Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry by Clark Mary Higgins

Author:Clark, Mary Higgins [Clark, Mary Higgins]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, thriller, Suspense, Crime, Adult
ISBN: 9781501171703
Amazon: 1501171704
Goodreads: 41745605
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2019-11-05T08:00:00+00:00

Carter leaned back, his head spinning. He went over to the cabinet, pulled out a bottle of vodka, poured a generous shot, and returned to the table. He felt himself calming down as the alcohol burned in his throat and down to his stomach.

I did it again, he said to himself. I set them up. He’d given Sherman all the information he needed to go down, or send somebody down, to Durham to get rid of Paula Stephenson. And he did exactly the same thing with Cathy Ryan, right down to the hotel where she was staying.

He wondered why he hadn’t learned about this sooner, why it hadn’t been reported in the media. Then he quickly realized why. North Korea was back to test-firing missiles, Saudi Arabia and Iran were one step short of a shooting war, the trade war with China was accelerating, and another Boeing plane had crashed. The news of an American tourist dying overseas had been lost in the shuffle.

It might be time to talk to a criminal lawyer, he thought to himself. The irony was not lost on him. He had spent the better part of the past two years convincing women that they did not need to consult a lawyer. Now, at the first sign of real trouble, he wanted a lawyer, another lawyer besides himself, in his corner.

Have I broken any laws? he asked himself. Using settlements to silence women who had been victimized by Matthews might have allowed Matthews to keep going. But was that a crime? He didn’t think so.

He hadn’t always been truthful with the women as he strong-armed them into settlements. Was that a crime? No. It was hardball negotiating.

But the police would want to know how he learned where Cathy Ryan was staying in Aruba. They’d delve into every dollar that flowed into and out of Carter & Associates. How many times had he paid his buddy at the credit rating agency to get him somebody’s credit card records? Eight, maybe ten times? And paying to get the phone records of several of the victims? Those were crimes.

A close examination would reveal that he had charged a long list of personal expenses to REL. There would be little sympathy for REL, but in using the company’s money to pay his personal expenses, he was guilty of tax fraud.

And what about the bags of cash Junior had him delivering to anonymous sources? I was only the delivery boy, might work as a defense for a bicycle messenger. He knew, as a lawyer, he would be held to a higher standard.

And if he got disbarred, obviously that would be the end of his sideline practice helping wrongful termination clients. What would he do to support himself and his family?

Clearly, he had to keep going, but he had to do it in a way that was no longer empowering Sherman.

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