Chapter 37 Chapter Thirty-Seven

Myron tried to fly like Wen, but couldn't.He wanted to speed up, but encountered road repairs on Route 95.Whenever you run into 95 being repaired, it's pretty much the law in Connecticut.Myron listened to the radio in the car and made a few phone calls, feeling a pang of fear in his heart. Hester Krimstein was a senior partner at a powerful New York law firm, and the charming receptionist was clearly waiting for Myron's arrival.She led Myron through a corridor with faux-mahogany wallpaper on both sides, and into a conference room with a rectangular table large enough to seat twenty people, and pens and pencils in front of each chair. Notebook, no doubt for some unsuspecting clientele charging ridiculously expensive hourly rates.Hester Krimstein sat next to Bonnie Hyde, both with their backs to the window, and they both stood up as Myron entered.

"There's no need to be polite," said Myron. The two women stopped moving. "What's the matter?" Hearst asked. Myron ignored her and stared at Bonnie, "You almost told me, didn't you? Bonnie. When I first came back, you said you didn't know if our help to Crewe hurt him instead, Did our protecting him cause his death? I say you're wrong, the only one who is to blame is the one who shot him, but there's a lot I don't understand, is there?" "What are you talking about?" Hearst asked. "I want to tell you a story," Myron said.

"what?" "You just listen quietly, Hester. You'll find out what you're involved in." Hearst shut up, and Bonnie remained silent. "Twelve years ago," Myron said, "Crow Hyde and Billy Lee Palmers, playing on a minor league team called the New England Bisons, were young, brash, high-spirited, and I won't go into details." Both women sat back in their chairs, and Myron sat down opposite them and continued the story. "One day, Crew Hyde was driving drunk, oh, he may have been drunk and driving more than once, but this time, his car hit a big tree. Bonnie—" Myron gave Bonnie a shot with his chin. Pendulum, "was injured in the accident, suffered a concussion, and spent several days in the hospital. Crewe was uninjured, and Billy Lee had a broken finger. After the accident, Crewe was in a panic. DUI charges are enough to destroy a young man. The future of the player, that was the case even 12 years ago, when I just got him a couple of lucrative business deals, and in a few months, he was going to be in the major leagues. So, Crewe made a lot of athletes What he would do, find someone to solve the trouble for him. He found his agent, which was me, and I rushed to the scene like crazy, and met the arresting officer, a man named Eddie Kubler Guy, and met Sheriff Ron Raymond."

Hester Krimstein said: "I don't understand at all." "Give me a little more time, and you'll understand," Myron said. "The two police officers and I have come to an understanding that this kind of thing happens to famous athletes, and it's always been quietly covered up. Rue was a child and there was no reason for this little accident to ruin his life. Well, it was a crime with no victims, the only person injured in the accident was Crewe's own wife. So the money changed hands In the end, we came to an agreement: Crewe hadn't been drinking, and the sudden swerve to avoid another oncoming car had caused the accident, with Billy Lee Palmers and Bonnie as witnesses. As time goes by, people slowly forget about it."

Hester had a stern face, with an expression of irritation and curiosity, while Bonnie's face quickly lost its color. "Twelve years later," Myron said, "the accident began to manifest itself like a curse from the Egyptian pharaoh. The drunk driver Crewe was killed, his friend Billy Lee Palmus was shot, My heart hates calling it murder because the guy who shot him saved my life. The sheriff I paid off died of prostate cancer, which is no surprise, maybe God called him before he was mummified. As for Eddie Kübler, the other officer in the case, who was arrested last year for taking bribes in a drug trafficking case, pleaded guilty and received a reduced sentence, his wife left him and his daughter refused to talk to him, and now Living alone in Wyoming, drinking too much."

"How do you know about this Kübler?" Hester Krimstein asked. "I was told by a policeman named Herbert at the time, and a journalist friend confirmed it for me." "I still don't see the connection," Hurst said. "That's because Esperanza kept you in the dark," Myron said. "I don't know how much information she gave you. It doesn't seem like a lot. Maybe she just emphasized that I can't get involved, right. ?" Hearst put on a court defense posture, "You mean Esperanza has something to do with these things?" "no."

"It's you, Myron, who bribed two police officers." "That's the problem," Myron said. "Even that night 12 years ago, I thought there was something odd about the accident. The three of them were in that car together, why? Bonnie didn't like Billy Lee Palmers very much. Of course, there was Maybe she was hanging out with Crewe, and Crewe was dating Billy Lee, so maybe Billy Lee had a girl with him that day too, and the two couples went out together or something. But it was night It's very deep, why are the three of them sitting in the car?" Hester Krimstein, still immersed in his role as a court defense attorney, "You mean, one of them wasn't in that car?"

"No, I mean, there were four people in the car, not three." "what?" Both looked at Bonnie, and Bonnie bowed her head in silence. "Who's the fourth man?" Hurst asked. "Bonnie and Crewe are one pair," Myron tried to meet Bonnie's gaze, but she never looked up, "Billy Lee Palmus and Lucy Meyer are another pair. " Hester Krimstein seemed to have been hit suddenly. "Lucy Mayer?" She repeated the name. "The daughter of the Mayer family who has been missing for many years?" "Exactly." "My goodness."

Myron's gaze stayed on Bonnie, and finally, Bonnie raised her head. "That's the way it is, isn't it, Bonnie?" Myron asked. Hester Krimstein said, "She won't tell you." "Yes," said Bonnie, "that's it." "But you don't know what's going on, do you?" Bonnie hesitated, "Yes, I didn't know that at the time." "What did Crewe tell you?" "He said you paid off Lucy Mayer, too," Bonnie said, "just like you did with those two cops, and he said you paid her to keep it a secret."

Myron nodded, it makes sense. "One thing I don't understand is that there was a massive media coverage of Lucy Mayer's disappearance a few years ago, and you must have seen her picture in the papers." "yes." "Do you remember who she is?" "No, I don't remember, I only met her once. You know that Billy Lee guy, he dated a different girl every night. Crewe sat in the front row with me, and she had the same hair color at the time." It's different, it's gold, so I didn't know it was her." "Crow doesn't know either."

"yes." "But in the end, you still know the truth." "Yes," she said. "Wow," said Hester Krimstein, "wait a minute, I can't keep up. What does a traffic accident years ago have to do with Crewe's death?" "It's very close," Myron said. "You'd better explain, Myron. Also, if you were involved in this matter, why was Esperan framed?" "That was a mistake." "what?" "It's not Esperanza they're trying to frame," Myron said. "It's me."