Jake Randolph, Private Investigator Pt. 137

Mallory continued.

"Enter Paul Lanyard. He was a guy Vic knew from the old days in Chicago. Anyway, Lanyard has carved out quite a reputation for himself as a hired killer, with some very difficult kills in his portfolio. The trouble is his fee is $500,000.00, and with the authorities shutting down some of Vic's operations and freezing his assets, he had to call in a lot of favors and sell off half of what he owned to get the money. All the casino profits lately were ploughed back into the running of the place, so he couldn't use that."