"Not anything? I already told Kagan it'd all be printed. That fired him up and he threatened Moran on Friday. What about the editorial in today's paper questioning the investigation?"
"That's as far as they're willing to go. Nothing more from your material will be printed."
"Then Moran holds a winning hand. He has no pressure to explain anything and Raymond stays in jail."
"Maybe not, Moran doesn't know the paper backed down. He phoned me a little while ago and sounded worried about what we were printing. I told him the sky was falling in on him, and everything was going to be printed."
"You told him what?"
"Yeah I did it, and I implied he was in deep shit."
"You lied to a state attorney investigating a homicide? Are you out of your mind! When he finds out, he'll charge you with obstruction of justice to begin with. He'll have you jailed or at least fired. You'll never work as a reporter in Florida again."
"Well, there goes my Pulitzer. Guess I'll move to Tampa and fix cars."
"Why on earth…?"
"Listen Sandy, you're in the driver's seat for a few hours. Moran really believed me. Go make some kind of deal with him before he finds out that he doesn't have a lot of new info from the paper to deal with. Unless he checks with the editor right away, you guys have some time."
"But Linda, in a few days he'll realize nothing new is coming out in the paper, and he'd simply lock Raymond back up."
"Wouldn't he be embarrassed trying to explain why he let him out?"
"That's true, and this gives Kagan another shot to go before the judge and maintain there was insufficient evidence to deny bail considering the new disclosures. It's at least a chance to get Raymond out, and it might work. I won't tell Kagan what we're doing, so he'll innocently continue acting as though we do have an advantage. If Moran falls for the bluff, he might negotiate. But Linda, you just fell on your sword for me. You're going to be crucified for lying regardless of what happens. Why did you do that?"
"Sugar, you know why."