Overbrook Farms by Neal Goldstein

Author:Neal Goldstein [Goldstein, Neal]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-31T22:00:00+00:00

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Hudson River Valley, Duchess County, New York

Hunter, Jarvis and Montgomery decided they needed to relocate before whoever had bugged Montgomery’s house got curious. They left the sitting room and walked into the hall where they knew the listening devices were working.

“Mr. Montgomery, I just wanted to let you know how very sorry I was to hear about your daughter-in-law and your granddaughter. I never had the opportunity to personally convey my condolences,” Jarvis said.

“Thank you.”

“A real tragedy sir,” Jarvis said as he and Hunter left the mansion.

Jarvis booked a conference room in the Grand Hotel near Marist College and texted Montgomery where to meet them. Before Montgomery arrived, he checked the room for listening devices. It was clean.

When they regrouped at the hotel in Poughkeepsie that afternoon, the impact of their earlier meeting on Montgomery was apparent from the man’s expression and body language when he entered the room. He seemed uncertain and moved slowly, like he had aged years in the few hours that had passed since they had last seen him.

“You OK?” Hunter asked.

Montgomery waved his hand at Hunter in response and sat down at the conference table. Jarvis poured him a glass of water.

They had already told Montgomery that Pirolli, the former Director of Global, was responsible for his daughter-in-law’s murder and they suspected his ex-wife might also be involved.

When Montgomery settled in, he said, “But why do you suspect my ex-wife.”

Jarvis looked over at Hunter before answering and replied, “The rescue mission was a black op; everyone with the exception of me and Hunter were in on it. There’s no way the colonel would have sanctioned that on his own, he must have had authorization from someone.”

“Are you saying that Hannah told him to kill them?”

“Chao and her security chief were our principal contacts with Triple M,” Jarvis replied.

“But Global had other clients. It could have been one of them. Besides, I had someone investigate Hanna before I married her. There was nothing in her background that was questionable.”

Montgomery took a deep breath, another sip of his water, and cleared his throat.

“Sir, why would anyone other than your ex-wife want your daughter-in-law and Haley dead?” Jarvis asked.

Montgomery sagged in his chair, and made no response for several minutes before asking, “I don’t know.” He looked into space as if trying to come up with a plausible response. After several seconds he said, “So, how are we going to proceed?”

“Before we get to that, may I ask you something?” Hunter asked.

Montgomery nodded.

“How did you become involved with Hanna Chao in the first place?”

The older man turned his eyes away from Hunter and shook his head. “It happened several years after my wife passed away. I was lonely, and this exotic, brilliant, beautiful young woman… She overwhelmed me,” he paused. “I was such a fool.”

“Why did you divorce her, if you don’t mind me asking?”

“After Roger was born, she asked me to tear up our pre-nup. She said it wasn’t fair to our son. I refused. She became more and more insistent.

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