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?”

groans, her breathing shaky… Then, “They’re still about fifteen minutes apart. I didn’t want to disturb you until I was sure, but… I am sure

Oh, God…

you going into

Master. It’s too early

early? It’s way

Master. But,

just going to

Calm…

Stay calm…

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

Elizabeth is going

a hand to her mouth. “She’s not due for

there’s no way I can

Call your clinic. Tell them you’re on your way with her. I’ll bring your car to the front, get the engine turning over, then it’s warm when you set

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Michael

and Baxter exit, and after a cautious moment, Klempner and I enter

with cigarette smoke, the walls and ceiling perhaps once white but now yellowed and draped with dusty

not to actually touch anything. “You'd think he could afford

he regards the hovel of a room, lip

he runs the women as prostitutes, but he must be worth plenty. What's the point in being wealthy

me, watching the screen with half an eye, the door with

looks like an entrance lobby, then a dance floor, various corridors... Each quarter displays a small insert: L2

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

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

triples and more; rooms where girls ‘entertain’ their clients.

clients know they're on

fingernail at the screen. “Some of the City High and Mighty there. Good blackmail material if he ever has

series of barred and padlocked doors. Each

doors say ‘cells’ to me,”

them either working or locked up until he’s sure he has them

to supply

finding myself simply staring at

know my past. I’m

course, he’s

image shifts

corner of the screen, it’s

rises. “Oh,

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