Karma Lawyer_Courage and Love by Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon

Author:Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon [Lesmoir-Gordon, Nigel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781909426535
Publisher: BewleyBooks
Published: 2019-06-28T04:00:00+00:00

27 Closing In

Yeah though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil

‘cause I’m the meanest mutha fucka in the valley.

From the Book of Angelic Wisdom

I knew I’d hear from him again and I did. Same old, same old. Would I please come to his office as soon as I could make it? I ignored the call for a couple of days. I was helping Mary license the scalar technology to a big and reliable pharma to be developed medically – healing cancer, heart disease and AIDS. With the advance she received we commissioned the destruction of the ChiSat vehicle and its Scalar payload. The Chinese sent us visual and hard evidence that the work had been completed. Job done! I also ensured that all negotiations for the sale of the weapon technology were closed off to Mary’s satisfaction. The future for SEMI looked bright and she was very grateful. Of course, I refused all payment for the work which pissed off my partners no end. But I stood my ground and wouldn’t budge. So that was that.

‘Come in, Mr Fairweather.’ Crumcrisp pointed to an empty chair. ‘Coffee?’

‘No thanks.’

As I sat, there was a knock on the door. ‘Come in.’

The door opened and a stony-faced woman in an elegant grey suit came in. She walked to the chair next to me and swung it around so that it faced my profile. She sat without a word.

‘This is Detective Sergeant Grimsthorne.’

‘Really?’

‘Really what?’

‘Is that really her name?’

‘Yes. Why d’you ask.’

‘Well... it’s just that...’

‘What?’

‘’Never mind.’

I turned and nodded to Grimsthorne and she nodded back. Neither of us cracked a smile.

‘So, what’s happening, Crumcrisp? Got any news? I hope you’re gonna tell me you’ve made some progress at last.’

He thought about this. ‘No... no, we haven’t.’

‘So why’m I here?’

‘We rather hoped you’d have something to tell us.’

‘Like what?’

We sat in a silence which I broke. ‘Look here, detectives. Would you mind getting to the fuckin’ point.’ I glanced at Grimsthorne. No reaction. I shrugged. ‘Right then, I’ll be off.’

I stood and Crumcrisp did too. ‘Err, just a minute.’

‘What?’

‘We may have a lead.’

‘You may have a lead, indeed!’

‘Yes.’

‘And what might that be?’

I wondered when Grimsthorne was going to say something. It was a bit creepy just having her there staring at me – kinda intimidating.

‘Well?’

‘Well, we...’

‘Yes?’ She was either lost for words or was just keeping up the intimidation routine.

‘We’re investigating a hit team, who’re known to have been employed to target women.’ She kept me fixed in her unflinching stare.

I shook inside, but I didn’t show it. I knew how to handle myself under scrutiny. I’d have made a good poker player had card games appealed to me which, thankfully, they didn’t.

‘Matter of fact I knew another cop called Grimsthorne. He was a DS based at the Holloway Road station and like you he was something of a waste of space.’ I attempted deflection. It often worked for me in court.

She didn’t react.

‘Any relation?’

‘Yes, he’s my father.’

‘Ah well, that explains it.

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