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

Aldred is not

catches in her throat. “When will he be free? I’ll

returns, but through it, indistinctly, Mitch hears, “No, I’ve a wife and children to

repeats, “Mr

slams down

White-faced, she sprints to the elevator, bangs on the call button then walks frantic circles

the lobby, she spins, looking for what

A newspaper… local…

The headline…

reads,

Romani Case outrage…

Prominent lawyer gunned down…

is reported as murdered by a gunman or gunmen as yet unidentified in an incident in the grounds of the school attended by his nine-year-old daughter. The daughter herself is also reported as injured but recovering in hospital. Speculation is rife that the murder is connected with the trial of Marco Romani and his alleged connection

panic swells inside her. Her stomach rises. Pushing a fist to her mouth, she sets off at a run for the nearest bathroom,

bowl, she loses her breakfast. Trembling, she flushes, then gags and vomits again. At length, scarlet-faced and sweating, Mitch leans over a

She’s on her own…

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James

the day. Going for a drink with Michael

suggests he’s glad of an excuse to see the back of it.

bring her. I’d like

the car around. Meet

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