Gun For Hire: A Michael Devlin Omnibus by Thomas Waugh

Author:Thomas Waugh [Waugh, Thomas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sharpe Books
Published: 2018-03-04T22:00:00+00:00

11.

Muggy. Suffocating. Clouds like cancer growths on x-ray films. The night felt like a nauseous drunk, but the sick would stay in its gullet.

Emma was wearing a white, cotton shirt with mother-of-pearl buttons. With jeans. She looked good in jeans. Holly looked better. But she still looked good. Good, but not great. Emma fanned herself with a magazine and blew air out the side of her mouth to cool her cheek, as she sat in the corner of the living room. She craved a cold shower to startle her skin – and mood – into life. She thought how Devlin used to join her in the shower. She loved the way he would kneel before her and kiss the inside of her thighs as rivulets of water coursed over every contour, freckle and goose-bump. He would dab kisses on her stomach, collar bone, breasts and neck – as if her body was a dot-to-dot picture. Sometimes she would shudder or tingle in brilliant pleasure. He taught her how parts of her body were all connected. Complete. His fingertips and mouth were soft, considerate and deliberate. An internal smile twisted itself into an internal sneer however, as Emma torturously thought that she had taught him how to make love. She had been a top model. She had doubtlessly slept her way to the top.

The prickling heat - and thoughts of Holly - irritated her. She hoped a shower would wash away her stresses. Emma half-watched the television whilst covertly glancing across at Devlin. He had the same far-away look in his eye which she had noticed on first seeing him, drinking in the The Admiral Nelson. Aloof or lost.

At least he had agreed to go to Paris the day after tomorrow. Emma suspected he had said yes to keep her silent, as opposed to keep her happy. But they had set a date. He had promised – and she couldn’t remember the last time he had gone back on his word.

He looked past or through the television – showing the latest adaptation of Pride & Prejudice, which Emma had already sat through a dozen times. Devlin was thinking about what he should wear. Not for Paris. But for the job. He would dress smartly, to blend in with the well-heeled hotel guests. A summer jacket would conceal his shoulder holster and gun. A baseball cap would give the impression that he was an American tourist. The cap would also shield his face from any cameras on the street. He memorised the relevant floor plans and the route he would take up to Rameen’s suite.

Anyone possessing a weapon in the Afghan’s room would be a fair target. Guilty by association. Kill or be killed. Should Devlin confront any unarmed innocents in the room he would promptly lock them in the bathroom without their phone. He would also threaten them. If they gave his description to the authorities, then there would be consequences. The policy had worked before.

Should Devlin somehow suffer an injury he would call a number Porter had furnished him with.

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