Chapter 10

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"According to this Edward Molina has a helluva rap sheet. Assault and battery, drug possession, breaking and entering, the list goes on and on. He was last arrested in 1984 and served a five year sentence at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution – Cedar Junction. That's the maximum security prison." Danny swung around in his chair to face Samantha and Jack. "Martin told me that when he was in college he did an internship at a state prison. That could be how he knows him."

"Is there anything else?" Sam asked.

Danny turned back to look at the screen and he scrolled down. "Um….whoa….it says here that he got his business degree from Harvard and masters from M.I.T. He works as an accountant for a non-profit organization in Boston."

"Really?" Sam stood up and walked up to Danny's desk. She was studying the computer screen when she saw Martin and Eddie walking down the hall to the elevator. Martin didn't look at them once but she caught Eddie throwing them a dirty look before turning away. "So, technically he does know Martin from college."

"Looks that way but that's one scary looking dude. I just wonder how those two men became friends," Danny commented with his eyes on Eddie.

"Yeah," Sam wondered that as well.

Danny, Sam and Jack remained seated at the conference table waiting for Martin to come back. She was getting anxious to ask Martin about his friend. She smiled to herself thinking that no matter how well she thought she knew him he was still full of surprises.

"So, did you guys already do your background search?" Martin asked as he strolled back into the bullpen.

"Look, man, he doesn't look like someone you would know. You can't blame us for being concerned," Jack said authoritatively. "Can you tell us how you know him?"

Martin put his hands on the back of one of the chairs and began, "I met him when I was doing an internship at MCI teaching accounting. Eddie's mind is incredible when it comes to numbers; amazing. I gave him some private tutoring but he was so advanced that I told my calculus professor, Rob Kent, about him and he went to visit Eddie. He was so impressed with his ability that he worked out an outreach partnership. When Eddie got out he was accepted to Harvard on a scholarship and got his business degree. Then he was accepted to MIT," Martin explained proudly. "Once he found some people who really believed in him he started to clean up his act. It wasn't easy but Rob convinced him to do therapy and go through a 12-step program as part of his scholarship contract."

"So he's like the Latino version of Good Will Hunting," Danny joked.

Martin smiled and replied, "Yeah, only this one is an ex-con who was about twenty-five years older,"

"So was this just a social call?" Danny asked as he tapped his hand on the table.

"No, he needs my help finding his niece, Kiki." Martin turned and looked at Jack. "I'd like to make this a new case but if you don't want to use the bureau I'll do it on my own time."

"Why don't you explain the details to me first?" Jack replied in his gruff but concerned tone.

Martin pulled out his chair, sat down and told them everything that Eddie had told him about Kiki.