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

then “Mr Aldred

breath catches in her throat. “When will

returns, but through it, indistinctly, Mitch hears,

receptionist’s voice repeats, “Mr Aldred

slams down

dashes for the door. White-faced, she sprints to the elevator, bangs on the call button then walks frantic circles until it

the lobby, she spins, looking for what is

A newspaper… local…

The headline…

she reads, she

Romani Case outrage…

Prominent lawyer gunned down…

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

it on the counter. Full-blown panic swells inside her. Her stomach rises. Pushing a fist to her mouth, she sets off at

breakfast. Trembling, she flushes, then gags and vomits again. At length, scarlet-faced and

She’s on her own…

*****

 

James

day. Going for a drink with Michael and Charlotte. Want to

he was reading, it drops with a finality that suggests he’s glad of an

hoping you would bring her. I’d like Charlotte

get Ross to bring the car around. Meet you

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