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te that simple.”The waiter silently traded the old cup for a new one and disappeared back into the café.“Explain to me what is complicated about getting rid of a witness.”“It wasn’t just any witness. He’s with the Bureau and he’s…”“He’s an agent? Another agent saw me with a truckload of kids…”“I told him I was on the case. I told him I was handling it. He doesn’t know who you are.”“What the hell was he doing there? That’s your job, to make sure that no one else in the Bureau noses around.”“He was on his way to a pickup, on his way back to the States. He just happened to be getting picked up on the docks at the same time you were concluding the deal.”“And the reason you didn’t kill him…?”“If he hadn’t made the boat, there’d have been five or six coming ashore to find him. He was supposed to be meeting with the Director this morning. There was no way he wasn’t going to be missed immediately.”“All right.” The man took a sip of his coffee and tried to calm his thoughts. “You’re certain he saw me?”“Yes.”“Okay. We can handle this. He doesn’t know my name, he doesn’t know you’re involved.”“He thinks I’m shutting the operation down.”“Well, that’s fine. You’re due back in the States in another few weeks, right? You were reassigned?”His companion nodded.“So, you find him, you take care of him then. I’m due back in two months. I can’t run the risk that he’ll recognize me, Shields. I want him gone. Permanently.” The index finger of his right hand tapped methodically on the table. “You know him, right? You know where to find him?”“Yeah, I know him. And finding him won’t be a problem.” He rubbed his hand over his mouth, which had gone dry. “He’s my cousin.”Lyndon, Pennsylvania August, 2005What could possibly be going through a man’s m