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 the

“Mr Aldred is

catches in her throat. “When will

Mitch hears, “No, I’ve a wife

voice repeats, “Mr

slams down the

for air, then she dashes for the door. White-faced, she sprints

in the lobby, she spins, looking for what is

A newspaper… local…

The headline…

she reads,

Romani Case outrage…

Prominent lawyer gunned down…

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 trial of Marco Romani and his alleged connection

inside her. Her stomach rises. Pushing a fist to her mouth, she sets off at a run for the

gags and vomits again. At length, scarlet-faced and sweating, Mitch leans over a basin, splashes cold water over her face, rinses the foul

She’s on her own…

*****

 

James

the day. Going for a drink with Michael and Charlotte.

with a finality that 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 any

bring her. I’d like Charlotte

car around. Meet you in the

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