Tad walked into the bank a few minutes after Zach arrived.
"Martin" Zach said as he greeted him
"Slater" Tad replied "Lets get on with it. The sooner we get this done the better"
"I agree" Zach said as they followed Alfred into the vault to retrieve the safe deposit box and then followed him to a private viewing room.
Both men inserted their key into the locks and opened the box . Tad took out the letter , then Zach handed the box and keys back to Alfred.
"Thank you Alfred, that will be all" Zach said as he closed the door behind Alfred. "Ok Martin, lets see what Dixie has been hiding"
Tad opened the envelope and read it over. An irritated look came over his face "Damn it Dixie" he mumbled
"So what did she have to say? Zach asked
Tad just hung his head and handed him the letter
'My Dearest Tad,
I am sorry for sending you on a wild goose chase , but I hope you will understand.
I had to keep you out of harms way while I went and talked with the man you are looking for.
I know I can get him to listen to me and hopefully spare Julia's life.
This is something that I have to do myself and I didn't want to take the chance of you following me.
If all goes as I hope I will be back soon. If it doesn't just remember that I will always love you.
Always
Dixie
"Well that's just wonderful. " Zach said "Still believe she's not in this up to her pretty little neck ? "
"No " Tad declared
"Well thanks to your ex-wife " Zach started "not only do we have to worry about Julia, but now her as well. You do realize if she screws this up she could end up getting some innocent people killed."
"I know Slater " Tad yelled "Listen I am going to the Chandlers and let JR in on what is going on. Then I am going to turn that place upside down looking for that letter."
"I am going to head to the casino and see if my men have come up with anything. I am also going to put some men on Kendall and Greenlee, just in case" Zach said "Call me when you find something. I'll do the same"
With that the men parted ways.
About the same time Zach arrived at the casino, Tad arrived at the Chandler mansion and began filling them in on what had happened. Everyone pitched in hoping to find Dixie's letter.
Zach had been in his office for all of ten minutes when there was a knock at his office door
"Yeah" Zach said with out looking up from his desk.
One of Zach's security men came in holding a folder.
"Mr. Slater, I think we have come up with something you might want to see" he said as he handed him the folder.
Zach opened the folder and picked up the photo of Dixie, Kevin Sturgis and Garret Williams
" Thanks Mike, is there anything else ?" Zach said as he put the photo back in the folder
"No Sir " he said " but we are still digging. I will keep you posted as soon as we come up with something"
"You do that" Zach said as him and Mike exited the office. "By the way, I want some men to keep an eye on my wife and Mrs. Lavery. I don't want this guy going after either one of them if he gets wind of us snooping around. Also keep an eye on the Chandler mansion "
"Will do Sir" Mike said before he left
After Zach got in his car called Tad on his cell phone and told him that he would meet him at his office in twenty minutes.
By the time that Zach reached Tads office, Tad was already there filling Aiden in on what they had learned so far.
" Any luck finding the letter ?" Zach asked
"No, not yet, but everyone in the house is looking for it, including the staff. I did run into Sam though and he found something interesting." Tad answered as he handed Zach a Valet parking ticket "It has the same date on it as the day that Dixie went to talk to the Dragon the first time. Sam and Lily found it on the road around where Julia gave the FBI the slip. What have you come up with, anything ? "
Zach handed Tad the folder containing the photo of Dixie.
"Son of a " Tad said as he looked at the picture "We need to get to the police station and have a talk with Mimi. Aiden see what you can find out about Garret Williams"
Both men left Tads office and headed towards the police station