Seven days came and went and I was finally let out of the hospital. Rebecca had gone back to Los Angeles a few days before that.
One of Sharkey's men picked me up and took me back to Sharkey's house. He showed me the one message he'd received from Rivers while I was laid up. It simply said: I'LL COME FOR YOU WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT.
I had two weeks before Sharkey's daughter Elizabeth was to be married in the backyard of her father's estate overlooking Monterey Bay. I had to make sure I had Rivers apprehended before then...