Silken Promises by Lisa Bingham

Author:Lisa Bingham
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FICTION/Romance/Historical
Publisher: Diversion Books
Published: 2013-12-10T16:00:00+00:00

The omnipresent midday heat followed Gerald Stone like a sluggish wake as he stepped into the rear room of the printer’s shop, taking great pleasure in the exuberant way Krupp finished his meal. It was good to see that his appetite had returned.

“Well?”

“I’ve been able to discover that the man being guarded at the Liberty Hotel is one Mickaleen McFee.”

Krupp’s brows rose. “Who, pray tell, is that?”

Stone shrugged. “I’ve no idea. No one really appears to know him. He’s a petty thief of some sort.”

“Yet Jacob has him living in a hotel at taxpayer expense? Then he brought the woman to see him, the same woman our man in the governor’s office says has been employed to help Grey?”

“Yes.”

“Mmm.” Krupp wiped his lips and took a sip of wine. “What an interesting twist in events. They must be using the man at the Liberty Hotel to hold something over the woman. To make her cooperate. Keep your eyes on him.”

Stone nodded but didn’t leave. “We have another problem, I’m afraid.”

Krupp’s fingers tightened around his glass, but he didn’t speak, knowing from the tone of Stone’s voice that what he had to say would be serious enough to warrant his caution.

“Dub Merritt is alive.”

“Who?”

“The guard delivering meals in your cellblock during the time of the escape.”

Krupp’s eyes narrowed. “I thought that you assured me he’d been listed as one of the dead.”

Stone shifted uneasily. “He was. I had one of our men obtain a copy of the report. But I saw Merritt this afternoon.”

“Where?”

“A few of our men noted a great deal of activity in and around the back streets surrounding Exeter. The bodies were being removed, but one of the hearses made a stop at the infirmary instead. Two of our boys followed the hearse, the other came to get me. We caught up with the conveyance at Holy Mercy Hospital. I saw Dub unloaded myself. He had a companion on his journey.”

“Who?”

“Jacob Grey.”

Krupp’s lips twitched ever so slightly in irritation. “How very coincidental.”

“Grey must know we’re responsible.”

“Of that I’m sure.”

“What should we do?”

Krupp’s fingers closed so tightly over the glass that it threatened to shatter. A thousand ideas tumbled through his brain and, with them, an overwhelming rage. Summoning the last dregs of control he possessed, he said, “Nothing.”

“But—”

“It’s too soon to do anything yet.” He took a healthy swallow of wine. “But the prison guard is another matter.” His head bobbed in a curt nod. “Another matter indeed.”

“What do you want me to do?”

“I’ll take care of him. That way Jacob will have no doubts that I have returned to haunt him like the devil he claimed I was.”

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