9 Kill for Me by Karen Rose

Author:Karen Rose [Rose, Karen]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA
Published: 2011-02-11T01:52:56.296000+00:00

Ridgefield House, Saturday, February 3, 4:55 p.m.

“Where’s Tanner?” Charles asked as Bobby took his coat.

On his way back from Savannah, Bobby thought, but Charles had no need to know that. “Assisting me.” Bobby sat behind the desk without additional explanation. “Well?”

Charles followed, settling himself in a chair. “You could have been caught.”

Bobby smiled. “I know. That’s what made it fun.”

“Where did you get that godawful dress?”

“My grandmother’s. You said I was acting like an old woman, so I dressed like one.”

“But you missed,” he said, and Bobby lifted a brow.

“Au contraire. I never miss. I was taught to shoot by a U.S. Army sniper, you know.”

“Yes, I know,” Charles said irritably. “I was there for every excruciating lesson.”

“So you of all people know my skill. I hit what I aimed at.”

Charles looked perplexed. “You intended to hit Gretchen French?”

“That’s who that was?” Bobby laughed softly. “That makes it even better.”

“You didn’t know?” he asked, incredulous.

“Nope. I planned to hit whoever was standing closest to Susannah Vartanian the moment Rocky pulled the trigger. I’d kind of hoped to get Agent Papadopoulos, but Gretchen French is even better, under the circumstances.”

“So what happened to the shot Rocky fired?”

“A blank. I didn’t want her to hit anything. The girl was a lousy shot anyway. But I wanted her to believe she had. I wanted her to think she was killing Susannah Vartanian. And she pulled the trigger. She died knowing she’d obeyed me.”

“She died thinking she’d missed.”

“Better still. She obeyed me, yet still she failed. She deserved no less.”

“Very good,” he said, sounding reluctantly pleased. “So what will you do next? I mean about Susannah Vartanian.”

“I’ll deal with her a little at a time. When I’m finished with her, she’ll be more alone than I ever was. She’ll be afraid to stand next to a tree stump, afraid it’ll be blown to bits. When I finally decide to kill her, she’ll beg me to do it quickly.”

“So when will you strike again?”

Bobby thought about the call from the GBI mole that had come through minutes before Charles arrived. The mole’s report had been infuriating, but Bobby had decided to make lemonade from the lemon. And Charles could provide the sweetener.

“In about an hour. I’d like to borrow your car. The black one with the Darcy plates.”

“What do you plan to do?”

“I plan to teach a recalcitrant employee a lesson. The nurse called GBI on me.”

“So you’re still cleaning up Rocky’s messes?”

Bobby frowned at his disapproving tone. “What do you mean?”

“You have a lot of loose ends to snip. But there are other ways to do so. So much murder at once is a neon light. I taught you better than that.”

“I know. Power in invisibility. But this is a twofer. I send a message that it’s unwise to disobey me and I strike at Susannah Vartanian again. You’ll see. Trust me.”

Charles considered it. “In that case, yes, you may borrow my car.”

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