Sin and Scandal. Carol Storm

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      "Only that won't help get Carla back," Crystal May said softly. "Because she's not there."

      "What?" Matt stopped chewing. "But the cartel guys took her, didn't they? And Steve saw the tattoos on their necks?"

      "He did," she confirmed. "But he told me a whole lot more that you don't know. It seems like the Sun cartel traded Carla to a certain very important politician. Steve knows that because this Senator or whatever he is happens to be an old friend of his daddy. The man is using cartel drug money to finance his next campaign, but he wanted to show respect by letting Steve's daddy know about the girl. They know how much Steve wants Carla back."

      "What's the politician's name?" Matt demanded. "Where is he keeping Carla?"

      Crystal May made a face. "He's having a private party at his ski lodge next Friday. Sort of like a secret fundraiser where sex is on the menu and big money gets traded for political favors. If the Tallarico family gets Carla back, they agree to let the Sun cartel take over the drug business. And in return, the cartel will pay all of the Senator's old debts to Steve's family."

      "Names," Matt insisted. "I need names, and I need to know the exact location of the lodge."

      "I've got both," Crystal May said, snatching a chicken leg right out from under Matt's nose. "But there's not going to be an FBI raid. I don't want men with machine guns firing all over the place and maybe hurting Carla by mistake. It has to be just the two of us, Matt. Alone. Undercover."