Red Alert(NYPD Red #5)(79)

“Life must go on, Doc,” Danny said, signaling a busboy to bring two more chairs. “And dessert is a great place to start. Let me take a look at that menu.”

And then it hit me. With Wells dead, there was no reason for Segura to stay in New York. Or in the U.S., for that matter. In fact, since he farmed out the killing, he probably left the country while Wells was still alive.

I’d have liked to share my brilliant insight with my fellow detectives, but Cheryl runs a tight dinner table. No cop talk means no cop talk.

So I lifted my wineglass and drank a silent toast to Geraldo Segura, the one who got away.