Jimmy walked around New York for two days without going anywhere, and didn't contact anyone except Nia.
Waiting is always a headache, and Jimmy is in that headache stage right now. There is no public reward, and all arrangements are handled by Winston. Who took over the task and what step it has taken now is completely a black box.
Jimmy had no informant in DC, and it was unclear whether he had taken action or not. This feeling of being out of control made him very uncomfortable, and he missed Tom even more. Tom seems to be able to find people to cooperate with him wherever he goes to investigate relevant information without having to worry about being discovered and tracked.
In fact, if you want to know their results, just ask Caitlin to investigate Sullivan, but it is not easy to talk about it. If he asks, and the result of the investigation is that the person is dead, then his suspicion will be completely confirmed.
Now he only asked Caitlin to check the information before, but he has been in New York and has not left. No matter what goes wrong, at least he will not be completely exposed, or there is no way to prove 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 the corner drinking alone, which was rare. Of course, the main reason was that Jimmy came rarely.
Taking half a bottle of whiskey directly from Woody, Jimmy sat next to Isaac, "Hey, Isaac, why are you sitting here alone?"
Isaac looked up at Jimmy, raised his glasses and clinked them, "Boss, you've been very diligent recently."
Jimmy shrugged. After being the hands-off boss for a long time, Isaac was no longer used to it. "I just took a break recently. You don't look well. What happened?"
Isaac sighed, "Just right, I need to take a few days off."
Jimmy: "Of course, no problem, 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's head was full of questions: "What? I didn't understand."
Isaac: "She is going to become my ex-wife soon, and my daughter is going to leave me." After saying that, Isaac picked up the wine bottle and poured himself half a glass, then drank it down in one sip.
Jimmy: "Why? It's understandable that your life was not good when you were unemployed. Now your income is not low. How could you get 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 say it anymore."
Jimmy took a sip of wine and shook his head speechlessly. It seemed that Isaac had done something while he was the bar manager. In all likelihood, he was thinking from below and was discovered.
Jimmy: "OK, you can go back and take care of the housework. Don't worry, I'll leave it to Woody for now. If you have anything, please contact me and I'll see if I can help."
After two drinks, he said hello to Isaac and was about to leave. Suddenly the phone in his pocket vibrated. 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 answer the phone, got up and left.
Peter: "Jimmy, where are you?"
Jimmy: "In my bar, what's going on?"
Peter: "OK, wait for a moment, I'll go find you."
Jimmy: "Okay, I'll wait for you to come over."
Jimmy hung up the phone, still a little confused. Peter rarely contacted him. He had been out of the white-collar crime team for two years. After that, he mostly met and greeted him, and rarely came to him directly.
After thinking about it, Jimmy asked the waiter to bring some snacks. Drinking would be too boring.
Soon, Peter came over, but he also brought the consultant.
Jimmy stood up and said, "Hi, Peter, Caffrey."
Peter: "Hi, Jimmy."
Jimmy waved, 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 here now?"
Jimmy spread his hands: "As you can see, the flow of people here is pretty good. What's the matter?"
Peter: "Well, I'd like to use your bar to hold a party."
Jimmy: "Work related?"
Peter nodded, and Jimmy looked at Caffrey, then at Peter: "Of course, no problem, time?"
Peter: "Next week, the time has not been determined yet, we need to confirm the venue first."
Jimmy nodded: "Wait a minute." He called to the bar: "Woody! Come on."
Woody turned to look at Jimmy, saw him waving, then put down the cup in his hand and came to Jimmy and the others.
Jimmy: "Woody, this is Peter. He will have a party here one night next week. Please support me later. Peter, just contact Woody directly after you have made the decision. Isaac, the manager here, needs to go back to his hometown to handle the matter during this time." Just some housework, I guess I won’t be here for a while.”
Woody stretched out his hand to shake Peter's hand: "Nice to meet you, Woody Boyd."
Peter: "Peter Bolke."
Woody took out a business card from his vest pocket and handed it to Peter, then looked at Jimmy: "Boss, I'll go do my work first while you guys chat."
Jimmy nodded, Woody returned to the bar, and Peter looked at Jimmy: "Don't you want to ask why?"
Jimmy shrugged, raised his glass and clinked it with the two of them: "Why do you ask? I have also been in the white-collar group for a few months. If you need to do something, I happen to have a bar that can be used. Of course I fully support you. "
Peter drank the wine from the glass, "Thanks Jimmy. Neil, is everything okay here?"
Neil nodded: "It's not a big problem, but the layout needs to be adjusted when the time comes. Leave the rest to me."
Jimmy: "It doesn't matter, just arrange it however you want, as long as it doesn't affect the continued business later. Woody will cooperate with you."
Peter: "Do you want to participate?"
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 issue afterwards."
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. When he is free and leaves, I may not be able to adapt to it."
Jimmy: "Hahaha, Jones will cry when he hears your words. By the way, where is Jones?"
Peter: "Still working overtime, we have to go back and prepare later."
Jimmy: "It's been a long day, but it's nice to have a vacation. Where's Elizabeth?"
Peter: "She's fine, thank you."
Peter and the others sat for a while, then got up and left. Jimmy had nothing to do, so he also left to go home and rest.
In fact, Jimmy and the others all knew what Hughes was thinking, and Peter was his intended successor. This was already the consensus among those who were familiar with Hughes, but it was unclear why he had not taken over.
In fact, they had talked about this issue in private before. In terms of connections and personal abilities, Peter was the best among the group leaders, especially in connections. Most of the other people's connections were in the Manhattan office, while Peter was at the DC headquarters. There are also many acquaintances.
So whether it was because he had cooperated before or for a better relationship in the future, Jimmy would not refuse Peter's request. Besides, he didn't care much about the bar. He originally wanted to buy the bar because of Woody. He didn't want to build a bar specifically to make money. It would be nice to have a special purpose.
When he said he didn't want to participate in Peter's case, he really meant it. Jimmy had been in the FBI for a long time, and he also spent the time when he didn't understand much when he first worked under Peter.
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 in recent years are high-risk crimes. If the time comes to drink some wine and warm up your hands, you can just kill a few. Trouble.
After that, Jimmy went to the bar every day, but he didn't drink too much. But Isaac was not there, so Jimmy also had to cooperate with Woody to manage the bar, but after only two days, Jimmy couldn't stand it anymore. There were too many chores in the bar, including various inventory counts, various disputes that were inevitable in the bar, and people doing some illegal things in the corners and bathrooms. After Jimmy dealt with a few things, he gave up completely and left it completely to Woody do it.
Finally, when Jimmy was about to collapse, Winston's call came. Jimmy answered the phone excitedly. Winston didn't say anything on the phone, he 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 and asked Woody to come to the bar in advance, and then he went downstairs and waited in the bar.
Soon Winston's Rolls-Royce stopped at the door, and Winston and Charon walked in one after the other.
Jimmy came to the door and greeted, "Hi, Winston, welcome to my bar. This way."
Jimmy led Winston to his usual seat in the corner and said, "Two martinis, Woody."
Woody nodded and started mixing drinks. Charon put the briefcase in his hand next to Winston. Instead of leaving it behind, he turned around and sat in front of the bar. "Ice water, thank you." It seemed that Charon was the driver. , for safety reasons, we can only drink water.
Jimmy: "How did it turn out? Winston."
Winston: "All done." He picked up the briefcase, opened it and 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 must have been shot from the side, and it was very sudden. They made no particular resistance.
After looking at their faces carefully, Jimmy confirmed that they were Greg and Sullivan. He put the photos on the table, and Woody came over with two martinis.
Jimmy: "Try my bartending skills, I hope you like it."
Winston picked up the glass of wine, smelled it, shook it, and took a sip. "It tastes good. You have a good bartender."
Jimmy smiled and raised his glass, then took a sip of wine: "Hahaha, okay, okay, I bought this place because of this bartender. Thank you, Winston. Did any accidents happen?"
Winston: "No, everything goes well. If you are sure there is no problem, I will settle the matter with the other party."
Jimmy: "Of course, I confirmed it. I hope Justin can send the funds as soon as possible."
Winston nodded slightly: "You don't have to worry about Justin, he will take care of it, probably in the next few days."
Jimmy: "Maybe it's a bit presumptuous, but can I ask who did it?"
Winston shook his head: "This matter needs to be kept secret. After this period of time, I can introduce you to each other if I have the opportunity."
Jimmy: "Oh, there's no rush, as long as the matter is resolved."
Winston: "OK, now that the matter is settled, it's time for me to go back. Goodbye, Jimmy."
Winston picked up the glass to signal, then drank and stood up. Jimmy also clinked the glass and took a sip. He stood up and sent Winston away. He watched them get into the Rolls-Royce and leave before he returned to the bar and took it from the table. He walked to the bathroom and lit the photo. After watching the photo burn, he turned on the faucet and flushed it into the sewer.
There was nothing special about what they said just now, and there was no need to worry that something would happen if Woody heard it. There were only four of them in the bar now, and as long as the voices were not whispered, you could basically hear them, so Winston and Jimmy basically tried to avoid specific names and events in their conversations.
Jimmy said to Woody: "Woody, you've been working hard for the next few days. When Isaac comes back, let him give you a break."
Woody: "You're welcome, Jimmy. Are you going to stay? Or go right back? There are still three hours until the business opens."
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. Goodbye, Jimmy."
Jimmy: "Bye, Woody."
Jimmy didn't plan to go to work right away. Now that something happened with Greg, he needed to wait at home for another day or two to determine whether there would be any follow-up to this matter.
Soon, Jimmy received a call from Caitlin, asking him to meet outside. Just in time, Jimmy can confirm the movement over there through Caitlin.
In Central Park, Jimmy saw Caitlin sitting on a bench. She was sitting reading a newspaper with a newspaper in her hand, seemingly unaware of Jimmy's arrival.
Jimmy sat next to her, "Caitlin, what do you want from me?"
Caitlin didn't put down the newspaper, or even turned to look at Jimmy: "Did you do the DC thing?"
Jimmy: "What?"
Caitlin: "Sullivan is dead. He was shot in someone's car three days ago."
Jimmy: "I didn't do it. I've been in New York during this time."
Caitlin: "Do you know who did it?"
Jimmy: "I don't know. I just checked the information and didn't have time to go to DC."
Caitlin: "OK, you have to say this to everyone. Nothing happens, then I'm going to work. Goodbye, Jimmy."
Jimmy: "Bye."
(End of chapter)
