After leaving Saxon’s Bar and Grill. Katlain gives directions to Axis Realty. She knew a person who did real estate and if there was anyone who might know if someone was setting up an organization in town. Bert Mittelberg would know. He had his fingers in a lot of illegal activities around Augusta.

Joesph looks at his partner when she starts giving him directions to the real estate company. He wonders how much she knew that occurred around Augusta.

“How connected are you to the underworld here?” As Joe glances at Katlain.

“I know a few people. My family can trace their heritage back to being one of the founding families of Augusta.” Katlain knew her family hasn’t always been angels. A few of her descendants had been pirates, mercenaries, slave owners, gamblers, robbers, and moonshiners.

“You know, there is a rumor going around the station that you use to be a thief.” Joesph tried to find out about his partner when he first got
assigned to her. She was rather young to be a full fledge detective.

A sly smile appears on Katlain’s face “You have no idea, partner.”

Joe just shakes his head as he follows Katlain’s direction. After twenty-five minutes of driving. He pulls into the parking lot of a place that looks like it could be on the cover of Home & Garden magazine. He parks the car next to a black SUV.

As they the two of them walk towards the entrance of the place. Joe noticed the security cameras around the building and in the parking lot.

“Boy, this place takes their security seriously.”

“Some of them are fakes. The owner of this property deal in a lot of high-priced properties around Augusta and the nearby cities and suburbs.”
Katlain owned a few properties under one of her fake names that made her money.

As they walk into the place, they are greeted by a young woman with long golden blonde hair. She smiles at them “Welcome to Axis Realty. How can I help you today?”

“We would like to Mr. Mittelberg, Martha.” Katlain smiles at Martha. She knew that Martha was the daughter of one of the owners of Axis Realty.

Martha looks at the auburn hair woman and realized it was Mrs. Brownlow. The smile on her face gets bigger.

“I’ll see what I can do for you, Mrs. Brownlow.” Martha picks the phone up and presses Mr. Mittelberg’s extension.

“Thank you, Martha.” Katlain watches Martha and listens to the conversation.

Joe just stands next to Katlain and listens as well.

When Martha is done talking to Mr. Mittelberg. She looks at Katlain “He’ll see you.”

“Thank you, Martha.” Katlain leads the way to Mr. Mittelberg’s office.

“Why did she call you Mrs. Brownlow?” Joe was curious about that.

“It’s my maiden name. I did some business with them in the past.” After walking up to the second floor and down the right-hand hallway. They come to a corner office.

Katlain knocks on the door.

“Enter.” Mr. Mittelberg looks at the door.

He already knew who was on the other side of the door. The security camera hidden in the hallway showed him who it was. The woman he
recognized, but the man he didn’t. If he had to guess. The man might be a cop or a federal agent by the way he was dressed.

He wonders why Mrs. Brownlow brought him to his office. He stands up as they walk into the office. A fake smile appears on his face “What can I do to you, today?”

“Mr. Mittelberg, it’s been a long time.” Katlain extends her hand to Mr. Mittelberg to shake.

“That it has, Mrs. Brownlow.” As he shakes her hand.

Katlain shakes Mr. Mittelberg hand. She could tell by the way he shook her hand. That he was shocked they were in his office.

“Mr. Mittelberg, I would like for you to meet my friend, George Thomas. He’s interested in seeing what property might be good to invest in.”
Katlain couldn’t tell him that they were cops.

“Well, let’s see what I can do to help you.” Mr. Mittelberg loved making money and helping others.

“I knew you were the man for the job, Mr. Mittelberg.” Katlain smiles sweetly at Mr. Mittelberg.

She knew how to play to his ego to get what they needed. If she could get around getting a search warrant, she would. She just had to prove to Mr. Mittelberg that her partner wasn’t a cop, but a well-off guy with money.

Mr. Mittelberg liked the compliments Mrs. Brownlow was giving him. He loved how she flirted and batted her eyes towards him.

“Now, let's see what properties I have available for investment.” Mr. Mittelberg brings up a bunch of properties and projects them on the wall for them to view.

For the next few hours, Mr. Mittelberg shows them different properties. Katlain notices that the property the Feds raided last year was listed. The new owners were looking for investors. They claimed the property was a survival camp where anyone could come to learn how to survive.

Katlain makes a mental note about the properties she wanted to make a midnight visit to. But first, she still wanted to talk to Jester and see if she knew anything. She knew Jester knew about most of the gangs and groups that operated out of Augusta.

By the time Katlain and Joe leave, they had several printouts of properties. Neither one of them talked about the properties as they walked out of the building. Once they were outside and in Joe’s car.

Joe looks at Katlain “I take it, you recognized some of those properties.”

“Yeah, the survival camp one and the old campground in Fort Gordon. Those two raise some red flags with me.” Katlain watches as Joe drives.

“Well, let's go and grab some lunch, and afterward, check these places out.” Joe trusted his partner.

“Sounds, good to me.”