Over the Top by Rhonda Russell

Author:Rhonda Russell [Russell, Rhonda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Firefly Press
Published: 2018-12-22T00:00:00+00:00

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“If that bitch makes it to the courthouse alive, you’re going to wish you were never born.”

“I tried,” Curtis snapped, drawing a concerned look from Lisa, his secretary. He got up, hurried around the desk and closed the door. With a paranoid glance over his shoulder, he retreated to the other side of the room and lowered his voice. His heart clamored in his chest, aching from the excess rush of adrenaline.

“It doesn’t matter that you tried, Curtis. It only matters that you failed. There’s a penalty for failure. Do you like pain, Curtis? Does pain turn you on?” Oh, Jesus... “They’d left, damn you! They weren’t there! If I’d had the information sooner I might have—”

The mystery caller tsked chillingly. “You aren’t suggesting this is my fault, are you, Curtis? Because that would be a mistake. You dawdled, Curtis. You wasted ninety seconds after the call in your office, another hundred and eighty talking to those delicious little girls of yours—”

Curtis gasped in horror, certain he was going to be sick. Nausea clawed up the back of his throat.

“—then another thirty making nice with the wife. She could stand to lose a few pounds, but she’s got great tits,” the man on the line added silkily. “More than a mouthful. We’ve been making bets on those tits. I say her nipples are more brown than pink, but Patrick—the one who likes the knives, I think I’ve mentioned him before—he’s convinced that they’re the same color as her lips, a soft dusky rose. Who’s right, Curtis? Me or Patrick? Never mind,” he said dismissively. “I’m sure we’ll find out.”

He was shaking so hard he nearly dropped the phone. “You stay the hell away from my family, or I swear to God, I’ll—”

“You’ll what, Curtis? Kill me?” He laughed. “Because you’ve proven you’re so good at that.”

“I’ll—”

“—go to the police?” he finished. “Go ahead,” he taunted. “I dare you. You’ll be dead before you get out of the parking lot and I’ll personally see to it that your family is punished for your stupid, reckless behavior," he told him, his voice a low growl of anger. “The point is, Curtis, that you wasted five minutes in the house—-five essential minutes—then another four when you went through the drive-thru to get your caramel macchiato at Peg’s.”

Curtis felt his rolling stomach drop to his knees and he collapsed once more into his chair. They were watching him? he thought wildly. Knew that he’d finished his cigarette, talked to his girls, chatted with his wife? Even went to get coffee? Oh, God... What had he gotten himself into? What had he done? How could he have been so unforgivably stupid?

This was Tubby Winchester, he reminded himself. Of course, they were watching him. Of course, they were.

“So here’s the thing, Curtis,” he went on in that same unnerving tone of voice. “We’re beginning to wonder if your heart is really into taking care of this for us. We’re beginning to wonder if you’re taking this situation as seriously as you should.

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