: "Peter Bolk."

Woody took out a business card from his vest pocket and handed it to Peter, then looked at Jimmy: "Boss, I'll go and talk first."

Jimmy nodded, Woody returned to the bar, Peter looked at Jimmy: "Aren't you asking why?"

Jimmy shrugged, raised his glass and touched the two of them: "Why do you ask? I also worked in the white-collar team for a few months. You need to do something. I happen to have a bar that can be used. Of course, I will fully support you. "

Peter drank the wine in the glass, "Thanks Jimmy. Neil, is there any problem here?"

Neil nodded: "It's not a big problem, but I need to adjust the layout when the time comes, and leave the rest to me."

Jimmy: "It's okay, you can arrange it as you like, as long as it doesn't affect the business in the future. Woody will cooperate with you."

Peter: "Would you like to join?"

Jimmy: "Me? Forget it, my presence may affect your handling of the case."

Peter: "Okay, by the way, the bureau will deal with the cost after the fact."

Jimmy waved his hand: "It's okay, it doesn't matter. By the way, Neil, how long do you have?"

Neil blinked, as if he didn't understand. Jimmy pointed at his feet, and Neil finally understood, "Oh, more than a year, half of it has passed."

Jimmy: "Congratulations, you are very close to freedom."

Peter answered, "Well, Neil has helped us handle a lot of cases, and when he is free to leave, I might really not get used to it."

Jimmy: "Hahaha, Jones will cry when he hears you. By the way, where is Jones?"

Peter: "Still working overtime, we will go back to prepare later."

Jimmy: "It's hard work, it's still a good vacation. Where's Elizabeth?"

Peter: "She's fine, thank you."

Peter and the others sat for a while, then got up and left, and Jimmy was fine, so he also left and went home to rest.

In fact, Jimmy and the others all know Hughes' thoughts. Peter is his intended successor.

In fact, they have talked about this issue privately before. In terms of network and personal ability, Peter is the top among all the team leaders, especially the network. Most of the other people's relationship is in the Manhattan office, while Peter is at the DC headquarters. There are also many acquaintances.

Therefore, Jimmy will not refuse Peter's request, whether it is because of the previous cooperation or for the sake of a better relationship in the future.Besides, he didn't pay much attention to this bar at first. He wanted to buy the bar because of Woody. He didn't want to set up a bar to make money. It would be nice to have some special uses.

Just now I said that I don’t want to participate in Peter’s case. This is my real idea. Jimmy has been in the FBI for a long time, and he also passed the time when he first came to Peter’s team and didn’t understand anything.

In the cases that Peter and his team usually handle, the suspects are not high-risk criminals, but most of the cases that Jimmy has handled over the years are high-risk crimes. trouble.

After that, Jimmy went to the bar every day, but he didn't drink too much, but Isaac wasn't there, and Jimmy had to come forward to cooperate with Woody to manage the bar, but it was only two days, and Jimmy couldn't stand it anymore.There are too many chores in the bar, such as various inventory checks, various disputes that inevitably arise in the bar, and some people doing some illegal things in the corners and bathrooms. After Jimmy dealt with a few things, he gave up completely and left it to Woody do it.

Finally, when Jimmy was about to collapse, Winston called. Jimmy answered the phone excitedly. Winston didn't say anything on the phone, but just wanted to meet and chat with Jimmy.

Jimmy invited Winston to sit in his bar. Winston thought about it and agreed to Jimmy's invitation.

It was not yet time for the bar to open, so Jimmy called Woody to come to the bar early, and then went downstairs to wait in the bar.

Soon Winston's Rolls-Royce stopped at the door, and Winston and Charon walked in one after the other.

Jimmy greeted him at the door, "Hi, Winston, welcome to my bar. This way please."

Jimmy took Winston to his usual seat in the corner. "Woody, two martinis."

Woody nodded and began to mix drinks. Charon put the briefcase in his hand next to Winston, did not leave it behind, but turned around and sat in front of the bar, "Ice water, thank you." It seems that Charon is the driver , for safety, can only drink water.

Jimmy: "How did it turn out, Winston."

Winston: "It's all done." He picked up the briefcase, opened it, took out two photos and handed them to Jimmy.

Jimmy took it over and took a look. In a car, two people fell in the back seat. Judging from the photo, they should have been shot from the side, and suddenly, they didn't particularly resist.

Looking carefully at their faces, Jimmy was sure it was Greg and Sullivan. He put the photo on the table, and Woody came over with two glasses of martinis.

Jimmy: "Try my bartender craft, hope you like it."

Winston picked up the glass of wine, smelled it, shook it, and took another sip. "It tastes good. You have a very good bartender."

Jimmy smiled and raised his glass, then took a sip of the wine: "Hahaha, it's okay, I bought this place because of this bartender. Thank you, Winston. Did anything happen?"

Winston: "No, everything is fine. You are sure that there is no problem, and I will settle the settlement with the other party."

Jimmy: "Of course, I confirmed. I hope Justin can send the funds over as soon as possible."

Winston nodded slightly: "You don't have to worry about Justin, he will take care of it, it should be within a few days."

Jimmy: "It might be presumptuous, can I ask who did it?"

Winston shook his head: "This matter needs to be kept secret. After this period of time, if I have the opportunity, I can introduce you to each other."

Jimmy: "Oh, there's no rush, as long as the matter is resolved."

Winston: "OK, then the matter is settled, and I should go back. Goodbye, Jimmy."

Winston picked up the wine glass as a signal, then drank and stood up. Jimmy also clinked the glass and took a sip. The photo, went to the bathroom and lit the photo, and watched the photo burn before turning on the faucet and rushing into the sewer.

What they said just now has no special content, and there is no need to worry that something will happen to Woody if he hears it.Now there are only four of them in the bar, and as long as their voices are not whispers, they can basically be heard, so the conversation between Winston and Jimmy basically tries to avoid specific names and events.

Jimmy said to Woody: "Woody, you have worked hard for the next few days. When Isaac comes back, let him give you a break."

Woody: "You're welcome, Jimmy. Are you staying? Or are you going straight back? It's three hours before we open."

Jimmy: "I'm going back. I've been resting for a long time. I'm going back to tidy up and get ready to go back to work."

Woody: "Okay, leave this to me, bye, Jimmy."

Jimmy: "Goodbye, Woody."

Jimmy didn't plan to go to work right away. Now that something happened to Greg, he still needs to wait at home for another day or two to make sure if there is any follow-up to this matter.

Soon, Jimmy received a call from Caitlin asking him to meet outside.It just so happened that Jimmy could confirm the movement over there through Caitlin.

In Central Park, Jimmy saw Caitlin sitting on a bench. She was sitting and reading a newspaper with a newspaper in her hand, and seemed to have completely ignored Jimmy's arrival.

Jimmy sat next to her, "Kaitlin, what can I do for you?"

Caitlin didn't put down the newspaper, and didn't even turn her head to look at Jimmy: "You did what happened in DC?"

Jimmy: "What is it?"

Caitlin: "Sullivan is dead, shot three days ago in someone else's car."

Jimmy: "I didn't do it, I've been in New York all this time."

Caitlin: "Do you know who did it?"

Jimmy: "I don't know, I just checked the information, and I didn't have time to go to DC."

Kaitlyn: "OK, say that to everyone. It's nothing, I'm going to work then, bye, Jimmy."

Jimmy: "Goodbye."

(End of this chapter)