Accused by Michael Kerr

Author:Michael Kerr [Kerr, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-18T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

“IT’S me again,” Logan said. “I told you that I’d call tonight.”

“So you’ve been busy, seeing as how you have Clayton’s phone.”

“You could say that. I made a house call. Nash is no longer with us, and LaSalle may never walk again. He needs medical attention for serious but not life-threatening gunshot wounds to his feet, plus a good story for the police, unless you can arrange backstreet medical care for him, and cleaners to get rid of Nash’s body.”

“You don’t frighten me, Logan. But business is business. How much do you want to disappear and forget about your experiences to date?”

“I do frighten you, Cassidy, and if I don’t, then it’s because you’re more stupid than I gave you credit for,” Logan said as he took the Post-its from his pocket. “You need to know that I got LaSalle to record his answers to my questions on this phone, and that if you are unable to convince me that it is in your best interests to back off, I’m not going to target you, yet. I thought I’d start by introducing myself to Heather, Lindsey and Joanne.”

Nathan had a sensation of mind numbing trepidation. For once in his life he was lost for words.

Logan broke the silence by saying: “What’s it to be, Cassidy? Do you really think I’m bluffing? Do you want to see your wife or one of your daughters lying in a pool of blood, alive but hardly recognizable after I’ve been to work with a box cutter? Do you believe that you can wrap them up in cotton batting and protect them forever?”

“Leave my family out of this, Logan,” Nathan said in a voice barely more than a whisper.

“I’ll do whatever I deem necessary to protect the woman and myself from you,” Logan said. “If that means biding my time and butchering those that you presumably care for, then so be it.”

Nathan’s mind raced. If he whacked Clayton and arranged for both his and Dwayne’s bodies to disappear, then would that safeguard him from any repercussions from the police? The answer was probably not, now that Logan had coerced both men to talk and had their cell phones, which contained solid links to him, allegedly including a video confession made by Clayton. They couldn’t indict him with just an unsubstantiated confession made by a dead man, but they would know that he had instigated the visit to Dicky’s, that had gone pear shaped. He would be put under tremendous scrutiny, however much he denied being implicated. He would have to assure Logan that he and the waitress were off the hook and had nothing to fear from him, and then hope that Ed Jansen could find them, retrieve the incriminating video and kill them.

“Okay, Logan, you’re holding the high cards. As long as that video stays buried, you and the broad are safe. But if it surfaces all bets are off. Do we have an understanding?”

“I’ll send you a copy of the video, now, just to let you see how much of your operation LaSalle went into detail over.

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