First Circle Club by Siegel Alex

Author:Siegel, Alex [Siegel, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Published: 2015-09-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

The team's blue Altima parked behind Haymaker's car twenty minutes later.

Virgil had watched the house during that time, and he hadn't seen any movement. A setting sun made the granite walls glow slightly red.

Lisa, Sara, and Alfred got out of their car. Virgil and Haymaker stepped out of their own and joined their teammates on the sidewalk.

Virgil quickly summarized the situation.

Alfred looked at the mansion across the street. "My intuition is telling me we're getting close to finding Daniel."

Virgil nodded. "Which means taking more precautions. We need two people around back in case somebody tries to run. I nominate Lisa and Haymaker. She's fast and tough, and he can legally arrest people."

"Why can't you wait in the back?" Lisa said.

"Because I have the power to make people talk. I need to be inside the house, and the same goes for Alfred. Sara can heal anybody we injure along the way."

Lisa sniffed unhappily.

"Let me have the gun," Virgil said.

She handed over the bag containing Furies' Bane.

Then she turned to Haymaker. "Come on, buddy. We'll go around to the other side of the block."

The two of them jogged off.

"Call when you're in position," Virgil said.

Lisa nodded without looking back.

He turned to Alfred and Sara. "How do you want to do this?"

"What's wrong with just walking up to the front door and knocking?" Alfred said.

"Daniel might be in there," Virgil said. "I think we need to be more covert."

"He doesn't know who we are. We just need a believable cover story. We're here to meet Sebastian Miller on business."

"What business?"

Alfred pursed his lips. "We're lawyers. The ex-wife sent us to complain about late alimony checks."

"That's certainly believable, but it may not produce a warm, friendly reception."

"Once we're in the room with Mr. Miller, a.k.a. the reverend, we can use our powers to interrogate him."

"OK," Virgil said. "I'm in. Sara?"

Sara shrugged. "Fine by me. Just be careful, and let's stick together."

They waited until Lisa called to say she was in position. Then Virgil, Alfred, and Sara went to the front gate. Virgil tried the handle, but it was locked. He pressed a button on an intercom beside the gate.

"May I help you?" a man said through the speaker in a British accent.

"We're lawyers from, uh, Bickers and Associates. We represent Mrs. Gina Miller. We need to speak with her ex-husband."

"Mr. Miller isn't home."

"When are you expecting him?" Virgil said.

"This evening."

"Could you be more specific?"

"I cannot," the man said. "Good bye." There was a click.

"Hello?" Virgil said.

He was answered with silence.

Virgil looked at his friends. "Do we wait out here or bust in?"

"We should wait," Alfred said, "at least for a while. If it gets late and Mr. Miller still isn't here, we'll go in."

Sara nodded in agreement.

"Both of you are no fun at all," Virgil said, "but that's fine. Let's go back to the car and wait."

* * *

Haymaker shifted his position in an attempt to make himself more comfortable. He was crouched in a narrow space between a rear garage and a fence.

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