The Enigma: Unlawful Men Book 2 by Malpas Jodi Ellen

Author:Malpas, Jodi Ellen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jodi Ellen Malpas
Published: 2021-11-15T16:00:00+00:00

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JAMES

“What is she doing there?” I ask Goldie as I scan the beach, watching the busy space as I sit, relaxed, sipping a coffee, my laptop before me.

“Right now, she’s admiring the water.”

She’s not at home. She’s not at the supermarket. She’s not at the diner or at my place. She’s out there, exposed, and that makes me feel immensely uncomfortable. “I don’t think Beau knows about a safety deposit box.”

“She must know,” Goldie says. “Her mother surely left everything to her.”

“Well, I pressed as best I could without rousing suspicion and got nothing.” What if Beau doesn’t know Jaz left a key for it? What if she’s completely unaware? “Watch her until I get there,” I order, my eyes falling to the two beach chairs not too far away, each with a beach towel laid across them and a suitcase nestled in between. “Closely.”

“Got it. How’s it going?”

“I’m watching.” I look up when a man approaches my table, his feet shuffling, his face overgrown, his clothes tattered. “I’ve got to go.” I set my mobile on the table, scanning the area.

“Got a spare smoke?” he asks, motioning to my full packet of Marlboros on the table.

“No,” I answer flatly, going to my laptop. I feel tense, and it isn’t because of this exchange with my new contact.

“You have, right there, look.”

I glance up at him. “You want a cigarette?” I ask, picking up the packet, passing it from hand to hand.

“Yeah.”

I hold them out. “Here.”

He falters, unsure, and slowly takes them as I cast my eyes across the sand. I reach into my pocket and drag out some notes, slapping them on the table and setting my lighter on top. “You want this too?”

He slips the smokes in the pocket of his tatty coat. “What are you, my guardian angel?”

I smile. “One good deed deserves another. There’s two beach chairs down there with yellow towels. Bring me the suitcase that’s in between them. Simple.”

His greedy eyes rest on the pile of money. “That’s it?”

“That’s it.”

He shrugs and leaves, ambling down to the beach, and I rest back, collecting my coffee and sipping, watching him. He plods through the sand, moves in on the case, and starts to drag it away from the chairs.

And as I predicted, two guys nearby abandon their volleyball game and move in, flanking the down-and-out on either side, escorting him from the beach.

My lip naturally curls, I snap my laptop shut, swipe up my cash and lighter, and leave the café casually, dialing Goldie. “Trap,” I say, not looking back.

“Surprised?”

“Not at all.” A criminal that’s not in The Bear’s pocket seems to be a rarity.

So I’m rare, but, frankly, the Russian, Sandy, is the least of my worries right now. Knowing Beau’s out there is making me uneasy. Her predictability has been a comfort. And while a sense of pride fills me, because she’s getting braver, more like her old self, I never considered how that might make me feel.

Nervous.

I have a purpose to rid Miami of the sewer rats.

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