The Contract, Kill Jessica White by Remington Kane & Donald Wells

Author:Remington Kane & Donald Wells [Kane, Remington & Wells, Donald]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Thrillers, vigilante justice, Crime, mystery, Assassinations, Thrillers & Suspense, organized crime, Spies & Politics, thriller, Suspense, Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, pulp, Murder
ISBN: 9781522715771
Amazon: B016QIY9VK
Goodreads: 27309145
Published: 2015-12-26T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 18 – Tricky

One second Tanner had his gun trained on the figure of the tall man who was roughing up Jim Horrigan, and in the next instant Horrigan’s body was hurtling towards him through the shadows.

The impact was brutal. Horrigan’s one hundred and sixty pounds slammed into Tanner and he felt his gun arm go numb as he fell to the floor beneath the weight.

Tanner lay flat on his stomach while Horrigan had landed on his back atop Tanner’s right arm and shoulder.

The gun had fallen from Tanner’s deadened grip and he reached for it with his free left hand.

He was inches from touching the gun when a knife THUNKED! into the floor in front of him, and he sliced open the skin between two fingers, as his reaching hand collided with the sharp blade.

Tanner gritted his teeth against the stinging pain as he realized the tall man was headed for him. Numb or not, he tried to pick up the gun with his right hand but was too late, and the tall man plucked it from the floor.

At that same moment, Horrigan sat up while moaning and Tanner used his shoulder to slam Horrigan in the back, causing him to fall over against the tall man’s feet and make him stumble.

Tanner used that diversion to rip the knife from the floor and rush into the bedroom, where he dived through the open window and out into the snow. By the time he scrambled to his feet, he expected a bullet might find his back, but no, the tall man was holding off firing the gun, although he was coming.

Tanner ran off towards the homes ruined by flooding, while leaving a trail of footsteps and blood in his wake.

***

After checking the gun and finding it loaded, Mr. White stepped out into the snow as he watched Tanner disappear between two homes across the street.

He believed that Tanner was the hit man hired to kill his wife and so he pursued him.

If possible, he would question him and find out who hired him, if he resisted, he would simply kill him. His wife’s safety was all he cared about, and he would do anything to end the threat against her.

He reached the narrow strip of land between the homes and saw the trail of blood that Tanner’s cut hand was leaving behind, as well as his boot prints.

Tanner had run off with his knife, but he had Tanner’s gun. White didn’t know what other weapons Tanner might have hidden on him, and so he moved with caution.

There was an old car up on blocks at the rear of one of the homes. White could tell that Tanner had paused by the car and disturbed the snow atop its trunk.

For a moment, White wondered if Tanner might have hidden inside the trunk, but no, the blood and the boot prints continued deeper into the yard and over by an old wooden shed.

With his gun arm extended and his eyes searching, White

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