On Borrowed Time by David Rosenfelt

Author:David Rosenfelt [Rosenfelt, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Mystery, Thriller, Suspense
ISBN: 9780312598365
Google: gqS9IhyTrhsC
Amazon: 1250002176
Goodreads: 8940272
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Published: 2011-01-01T06:00:00+00:00

Sean Lassiter had no knowledge of the confrontation across from the restaurant.

He had chosen to stay and finish his lunch. He thought that Kilmer might have waited outside, to see if the conversation had gotten him to cut the lunch short. He didn’t want Kilmer to think their meeting had upset him.

But it had. It upset him a lot.

Kilmer had started Lassiter’s downfall back when he was on top, but that was nothing compared to the stakes now. It could not be allowed to happen again. Because what Kilmer didn’t know, what no one knew, was that Lassiter had been having very difficult financial times for a long while now. He was living well above his means, and his dealings with Gates were his last chance to dig his way out.

Of course, it would do more than just dig himself out. It would give him means that no one could live beyond.

When he got home he called Gates. “We’ve got a problem. I had a visitor at lunch today. Richard Kilmer. He’s a magazine writer, and—”

Gates cut him off. “I know who he is. What did he want?”

“Information,” Lassiter said. “He thinks I know where his girlfriend is.”

“Do you?” Gates asked, though he already knew the answer.

“Of course not. But that’s not important. What is important is that he’s already connected me to you.”

“That’s nothing to worry about; even the FDA knows we’re working together. There’s no way he can know what we’re doing. Our tracks have been covered.”

“He’ll figure it out,” Lassiter said. “He’s done it to me before.”

“Maybe eventually, but it would be way too late. And he could never prove it anyway. That’s the beauty of it.”

Lassiter was not convinced, and said so. “We need to remove him from the picture.”

Gates almost laughed into the phone, but caught himself. “You mean kill him?” He considered Lassiter’s reaction to this pathetic.

“I mean whatever it takes,” Lassiter said. “In the last month he’s written two articles that have told the world he’s lost a woman who does not exist. Which means he’s announced that he’s both grief-stricken and probably insane.”

“So?”

“So he’s a textbook suicide waiting to happen. He just needs a little help.”

Gates remained amused but also a little concerned. If Lassiter were to take matters into his own hands, it would be a disaster. “Just relax,” he said. “Let’s not do anything that draws attention to what we’re doing. We have time to deal with Kilmer if he gets close. Right now he doesn’t know anything. He couldn’t.”

Lassiter finally calmed down and agreed with that assessment, but when Gates got off the phone he immediately called the Stone and told him what had transpired.

The Stone was not amused, and his mood was already bad from the call he had just gotten from Juice, reporting on the confrontation at the car.

The Stone had always prided himself on being a good judge of people; he had spent his life perfecting the art. But the people he had chosen were not performing well.

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