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…
hand over
“Mr Aldred is
her throat. “When will he be free?
but through it, indistinctly, Mitch hears, “No, I’ve a wife and
voice repeats, “Mr Aldred is
slams down the
she fights for air, then she dashes for the door. White-faced, she sprints to the elevator, bangs on the call button then walks
the lobby, she spins, looking for what is sure
A newspaper… local…
The headline…
she reads, she
Romani Case outrage…
Prominent lawyer gunned down…
Devlin 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
shaking, Mitch folds up the paper, replaces it on the counter. Full-blown panic swells inside her. Her stomach rises. Pushing a fist to her mouth, she sets off at a run for the nearest bathroom,
length, scarlet-faced
She’s on her own…
*****
James
around Richard’s door. “I’m wrapping up for the day. Going for a drink with
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
would bring her. I’d
to bring the car around. Meet you in the
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