Once a Thief by Frances Devine

Author:Frances Devine [Devine, Frances]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: C429, Extratorrents, Kat
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2012-11-28T13:00:00+00:00

Eleven

Danielle shivered as she waited for Cobb behind the shed, which provided no barrier to the cold wind. Ordinarily on a day like this she would have stayed home from their weekly meeting, but she had to find out why Jimmy had looked frightened when Sutton came into the room. Besides, she hoped the money she’d brought for Sutton would satisfy him for a while.

Cobb came around the corner, his body hunkered against the wind. “It’s freezing out here,” he scowled. “We need to find another place to meet.”

“Well, see if you can think of some place where everyone’s nose wouldn’t be stuck in our business.”

He grunted and gave a brief nod, obviously not in the best of moods today.

She opened her purse and drew out a wad of bills. “Here. Will you give this to Sutton? Tell him it’s most of my first paycheck.”

“Sure.” He stuffed the bills into his pocket. “He wanted me to tail you, but I won’t.”

“What?” She shouldn’t have been surprised. Could she trust Cobb to go against Sutton?

“He really wants to know where you live. But he won’t find out from me. He’ll beat the tar out of me if he finds out, but I won’t betray you, Danni.” He tightened his lips and a grunt of anger emitted from his throat. “But he’s almost sure to find out where you’re working.”

“How?”

“Well now, how many musicals are running at one time? All he has to do is visit one theater every night until he finds you. You shouldn’t have told him.”

Danielle picked nervously at a tiny loose thread on her sleeve. Cobb was right. Why hadn’t she thought of that when she’d bragged about singing in a musical? She would have to keep close watch to make sure she didn’t lead Sutton to the Kramers.

Two ragged boys ran down the street, flying toy airplanes. Their laughter fell like screams on Danielle’s ears and she started, angry at herself for being so jumpy. Nodding to Cobb, she said, “I guess I’ll just have to be careful.”

“I dunno, Danni. When Sutton wants something, he usually gets it.”

“I don’t want to talk about that now. Tell me about Jimmy. Why did he look so frightened when Sutton came in? Is he being hurt in any way?”

“Naw. He ain’t been hit or anything. But Sutton has been saying things about you just to rile him up.”

“What kind of things?”

“Oh, how if you didn’t come through with the goods soon he’d drag you back here by the hair of your head and how he’s going to have you someday, one way or another.”

Nausea washed over her. “He said that to Jimmy?”

“Yeah, and other stuff, too. Jimmy got really upset. I thought he was going to tear into Sutton a couple of times.”

“Oh, Cobb,” she whispered. “I have to get him out of there.”

“Don’t try it, Danni. I don’t know what Sutton would do. But you couldn’t pull it off, that’s for sure.”

“I have to think of something. I can’t leave him there much longer, and if Sutton meant what he said, I can’t go back.

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