The Defendants (Thaddeus Murfee Legal Thrillers #2)

by John Ellsworth

Hector Ramson ex of Erline at Silver Dome Loinge

Hector would drop in at the Silver Dome no earlier than nine p.m., talk with Ermeline and get her on board with the Christmas Eve plan. Hector would leave there by 9:25. He would then leave his truck unlocked while he went inside the Phillips 66 on the west end of Orbit around 9:30 p.m. Johnny would be filling the Escalade also at the Phillips 66 and Johnny would walk from his Escalade over to Hector’s truck and leave the gun and the knife on the passenger seat. By then, Victor

Hector would give Ermeline the $5500—which Johnny slipped to Hector under the booth—to enlist her participation.

Hector would accompany her home just after midnight, place her fingerprints on the gun and knife, and plant the weapons in an obvious place of hiding where, "even the stupid cops could find them," as Johnny put it. Hector would then retrieve the money out of Ermeline's purse and quietly leave. "Take nothing else," he was warned. After that, Hector was free to keep the $5500 and go wherever he wanted, just not back to the Gulf Coast. Johnny

but he felt hunted anymore,