Slash and Burn by Matt Hilton

Author:Matt Hilton
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fiction, Hewer Text UK Ltd http://www.hewertext.com, General, Suspense, Mystery & Detective
ISBN: 9780340978276
Publisher: Hodder General Publishing Division
Published: 2010-08-15T10:57:25+00:00

Chapter 28

Tito was true to his word, but Larry Bolan wondered how long that would last. When Larry came out of the back room and through the storage area into the dimly lit bar, Tito’s four friends had returned to their seats around the table. They were talking among themselves. As Larry made his way across the room, passing the raised stage, the man he’d stiff-armed was scowling, but the others only watched him with mild distraction. He nodded at them and they all nodded back. The scowling man made it look like he was trying to regain face with his buddies, his nod accompanied by a curled lip.

Larry laughed then turned away. He could hear the others laughing, and it wasn’t at him.

Boys will be boys.

Tito was walking behind Larry. It was as if he wanted to see the big man off the premises. He made it look like he was happy with the fifteen hundred dollars, but maybe he hadn’t quite taken Larry’s joke at face value, which was wise, because Larry hadn’t been joking.

Larry caught Tito’s reflection in a chrome surround on the doorway. Tito was looking back at his friends and there was a lot of gesturing going on.

Larry felt for the Desert Eagle, but then let it go.

Tito stepped past Larry, pushing the double doors open with the flats of his hands. The doors banged, startling the two minders who were lounging outside. Both men came to attention, swinging into battle readiness. Then they saw who was coming out and they faltered.

Tito jerked his head at them.

‘Chill out, guys,’ he told them. ‘My friend’s leaving.’

Larry watched the men’s faces. He saw a paleness creep into one of their throats, a slight widening of the eyes of the other. They were signs of apprehension, and not because they weren’t going to be doing their duty. Tito’s words were some sort of prearranged signal. Larry heard faint footsteps from inside. Tito came to a standstill, and Larry went on by him. Tito tapped Larry’s elbow and Larry glanced back. Tito stuck out a hand. ‘It was a pleasure doing business with you.’

The way they were standing, Larry would have to turn his back on the two minders to take Tito’s hand. But he was OK with that.

‘Yeah,’ Larry agreed, taking the hand.

He’d given up his back, but the disadvantage was negated by the fact that he could now see the four men approaching from inside the bar.

Larry smiled down at Tito.

He heard the shift of feet behind him.

‘You made some good money back there, Tito. You should’ve left things at that.’

Then he hauled Tito by the hand towards him. He pivoted, whipping Tito around and off his feet and directly into the two minders. Tito crashed into them, stalling them, and Larry threw a right cross over the top of him, crunching his fist into the face of the minder on the left. Larry felt the power in his arm as it transferred to the man’s jaw. It was like an explosion of kinetic force that compressed the man’s jaw up into his skull.

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