The Girl Who Walked Away by David Adkins

Author:David Adkins [Adkins, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Endeavour Media
Published: 2018-07-11T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Wednesday 21st and Thursday 22nd February

I was awake early to greet the new day and I felt somewhat rejuvenated. Things did not seem quite as bad as they had seemed of late. I had had a wonderful evening with Cassie and the plan to save Max was progressing nicely. It was in that more positive frame of mind that I eventually left my home to get to my interview with Lester Bruitt. It would give me great pleasure to reinforce what he should already know, which was that he had been sacked from the Lucas case.

I stood outside the new, impressive and part glass edifice in New Oxford Street which was the building that was home to the renowned company of lawyers, Bruitt and Son. I smiled in anticipation of the outrage of Lester Bruitt at being sacked from the Lucas case. I believed that being told that their services were no longer required would probably be a new experience for such an illustrious firm. I entered the building and approached the reception desk. “I am here to see Lester Bruitt. I know where his office is.”

She nodded. “Please go ahead, sir.”

I walked over to the lift, pressed a button and waited a few seconds for it to arrive. “The third floor, please,” I said to the liftman when the doors opened.

I made my way along the third floor looking out over New Oxford Street from the large glass windows that seemed to decorate this very modern building. “Steve Coulson, I am here to see Lester Bruitt,” I said to the woman at the Bruitt reception desk.

“The door over there,” she said pointing at the door across the lobby. “You may go in.”

I knocked and opened the door and entered into his office unannounced. “Good morning,” I smiled.

“Oh, it’s you. Take a seat.” It was hardly the pleasant greeting that I had received last time I had paid him a visit but that was not surprising under the circumstances.

He did not offer a handshake and nor did I. I sat smiling as he deliberately kept me waiting or so it seemed. Minutes passed as he perused a document on his desk with great care. “Would you excuse me, I need to get my secretary to do some important typing.” His portly frame waddled out of the office and the picture came into my mind of a giant duck heading eagerly for the lake it called home. It was an exaggerated image, of course, but it appealed to me. He returned five minutes later and sat opposite me. “Now, how can I help you?”

“I assume you received a telephone call from Max Lucas yesterday to inform you that he no longer required your services.”

He snorted a little. “I did but I do not intend to take any notice of it. The poor man is obviously deranged and it would be immoral of me to no longer look after his best interests.”

I was taken aback a little at the audacity of the man but it was sort of what I expected and the reason I was here was to put him right.

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