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 not

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

but through it, indistinctly, Mitch hears, “No, I’ve a

receptionist’s voice repeats, “Mr Aldred is

down

sprints

lobby, she spins, looking for what is sure to be

A newspaper… local…

The headline…

she reads, she

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

rises. Pushing a fist to her mouth, she

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

She’s on her own…

*****

 

James

door. “I’m wrapping up for the day. Going for a drink

suggests he’s glad of an excuse to see the back of it. “Excellent idea. Mind if I bring Elizabeth along? She’s meeting me here

you would bring her. I’d like Charlotte to have a

get Ross to bring the car around.

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