The Antique by Peter Fang

Author:Peter Fang [Fang, Peter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781695045088
Published: 2019-11-29T22:00:00+00:00

By the time Koda dropped Decker off and went to a local sandwich shop, he felt his energy rise even more. The more he thought about the encounter with Blake, the more convinced he was that the man knew something about Manfred. Throughout his career, he could always sense that indescribable feeling of getting very close to the man he was hunting that he could almost taste it in the air. It was almost like his senses were picking up thoughts in the airwaves and he could feel the conversation between Blake and his uncle Manfred taking place as he was driving down the freeway. He was now focusing on scenarios where the case could go sour; these were the external factors that could throw a curve ball at any given moment. When he returned to his apartment it was well after 10 p.m. He threw the keys onto the table, took off his clothes, and fell instantly asleep when his face hit the couch.

Morning came and Koda’s day was started by a “courtesy” call from Mason. Koda was in the bathroom when his answering machine picked up the call, but Koda could hear the stress in Mason’s voice from across the room. He didn’t pick up the details of the message, but he knew something unpleasant had just happened and it was going to be one of those days.

Koda clicked on the TV and listened to the morning news, turning the volume down to a whisper and then walking over to the answering machine. His finger hovered over the answering machine’s play button, hesitated, and then pressed down firmly.

“Damn it, Koda, your cell phone’s voicemail doesn’t work. Get the damn thing fixed! When you hear this message, please stop by my office. I hope your little visit to the pig farm was productive, ‘cause I just got a nice call from the union president and the district attorney’s office.”

Koda didn’t have to go into the office to know that somehow his visit to the pig farm had sprung a bear trap, and he was standing dead center inside.

When Koda reached Mason’s office, he could almost feel the stare from him through the glass. He walked into the office and sat down in front of him and waited. Mason was on the phone talking to someone—more like listening to a series of rants. When the call stopped, Mason coolly hung up the phone and smiled at Koda. The smile froze on his face like a tormented paint job.

“Thanks to you, you son-of-a-bitch, I have been answering calls this morning from concerned Union president, DEA, and everyone’s mom and dad in between. Sounds like you got carried away with your visit to the pig farmer over the weekend?”

Koda spread his hands. “So I paid him a visit. It was just a routine check-in.”

“So did you get a goddamn confession out of him? I sure hope you did because looks like you dropped your camera bag in his back yard as well.” Mason pulled the camera bag from under his desk and dropped it in front of Koda.

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