The Next Day
After leaving the station Mr. Mars, Veronica, and Logan went separate ways. Mr. Mars was off to figure out where Mrs. Kane was secluding herself, and Logan to entice the FBI with a chance to catch the Sorokin mob actually involved in a serious crime. Mr. Mars was uncomfortable that both Logan and Veronica would be alone. The original plan had been for those two to stay together. Apparently, however, Sacks had dropped an important bit of information about the area in which the crime took place.
Sheriff Sacks had been more competent than Veronica had expected—asking pertinent questions and handling the witnesses congenially if not a little expertly. To say she had been shocked was an understatement. But no matter how competent Sacks was, he could not make Veronica and Logan share what they didn't want anyone else to know. Mr. Mars had agreed that it would be better not to mention that the shooting could have connections with the Sorokins until they had the backing of the FBI. So Veronica and Logan had answered truthfully, if not a little evasively, when they said they didn't know the identities of the shooters. But while pressing them for answers, Sacks had given Veronica a new angle to work. Veronica's mind had practically gone into overdrive with the implications he had presented.
Sacks told them that the department was assuming the shooting was probably caused by increased violence between the PCH Bikers and the Fitzpatricks. That little bit of information was enough to lure Veronica, and she immediately convinced Logan and her father that this was a lead worth pursuing.
So she was off to find Weevil. Hopefully he would still have enough dealings with the PCH-ers to get her into contact with the leader considering the alternative was to contact the Fitzpatricks, and they would be about as welcoming as the Sorokins.
