Home Invasion by Joy Fielding

Author:Joy Fielding
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Readers for New Literates, Suspense, fiction
ISBN: 9781926583310
Publisher: Grass Roots Press
Published: 2011-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

“She knows who I am,” Bobby told Steve over the phone. He pushed Kathy back toward the den. “She saw the spider tattoo. What does it matter how she saw it? She saw it, and now she knows who I am.”

Kathy tried to hear what Steve was saying, but she couldn’t. Then she heard Steve laugh.

“Okay, yeah. Okay,” Bobby said into the phone. “How’s it going on your end? You get the money? Okay, yeah. Call me as soon as you’re done. Then I’ll take care of the rest.” Bobby returned the cell phone to the back pocket of his jeans.

What did he mean by “take care of the rest”? Kathy wondered.

At that moment, she knew the men were going to kill her and Jack.

“Steve’s got a few more stops to make,” Bobby said. “He shouldn’t be too much longer.”

“Please don’t hurt us,” Kathy pleaded. How many times had she said the same thing tonight? Did she really think there was any chance that Bobby might not kill her and Jack? Once Steve called to say that he had all the money, Kathy knew that she and her husband were as good as dead.

“Just be a good little girl and do what you’re told. Everything will be all right,” Bobby said as they entered the den.

Jack hadn’t moved. He was still lying on the floor, but he was no longer moaning. Kathy didn’t know whether he was still alive. Bobby pushed her to the floor beside her husband. Only then could she hear Jack’s breathing. “He sounds terrible,” she said to Bobby. “He needs a doctor.”

“He sounds fine to me,” Bobby said. He began tying up Kathy’s feet.

“Please,” Kathy began again.

“Be quiet, Mrs. Brown,” Bobby said. He gave her a mean look, a look that warned her not to say another word.

Once Kathy’s feet were tied together, Bobby got up and began looking through the books on the shelves. “Looks as if you guys really like to read,” he said. “Me, I like video games. You got any of those lying around?” He began looking through the drawers of the big oak desk, tossing their contents to the floor.

“Well, well. Look at what we have here.” Bobby pulled out a bottle of whisky from the bottom drawer of the desk. “Looks like you’ve been holding out on me, Mrs. Brown.” Bobby opened the bottle. “That wasn’t very nice of you.” He took one long swallow of whisky straight from the bottle, then another, and then another. “This is good stuff. No wonder you didn’t want to share it.” Bobby took an even longer swallow, gulping the whisky down the same way he’d gulped his milk.

“What else have you got in here?” Bobby began digging through the desk drawers again, tossing pens and papers to the blue carpet.

He doesn’t care about the mess he’s making, Kathy thought. He doesn’t care about anything except the money.

She and Jack had to get out of there before Steve called again, Kathy knew. As soon as Steve phoned to say he had the money, Bobby would shoot them.

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