Hot Revenge Box Set 4
Chapter 14
The meal goes smoothly enough, albeit with a lot of negotiating the rapids and under-currents of good manners and courtesy.
Beth’s pregnancy proves a safe topic of discussion, with none of the pitfalls and booby traps lying in wait if we talk about anything closer to home. Mitch is a star, repeatedly shifting the conversation back onto the imminent birth of Beth’s and Richard’s new son.
Later, in a quiet moment with Michael, “My apologies,” I say. “Tact isn’t one of Georgie’s virtues. It never was.”
His answering smile is wry. “Like father, like daughter.”
*****
Klempner
Two weeks and… nothing…
Not a whisper. Nothing I can find.
Sitting in the corner of Antonio’s, I’ve spent a pleasant afternoon, but frustration gnaws at me. Hickman reports that all is well, but…
Has Juliana given up?
?
Not fucking likely…
Antonio’s cafe has become somewhat of a routine. Misgivings nudge me, reminding me that I shouldn’t develop such habits…
… Making myself vulnerable…
But, with nothing to go on, what the hell else can I do?
On the other hand, there has to be some reason for the address to have been used in Finchby’s invoices.
Perhaps I just need to wait.
But what am I waiting for?
How long can I keep doing this?
Still, in the meantime, while I wait for my mystery to unravel, the old man is genuinely good company. And also, a mine of local information.
Finishing a cup of the excellent coffee, I consult a local guide, comparing my list of addresses to a local map, looking for some pattern, seeking inspiration…
Access to road…
Access to the ports…
Whereabouts of police stations…
the poorer end of town… the red-light district…
Nothing hangs together.
at my elbow, nodding down to my empty coffee cup. “Mais café, Senhor
“Sim. Thank you.”
stabs a finger at my page.
remembering that I ‘can’t
very bad. Many bad men
tipo
city….” He sweeps his arms out
I say. “Much
He nods vigorously. “Sim, muita violência. Muito
again he nods. Then I mime injecting myself… “Cocaína…? E
the book from me, closes it, then slaps it down on the table. “Bad place, Senhor. And bad men.” He wags a
woman too? A
“Prostitutes, sim. But há
woman. What
Not like other cities.
is sounding deeply
Juliana…
woman, her name? What does
stares at
try again. “The bad woman… A
he shrugs. “Ninguém sabe. Ela é
does
Again, that blank stare…
hand to my head… “Tall?”
the shrug. But he waves a forefinger at me, then at my city guide, repeating, “Bad place. Bad people. You not go
o museu de arte, Senhor Hughes? We have many
at places where ‘Nice turista man
least, their English editions. I can read Portuguese, but it doesn’t come so naturally as reading in English. I spend more of my
archives, I know what
experimental search term… Sao Paulo organised crime… Then as an
000 results, starting with a
Hmmm…
Narrow it down…
search. Names of
but some more
is enticing recruits with
of the Most
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