BLOOD MONEY a gripping crime thriller full of twists by CHARLIE GALLAGHER

Author:CHARLIE GALLAGHER
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Joffe Books Mystery, Crime Thriller, Suspense Fiction
Published: 2017-03-29T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER 21

Lee Chivers was furious. His phone crashed into the bath and he became a blur of movement and noises, grunts and shouts, as he punched doors and walls and brought his fists down so hard on the kitchen worktop that the plates in the cupboards rattled. It ended with him tearing off his clothes and throwing them into a pile in the middle of the room, where he stood naked, breathing heavily.

He marched back into the bathroom. Lizzy watched him go and let herself breathe again. She had been holding her breath, waiting for him to rip up the bed and stamp on her head in his rage. In the bathroom, he snatched his phone from the bath and turned the taps full on. He left it filling, striding back into the living room and prodding his phone angrily. He lifted it to his ear, talking to himself as he waited for the phone to connect. ‘It’s gonna get fucking hot round here. Time to get rid of the fucking money.’

Then Lizzy’s phone erupted in a loud rendition of “Shake it off,” by Taylor Swift.

It was in her back pocket. She reacted as if she had been stung, pulling the phone out and pushing it face down into the carpet, her mind racing.

‘What the fuck?’

Lizzy’s head was pressed against the floor. Lee’s feet appeared at the side of the bed. His knees bent and they splayed slightly. In seconds she would be discovered, and then there was only one outcome. In a last desperate move, she pushed her phone a few inches away from her hand, closer to Lee, and the edge of the bed. She didn’t move, didn’t dare breathe. Her mind teemed with options. Maybe she could crawl out of the end of the bed and run for it — she had a clear path, with Lee standing at the side. But she wouldn’t make it. She was so rigid with fear she wasn’t sure she could even stand up. She remained with her eyes on Lee’s feet, her hand still outstretched, resigned to her fate.

Lee’s knee came down. A hand appeared, palm down on the carpet, and moved around under the bed, feeling for the phone that still blared, “Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it off, shake it off!” She watched his hand get closer. His fingers almost touched hers as he felt around. Then he put his hand on the phone, and pulled it out. His knee was still planted on the floor.

‘Stupid fucking bitch!’

Lizzy closed her eyes as her phone clattered against the far wall, breaking into pieces. This is it, she thought, This is when he looks back under the bed and finds me lying here. He’ll realise I know that he murdered a man in cold blood. And that he fucking enjoyed it.

Lee got back to his feet and strode into the kitchen. Lizzy heard cupboards open and slam shut. She dared to open her eyes, and watched him go through to the bathroom.

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