Masters & Lovers Box Set Three
Chapter 36
A day comes and goes.
Another day arrives.
The phone doesn’t ring.
And another day.
What’s happening?
She reaches for the phone, then snatches her hand back.
They’ll call when they’re ready…
But they don’t.
The following morning, she watches the clock: eight am…
Eight-thirty…
Nine o’clock…
Nine-fifteen…
She picks up the phone again, dials out. “Hello, Hofferman and Partners? Is Mr Devlin there, please? It’s Mitch Kimberley.”
“I’m sorry, Miss Kimberley, Mr Devlin is not available….” The voice chokes, breaking into uncontrolled sobs. “He’s been murdered. Gunned down. His little girl is in hospital too.”
Mitch, heart hammering, “Theo. Let me talk to Theo Aldred.”
The sound muffles…
over
“Mr Aldred is not
“When will
but through it, indistinctly, Mitch hears,
receptionist’s voice repeats, “Mr Aldred
slams down the
dashes for the door. White-faced, she sprints to the elevator, bangs on the call button then walks frantic circles until it Bings and the
in the lobby, she spins, looking for what is sure to
A newspaper… local…
The headline…
she reads,
Romani Case outrage…
Prominent lawyer gunned down…
or gunmen as yet unidentified in an incident in the grounds of the school attended by his nine-year-old daughter. The daughter
the paper, replaces it on the counter. Full-blown panic swells inside her. Her stomach rises. Pushing a
flushes, then gags and vomits again. At length, scarlet-faced and sweating, Mitch leans over a basin, splashes cold
She’s on her own…
*****
James
around Richard’s door. “I’m wrapping up for the day. Going for a
a file down on his desk. Whatever he was reading, it drops with a finality that suggests he’s glad of an excuse to see the back of it. “Excellent idea. Mind
I’d like Charlotte
get Ross to bring the car around. Meet you in the lobby in ten
Read the hottest Masters & Lovers Box Set Three Chapter 36 story of 2020.
The Masters & Lovers Box Set Three story is currently published to Chapter 36 and has received very positive reviews from readers, most of whom have been / are reading this story highly appreciated! Even I'm really a fan of $ authorName, so I'm looking forward to Chapter 36. Wait forever to have. @@ Please read Chapter 36 Masters & Lovers Box Set Three by author Simone Leigh here.