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

then “Mr Aldred

“When will he be free? I’ll call

hears, “No, I’ve

voice repeats, “Mr Aldred

slams down

mouth, she fights for air, then she dashes for the door. White-faced, she sprints to the elevator, bangs on the call button then

looking for what

A newspaper… local…

The headline…

she reads, she

Romani Case outrage…

Prominent lawyer gunned down…

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

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

she flushes, then gags and vomits again. At length, scarlet-faced and sweating, Mitch leans over a basin, splashes cold water over

She’s on her own…

*****

 

James

my head around Richard’s door. “I’m wrapping up for the day. Going for a drink with

finality that suggests he’s glad of an excuse to see the back

I’d

car around. Meet you in the lobby

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