Blind Side by Josh Lanyon

Author:Josh Lanyon [Lanyon, Josh]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: M/M Crime & Mysteries
ISBN: 9781945802157
Publisher: JustJoshin Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2020-01-29T18:30:00+00:00

Rain poured down, flooding the freeway. In the distance, streaks of flashing light turned the pewter-edged clouds a bruised black and purple.

Will kept an eye out for the silver Honda Accord—for any sign of a tail—on the four-hour drive to the Webster Fidelity jobsite, but there was no indication he was being followed. And as sure as he’d been the day before, he found himself now wondering if he really had simply made too much of a coincidence.

There was no word yet from Stuart Schwierskott, so he tried phoning Dina Shey at Gently, Fallis & Landreth again. To his surprise, his call was put through.

“Dina Shey,” stated a cool, melodious voice.

“Ms. Shey, nice to finally speak. This is Will Brandt, one of the men you hired Schwierskott & Associate to run surveillance on.”

Shey didn’t miss a beat. “I would say what a surprise, Mr. Brandt, but given that you’ve left us thirteen messages over the past weeks, I’d be lying. What can I do for you?”

“You can start by telling me who hired you to hire Schwierskott & Associate.”

“You’re a former federal agent, Mr. Brandt. I’m sure you’ve heard the term attorney-client privilege before.”

“You’ve presumably passed the bar, Ms. Shey, so I’m sure you’ve heard that if a client initiates a communication with a lawyer for the purpose of committing a crime, the attorney-client privilege typically doesn’t apply. Likewise, the State of California allows attorneys to disclose information learned from a client that will prevent death or serious injury.”

She chuckled with apparent good humor. “Rule 3-100B Confidential Information of a Client: A member of the bar may, but is not required to reveal confidential information relating to the representation of a client to the extent that the member reasonably believes the disclosure is necessary to prevent a criminal act that the member reasonably believes is likely to result in death of, or substantial bodily harm to, an individual.

“Do you have any proof that my client—currently unknown to you—is planning a criminal act likely to result in death of, or substantial bodily harm to, yourself or another individual?”

“No. I don’t have any proof.”

“I didn’t think so. Well, it was lovely chatting—”

Will said quickly, “Ms. Shey, I don’t know you, but you’d have to be a special kind of cold-blooded not to care if your actions, or lack of action, resulted in real harm to someone else. I’m asking, as one human being to another, is that who you are?”

Shey was silent.

“Maybe you don’t know it, but you’re on the side of the bad guys,” Will said. “Is that really where you want to be?”

Another stretch of silence. Then, “Do you realize what you’re asking?” There was no humor in Shey’s voice now. “I could lose my license.”

“I’m not asking for anything more than a name. That’s it. I just want to be sure that I or my partner aren’t going to get shot walking out to our car one night.”

“I have no idea.”

He expected her to hang up—he thought she intended to hang up—but she stayed on the line.

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