Hot Revenge Box Set 2

Chapter 10

Klempner

A voice echoes from outside the room. “Larry, what d’you think you’re doing in there? You really think you have a chance?”

“I might ask you the same question, Baxter.”

“Do you seriously think you can get out of there? You’re covered from all angles in a dead-end corridor. You’ve nowhere to go. Put the gun down and come out with your hands raised.

“Fuck you!”

There is a pause and the sound of movement and muttering, then, “If you don’t drop the weapon then we might have to take alternative action. We have a friend of yours with us. And to be fair, we have the money too.”

James…

A bluff?

Probably not…

“You going to take a look? He’s been missing you…”

And in the background, cursing; another voice I recognise.

Darting forward, then back, I risk a check around the door and down the corridor.

And yes, it’s James, battered and bruised but definitely not out of the game.

He looks fucking furious…

One eye is swollen almost shut, bruised to a shade of blue-crimson, the orb, a ball of blood. His head is raised against the muzzle pushing up at his chin to one side, the knife at his throat to the other. And I think his hands are cuffed behind him.

Standing to one side, Finchby, carrying something…

The money?

No… some kind of box…

More like a fisherman’s tackle box…

His grin is beyond irritating.

other side of James, Baxter cradles a handgun, the muzzle semi-aimed at

down. “Nice to see you, James. I wondered if you’d be joining

growls, “I’ve had better

behind me, Jenny’s voice. “Is that him? They have him? Is he hurt?” Then she breaks

meet

can’t let them kill him. You

She leans forward, trying to see over her distended belly then looks up to me. “Please,

up, but

Michael, her face contorted. “Don’t let them hurt him. Oh, God. Don’t let them

voice again. “Drop the gun, Larry. We’re coming in like it or not, and I imagine your little girl in

snarl. “Fuck you. You’re not using me to…” There’s a crunch and a grunt. As I risk a look outside, James

rising panic. “What are they doing?

Kick it into the corridor. Or we finish him. It’ll

To James’

they doing? Don’t let them hurt him. Stop them. Oh, God, Father, please stop them. I’ve

“Jenny…” She’s streaming tears. “Jenny, this

past gunfire with Jenny and a new-born baby? At least this way, James is here with Charlotte and

For now…

a point

I don’t have

“Throw out the weapon, Klempner. And remember we

Not quite true…

I’m below the camera…

inventory, then toss

Larry.

me on the

No… Finchby’s a gloater…

groans through another contraction, looks up at me.

my tongue at her. Pointing a finger, “You handle your end of it.” She nods, panting, and I

approach me. They stay safely at

I saw a man with murder in his

towards me. “Search

I recognise. Baxter’s sidekick from when he sprang me from

to see you again, Hickman. Just

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