Exposed by Michele E. Gwynn

Author:Michele E. Gwynn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Berlin, international crime, police procedural, detective, series, first in series, human trafficking, kidnapping, drama, romance, romantic suspense, contemporary fiction, international, Barcelona, Amsterdam, predator
Publisher: Michele E. Gwynn
Published: 2016-01-16T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

ANTHONY COMPLETED THE first of five canal cruises. He’d taken about eighty pictures of the scenery from the boat, passengers enjoying themselves, the crew at work, and more. It was a good start. As he stepped off the ramp onto the dock, he saw a man walking by carrying a cane. He stepped out of his way quickly so as to avoid forcing him to stop and walk around him. The gentleman was older, wearing a tweed jacket and hat. His white goatee stood out on a rugged face topped by thick, dark eyebrows. He had powerful-looking shoulders for a man of his age. As Anthony side-stepped, his eyes were drawn to the wooden cane with the metal handle. It was a lion’s head. Something about it seemed familiar. The man gave a perfunctory nod of acknowledgement in his direction without looking his way.

He passed and headed toward a bench near a stand of trees planted alongside the canal. As Anthony looked on, the gentleman pulled his mobile out of his pocket and looked at the screen. His face pinched in anger. He appeared to be muttering to himself. Two boys on bicycles rode past the older man toward the food kiosk on the far side of the dock. The man looked up at the boys and the lines of anger in his aged face smoothed out. A smile replaced the frown. He put his phone back in his jacket pocket leaving his hand there and continued to watch the two boys jump off their bikes and eagerly purchase snacks.

Something about the way the man watched the boys struck Anthony wrong. His eyes never left them. The boys picked up their bikes again and headed off with their purchases in hand. Still, the man watched them.

Cursing silently, Anthony knew. He knew in that moment that this man was a pedophile. He stayed put, keeping an eye on the boys until they were out of sight. The man also watched until he could no longer see them. He was smiling a small half smile when he turned his head and caught Anthony’s eye. The old man knew that he’d been caught ogling the boys. His happy expression morphed to a fierce scowl, but Anthony didn’t blink. His own eyes narrowed, the message in them, ‘I know what you are, asshole! And I’m watching you!’

The man stood, and grabbing his cane, walked quickly away. He glanced behind at Anthony once, and then turned a corner. Right then, Anthony knew why the cane seemed familiar, why the man caught his eye. It was him, the old man from Berlin that he’d photographed beating a male hustler. But what is he doing here?

He knew the man wouldn’t recognize him since the incident in Germany took place at night and he was a fair distance away from the scene of the crime. He’d run off anyway. Anthony had the advantage in that his camera provided clarity through the telescopic lens. The pictures seemed up close and personal but had really been shot from a goodly distance.

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