Act of Betrayal by Shirley Kennett

Author:Shirley Kennett [Shirley Kennett]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: cookie429, Kat, Extratorrents
ISBN: 9781453286852
Amazon: B009O3ZP04
Barnesnoble: B009O3ZP04
Goodreads: 16087810
Publisher: Open Road
Published: 2012-10-03T22:52:00+00:00

Twenty

WHEN THE GREYHOUND PULLED into Tucson on Friday morning, the weather was totally dry. The storm raging in Billings, Montana, had long been left behind. When Schultz stepped out of the station, he felt as though he had been dropped into a toaster. And it was only 11:00 A.M. No one on the street outside seemed to be sweating profusely except him. Of course, everyone else was wearing shorts and casual tops. Abbreviated tops and shorts, he noticed right away, were standard for young women. He thought that he might get to like Tucson on that score, but he’d never convert to wearing shorts. There was nothing about his legs he cared to show off.

The bus driver, who had started congenially chatting with passengers when his destination got within a hundred miles, had suggested that those new to Tucson should buy sunblock before they left the station. Schultz had figured Tucson sun wasn’t any worse than St. Louis sun, so he skipped the sunblock. He shaded his eyes with his hand and watched the nicely rounded scenery bounce by, consciously resisting the effort to suck in his gut. To do so would be to admit he had one. If he stood there long enough, maybe someone would ask him to rub sunblock on her back. Or her front. Whichever.

He took a cab to a motel near a shopping mall. After registering, he showered and put on a fresh change of clothes. Then he went looking for a meal. His work wouldn’t begin until after dark. He walked a leisurely mile to the mall, watching to see if he had a tail. As far as he could tell, he didn’t.

Glen Mandoleras didn’t know that his home territory had been invaded. Schultz thought it was clever of the man to establish a base of operations so far from the killing fields. A little inconvenient, but what does inconvenience count for when revenge is at hand?

Inside the mall it was bright and tolerably cool. He circled the food court a couple of times—the hunter stalking his prey, looking for the weak or wounded—and ended up with loaded pizza slices and a Coke. After eating, he would have liked to take a nap, but didn’t want to drop his vigilance.

Schultz took in a movie and waited for the persistent sun to go down.

When he came out of the movie theater, he noticed that the heat that seemed to surround him wasn’t just the outdoors. He was carrying it around with him. His arms, face, the back of his neck, and the bald spot on top of his head were warm. In the men’s room mirror he saw that he was red—sunburned. He must have gotten it during the slow, meandering walk to the mall, when he was checking for someone following him. The top of his head was the worst. He dampened a paper towel and dabbed at the red spot. The towel felt wonderfully cool and soothing.

Shit. I hope I don’t get blisters.

Schultz debated going to a drugstore and buying some cream to ease the discomfort.

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