Chapter 49

STRIKER

Linden had been off my radar for two days, but I knew he was working hard to give me the information I requested, even if he was also running the firm. He was good at extracting people’s dirty past. He’d proven it many times. So I gave him enough time.

At the same time, I grew restless each time I didn’t hear from him. When he called tonight, I knew he found something to put the bastard behind bars. The other three, his accomplices, were murdered before they could talk, probably by him so he could run away with twenty million dollars.

“Calm down. I’m still gathering intel.”

“What’s his name?”

“I got his yearbook. Before he became Ivy Jones, the man was Ivan Millers, a college dropout taking information technology. His father died when he was three. He lived alone with his mother, who later married an alcoholic. When he turned eighteen, he left his home and mother behind with the alcoholic stepfather. His mother lost her job five years later when