Helen gazed up at the ceiling and wrapped her hands around the back of her head. “That could explain why Butch was so desperate to have me dismiss the charges against Zannick.” She lowered her eyes to Bo. “Zannick could have been blackmailing him with the prostitution ring and threatening to disclose if he were convicted of Mandy Burks’s rape.” “Which would also account for why Lou was so nervous at the trial docket.” “Him getting sick never seemed right either,” Helen said. “It always felt like a stall tactic.”
