Purrfect Bachelor by Nic Saint

Author:Nic Saint [Saint, Nic]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Puss in Books
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

The house that Sergio Sorbet had built—or rather bought—was a grand mansion in true Hollywood style. I imagined that Steven Spielberg was a regular guest, and so was Tom Hanks and Harrison Ford. They probably landed their helicopter on the private helipad Sergio had installed between the house and his private beach. Or maybe they flew in their private plane and landed it at the private airstrip nearby. All in all, it all sounded very… private. Then again, when you’re as rich and famous as Mr. Sorbet, you don’t like mere mortals sticking their noses into your private affairs.

The movies that had made Sorbet famous were very much in evidence wherever we looked: a large Zeus statue dominated the courtyard, and a ginormous painting of Zeus covered the two floors of the atrium when we entered. There was even a mosaic floor depicting a scene from one of the Zeus movies—at least I thought it did. I’ve never personally been a big fan of the Zeus franchise. It all seems a little samey, to me, in the sense that when you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all. But I guess that’s the whole point.

“Come in, come in,” said Sergio Sorbet once we’d made it past two security guards, one butler and one helpful personal assistant or PA, who appeared to have a tablet glued to his hand and an earpiece to his ear.

Sergio himself was a large man, and seemed to have been constructed entirely of muscle. He had a thick neck, brawny arms that stretched a Zeus T-shirt and bulging pectoral muscles that reminded me of that old Incredible Hulk TV series from the eighties, where Bill Bixby was always in danger of suddenly ripping his shirt to shreds and turning into Lou Ferrigno. They must have gone through an awful lot of shirts to film that particular series.

Sergio looked a little sweaty, but immediately explained this by stating that he’d been engaged in his second workout of the day, and a particularly grueling one at that.

“I shift tractor tires,” he said, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

“Tractor tires?” asked Odelia.

“Yeah. Best workout possible. Exercises chest, back, arm, leg muscles. Whole-body workout. But you’re not here to talk about my exercise regimen, are you?” He gave us the good-natured smile he was famous for, oozing charm from every sweaty pore.

“Have you heard about what happened to Joel Timperley, sir?” asked Chase.

The man’s face fell. “Yeah, Luke told me. My PA,” he clarified. “Terrible business. Simply terrible. Have you arrested the man yet?”

“What man?” asked Chase.

“Why, Dominic Careen, of course. He must be the one behind all this, right?”

“What makes you say that?”

“Isn’t it obvious? That entire family has been pestering us for years. And now three of my friends are dead and you’re telling me you haven’t picked him up yet? What are you waiting for, man?”

“We’re waiting until we have solid evidence of Dominic Careen’s involvement,” said Chase. “And until we do, I’m afraid our hands are tied.

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