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 is not

in her throat. “When will he be free?

Mitch hears, “No, I’ve

receptionist’s voice repeats, “Mr Aldred is

down

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

the 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…

daughter herself is also

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,

and heaving over the 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 and Charlotte. Want to

on his desk. Whatever he was reading, it drops with a finality that suggests he’s glad of an excuse to see the back of it.

her. I’d like Charlotte

I’ll get Ross to bring the car around. Meet you

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