“Just part of the little plot,” I said. “Is it worth your while playing along with me if I turn over the counterfeiting plant and the boys who work it?”
“It might be,” he said cautiously. “You seem to know a hell of a lot about this business, Cain. Suppose you open out. And don’t think you can use this office to further your own interests, because you can’t.”
“Now you sound just like a cop,” I returned. “Look, I’m giving you a boat full of undesirable Cubans, and I’m going to show you where this dud money comes from. Where’s your gratitude?”
He grinned. “Well, okay,” he said, “but don’t start anything we can’t finish.”
“I wouldn’t do that,” I said. “Come to Paradise Palms on Thursday night. Meet me at 46 Waterside at eleven o’clock and come prepared for trouble. If you can arrange to have some of your boys within reach, so much the better, but they are not to show until trouble starts.”
He stared. “What’s the idea? That joint’s a brothel. Why there?”
I winked at him. “Don’t you ever relax, brother?” I asked as I made for the door..
5
Six o’clock the following morning, Davis came bursting into my bedroom. I woke with a start, grabbed my gun from under my pillow, saw who it was, sank back.
“That’s the way guys meet with accidents,” I said crossly, rubbing my eyes. “What time is it?”