Rat Pack 10 When Somebody Kills You by Robert J. Randisi

Author:Robert J. Randisi [Randisi, Robert J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781780106694
Publisher: Severn House Publishers
Published: 2014-05-25T23:00:00+00:00

THIRTY-NINE

Outside the club, we didn’t wake the cab driver until we actually decided where we wanted to go.

‘Back to the hotel?’ Jerry asked.

‘No,’ I said, ‘I think the cops will be there. They’re still wantin’ to talk to us about the explosion.’

‘Well, I need somethin’ to eat,’ Jerry said.

‘We’re not gonna eat anywhere down here,’ I said. ‘But I think we should wait a few minutes.’

‘For what?’

‘To see if she comes out.’

‘You think she’ll go straight to Jacks?’

‘Maybe,’ I said. ‘I hope so.’

‘What if she’s tellin’ the truth and she ain’t seen him in two weeks?’

‘Then we’ll have to try somethin’ else.’

We went to the cab and roused the driver.

‘Now what?’ he asked. ‘Ya wanna go across the street?’

‘Actually, we do,’ I said, ‘right in that alley.’

‘What for?’

‘You’ll see.’

‘What I ain’t seen yet is any scratch, bub.’

I took some money out and shoved it into his hand. ‘Now let’s get into that alley.’

He tucked the money into his shirt pocket and said, ‘Yer still the boss.’

It took ten minutes for her to come out.

‘There she is,’ Jerry said.

‘We followin’ her?’ the cabbie asked.

‘We’re gonna try,’ I said, ‘if you’re good enough.’

‘Hah,’ the driver said, ‘you just happened to get the best driver in the city.’

‘That a fact?’ Jerry asked. ‘What’s your name?’

‘Zack.’

‘Well, Zack,’ I said, ‘if she has her own car—’

‘She won’t,’ he said. ‘Nobody brings their own cars down here. She’ll look for a cab.’

The idea hit me like a bolt of lightning. ‘Jerry, get out!’

He didn’t hesitate. As he was climbing out, I said, ‘Zack, go pick her up, then come back here and get us and take us to where you drop her. Got it?’

‘I got it, boss.’

I hurried out and said, ‘Go!’

As Zack pulled out into the street Jerry said, ‘That was good thinkin’, Mr G.’

‘Let’s hope so.’

A half-hour later we were still waiting in the alley.

‘Either they went a long way,’ Jerry said, ‘or Zack forgot to come back.’

‘The best driver in the city? I don’t think so.’ At least, I hoped not.

It was another half-hour before Zack pulled up in front of the alley.

‘Bet ya thought I wasn’t comin’ back,’ he said.

‘Not me,’ I said, as we piled into the back. ‘Where’d she go?’

‘To a house in the canyon.’

‘She suspect anythin’?’ Jerry asked.

‘No,’ Zack said, proudly.

‘OK, then,’ I said, ‘let’s go. Get us there as fast as you can, Zack.’

‘You got it, boss.’

It wasn’t fast enough.

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