"Trouble that would get him killed," Jack said.
Jeremy's brow lifted with surprise, and his eyes bulged. "Ethan's dead?"
I nodded.
"How?”
"Do you know how he was able to afford a boat like this?”
Jeremy shrugged again. "I don't know. Ethan never really talked about it. Said he’d done well in crypto. That's not unusual. Iknow a couple of guys who bought bitcoin back when it was cheap.”
I gave him a skeptical look. "We think there's something more to it than just crypto."
Jeremy shrugged again.
"What do you know about the money laundering?" I asked like I was certain of it.
"Money laundering?" he replied in an innocent tone.
"Cut the shit. We know he was laundering money through Eden Saint’s For the Fans account.”
A guilty frown tugged Jeremy's lips.
"You know something about that,” I said. “Start talking.”
His face tightened, and he hesitated a moment. "Look, all I know is he was getting paid good money to be a super fan of Eden’s.”
"Oh, he was a superfan, alright. He spent millions of dollars with her.”
"Yeah, and then he got fixated on her. That was his problem. He kept trying to actually hook up with her. She didn't want to have anything to do with him. But he thought she owed it to him.”
I shared a glance with Jack, then asked Jeremy. "Did he kill her?”
Jeremy's brow wrinkled. "No. Ethan wasn't a violent dude.”
“You sure about that?”
“I never saw him get violent with anybody.” He considered it. “But he was pretty silly for that chick.”
"Who was he working for?”
"I don't know.”
"Whoever it was came here last night and killed him,” I said. “You think you’re safe.”
"Hey, I'm not involved in that shit.”
"You better tell me everything you know, right now."
"I'm telling you.”
My stern eyes glared at him.
"All I know is that he was freaking out because the cops came around asking questions about Eden. He was worried you guys were going to figure out what he was doing.”
"I need to know who he was laundering money for.”
"I'm telling you, I don't know. I stayed the fuck out of that. I just needed a place to stay until I got on my feet again. Ethan was cool enough to let me stay here without paying rent. I tried to keep out of his business, and he kept out of mine.”
