The Heartless by David Putnam

Author:David Putnam
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oceanview Publishing
Published: 2019-03-15T16:00:00+00:00

After a thirty-minute drive, I pulled up to the quiet apartment complex in Lakewood. The place wasn’t chosen for security; it didn’t even have a fence around it. In Hollywood, Borkow got past a six-foot wrought-iron fence and a heavy security gate that had a double-key dead bolt, security cameras, and a roving patrol without anyone seeing him to get at Gloria. This place would be a cakewalk for him. No way could Nicky stay a minute longer than it took to pack a small bag and get out.

I knocked on the door of her recently rented apartment at five minutes to five as the anger began to return in how she’d played me for such a fool and lied about being separated from her husband. How she hid the truth that her husband was a cop. She knew the rule better than anyone and what it meant to violate it. I raised my knuckles to knock again when the door swung open. At first, she looked miffed. Surprise took over, then slowly seduction as her expression softened and she smiled, misinterpreting my presence.

I didn’t know how women did this thing with their eyes, a sort of illegal tractor beam that should need a license from the Department of Fish and Game for hunting lovelorn males.

She wore a terry cloth robe and her right hand was out of view. “Well, hello, cowboy. What a pleasant surprise.” She reached out, took hold of my khaki truck driver shirt, and pulled me inside. I closed the door without thinking about it. I couldn’t take my eyes off of her. “You shouldn’t open the door like that, it’s dangerous.”

“Not that dangerous.” She lifted her right hand, which held a Walther PPK .380, the James Bond gun, perfect for a woman’s grip. Of course, she would be armed and know how to use it; she was married to a SWAT commander. There it was again, still married, and to a fellow deputy on the department.

“It’s one thing to have a gun at the right time,” I said. “It’s an entirely different proposition when you have to look someone in the eye and pull the trigger. If you hesitate making that decision, it will be too late. He’ll be all over you and take it right out of your hand. So please, don’t ever answer the door without looking.”

She moved in close, raised her face just under my chin, and lowered her voice. “I promise. I won’t ever do it again.” She reached out and slid the gun onto the dining room table and then put that hand up on my shoulder. She waited. I waited and didn’t know what to do. I knew what I wanted to do: kiss her.

“Bruno, we’re two consenting adults.”

“You don’t have to tell me.” I kissed her. The kiss went on and on.

Eventually, I put my hands on her shoulders and gently eased her away.

Her eyes shifted and her robe fell open as she stepped in close again. I put my hand on her naked hip, let out a long groan, and closed my eyes.

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