Spontaneous Justice: An Urban Fantasy Action Adventure (The Unbelievable Mr. Brownstone Book 15) by Michael Anderle

Author:Michael Anderle [Anderle, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2019-01-02T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

James looked back and forth in the narrow hallway before knocking on the apartment door. He wasn’t expecting anyone suspicious, but checking around before meeting with an informant was a good general policy.

No obvious cameras. Good way to meet people at home without someone knowing what’s up. Harry and his friends have good instincts. Then again, no one would ever know what happened if someone came in here and did something to them.

Shay looked down at the smooth carpet and chuckled. “Nice. Not five star, but a big step up from living in tunnels. It’s funny how far all these kids have come since I met Lily.”

“That’s on you.”

“What do you mean?”

“You helped them all, you know,” James replied. “If you hadn’t started training Lily and paying her, those kids would have stayed tunnel rats for years, running around stealing to survive. Now, because of Lily’s success and the money, they’ve got a good business going, and they have a chance at a future that doesn’t end with gangsters killing them because they took the wrong shit.”

Did Harry hear me? He’s the one who set up the meeting time.

James knocked again.

“I wasn’t trying to help them. I was trying to wring something useful out of Lily. Helping them was incidental.” Shay shrugged. “It was self-interest, not altruism.”

“You could have cut Lily loose at any time, but you didn’t. You even helped her when she fucked up.” James chuckled. “Self-interest? I could say the same thing about Trey and the guys. I’m just lazy and don’t want to be bothered with low-level bounties. Self-interest and altruism don’t have to be separate things.”

Light footsteps sounded from the other side. The locks clicked, and the door opened.

Finally.

“Sorry. I was on the phone checking on something when you knocked,” Harry offered.

“Not a big deal.”

He looked old for his age, but that only meant he looked like an older teenager. He offered a nod to both Shay and James before gesturing to a tattered blue sectional sofa by a matching recliner in an otherwise barren living room. There wasn’t even a tv on the wall.

Huh. I guess you can take a guy out of the tunnels, but that doesn’t mean he’s going to get rid of those tunnel-living instincts anytime soon. Not that living simply is that bad a thing. I would have been less pissed when they blew up my house if I’d had fewer things.

James grunted and headed over to the sofa to take a seat. Shay sat beside him. Unlike James, she’d been to the place before, and her face betrayed no hint of surprise at the minimalist decor.

“Your message said you had some information,” James rumbled. “I’m guessing I’d be too damned lucky if you already found out where the Silver Ghost lives.”

Harry moved over to the recliner to sit. “Yeah, still working on that, but it’s not like we’ve got nothing for you. First off, a few simple things. My guys asked around and found a few witnesses the cops hadn’t.

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