Hot Revenge Box Set 2

Chapter 6

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Richard

My mobile rings. I snatch it up. “Yes, Ross?”

“I've lost contact with James. They've made him leave the phone behind when they sent him on the next leg…”

Fuck…

How do we help him now?

“… And the earpiece. And…” Ross’ voice is shaky… “Richard... They… the kidnappers I mean… they spoke to me via the connection. I recorded it all. I'm playing it back to you.”

Klempner. You know who this is.

Just like you to let this tired old bastard run the gauntlet. But that's just you all over isn't it. Letting someone else take the heat.

We'll have the money very shortly. And believe me, it had better be all the money in that bag. But the deal’s not sealed until we have you too. Until then, that darling daughter of yours is going nowhere.

The voice snaps off. There’s a moment’s hiss then Ross speaks again. “Richard, what do you want me to do? Should I call the police?”

“No… don’t do that. If they think the police are involved, they’ll almost certainly murder Charlotte… and her baby… before Michael and Klempner can get to her.”

“What then?”

What indeed?

Should I go?

Leave Mitch to look after Elizabeth?

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How do I tell her this?

Wearily, I climb the stairs to find my sleeping wife.

But she’s not sleeping. “Elizabeth… There’s been a development. Ross has…” I stop, mid-sentence. “Elizabeth?”

From the pillow, she stares up at me, wide-eyed. “I’m sorry, Master…”

“Sorry? Elizabeth, what’s wrong?”

I didn’t want to disturb you until I was

Oh, God…

you going into

It’s too early I know, but I

early? It’s way

Master. But, I’m pretty

stay calm. I’m just going to

Calm…

Stay calm…

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onto a flask. “Hot coffee,” she says. “And I’ve packed sandwiches for you and…”

Elizabeth is

to her mouth. “She’s not due for another…

weeks. Mitch, there’s no way I

Tell them you’re on your way with her. I’ll bring your car to the front,

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Michael

cautious moment, Klempner and I enter the

stale, musty with cigarette smoke, the walls and ceiling perhaps once white

not to actually touch anything.

Klempner. But he regards the hovel of a

“Okay, so he runs the women as prostitutes, but he must be worth plenty. What's

but says nothing, simply pulling up the other seat by me,

screen flicks between shots of what looks like an entrance lobby, then a dance floor, various corridors... Each quarter displays a small insert: L2 lobby,

feed is unresponsive, moving at its own pace. “He’s got plenty of cameras

chewing on his lower lip. “Nothing from the basement so

room after another of couples, triples and more; rooms where girls ‘entertain’ their

if the clients know they're on

Mighty there. Good blackmail material if he ever has any

flickers again: a corridor lined by a series of barred and padlocked doors. Each door has a small viewing

say ‘cells’ to me,”

keep them either working or locked up

used to supply

staring at him, leaning in, intent on

past. I’m not going

of course, he’s

image shifts once

a corner of

rises. “Oh,

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