On his way to meet the inside man, McKinney decided that a couple of beers with his lunch were not out of the question. There had been a huge amount of stress over the last two days and maybe a beer or two could help with that. Besides, it is barbeque! That having been decided, he began to speculate as to the information the informant had. It has to be something pretty substantial to warrant a secret meeting. Do they know about Cockerell? They can’t know about the others, can they? But if they were active participants, maybe they do. Those kinds of questions continued until he got to the restaurant.

The inside of the restaurant was a little dark and it took a few seconds for his eyes to adjust. It was one of those joints where there was sawdust on the floor and the serv...

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