Adam moved quickly across the office to Chase's desk, where Tony was standing with a wad of papers in his hand.
'I think you two should listen to this – Ramon in Mexico' he said and, seeing that Tony wasn't arguing, he clicked a couple of keys on Chase's computer. Tony and Chase found they were listening to a conversation between Ramon and an unknown man.
'.... He'll be carrying the drugs for Hector. Catch him and interrogate him. He'll assume you're with the Rodriguez Cartel. Let's see how loyal our Jack really is.'
'You don't still think he's a cop?' the other voice asked
'Cop. No. Shit, he shoots up daily. He's killed for me several times. He's no cop. But I don't trust him. He hasn't grown up with this life. He doesn't know where our loyalties lie. Break him and then we'll know who he really is.'
'How long do we have?'
About an hour, then I'll come in with Hector. An hour should be enough. He's tough enough here – but when he's out on his own? That's a different thing Carlos. Then we'll see how quickly he'll change sides. I think he'll just want out of this when he sees the pain it can bring him. He'll work out he can switch sides, and earn his money there. You'll be representing another cartel – he'll have nothing to lose – except the pain. He'll crack'
'He might be scared of what you'd do to him when you found out' Carlos suggested
'I don't think that fear will be enough when he's hurting,' Ramon replied.
'How far do you want me to go Ramon? If he doesn't break – isn't he still useful to you?'
'Yeah, I mean don't kill him or anything, but a couple of broken bones for instance, we could cope with that. Just make sure a doctor could put him back together again.'
'When you and Hector turn up – what then? Do we let him know it was a set up?
'Yeah, why not?' If you haven't broken him – it'll just be like one of our punishment beatings – he'll think of it as a test. And I'll reward him. If you have broken him – I'll kill him'