The winter of Frankie Machine

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Dave watches the little red light blink on the electronic map. The GPS device placed in the bank bag with the money is working perfectly.

“I thought he would have gone down to Mexico,” Troy says.

“Mexico is a dead end,” Dave answers. “Machianno knows that.” Hell yes, he does, Dave thinks; he sure made it a dead end for Jay Voorhees. The Bureau had always liked Frank for that piece of work but could never come close to pinning it on him.

Classic Frankie Machine.

Troy studies the map.

“It looks like he’s headed for Brawley,” he says.

They keep an eye on the screen into the evening.

The light stops in Brawley and beeps steadily in the same location. They run a cross-check and it comes up positive.

Frank’s gone to ground in the EZ Rest Motel two blocks off the 78.