Chapter 470

In his business, Mike Toomey had learned to read faces. As he looked into William's eyes he knew that his threat was real. He charged into the back room and removed all five tapes from his recording devices. He put them into a plastic bag and brought them out front.

"Sir, here they are, all of them. I swear on my life this is every one of the recordings I have."

"What about the one underneath the counter that I can see?"

"It's just a dummy for anyone who tries to rob us. They think that is the only one in the store. It's not hooked up to anything."

"Give it to me. I will check it with the rest of them. If you are lying to me, you are dead."

Mike took it out of the machine, put a red X on top of it, and placed it in the bag. William handed him an extra $500 and said, "Destroy your receipt of this transaction. It never happened. If Agent Abrams ever gets in trouble because of this, you will be he