The Man Who Hunted Himself (André Warner, Manhunter Book 3) by Lex Lander

Author:Lex Lander [Lander, Lex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rough Edges Press
Published: 2023-02-07T00:00:00+00:00

It was brought home to me sooner than expected that I was entering a minefield. The door of the Beamer had just unlocked itself at my approach when another car drew in behind me. My instinctive reaction that it must be the police was scrambled when I glanced over my shoulder and saw a red Ferrari.

The driver was Nick Heider, always popping up in unexpected places. He killed the engine and came over. In his three-piece suit with watch chain accessory, he exuded corporate lawyerism. He was wearing Ray-Ban sunglasses, too, to add a touch of mean to the hotshot dude image.

“Hi, James.”

“Hi. You certainly do get around. We must stop meeting like this.”

He grinned lopsidedly. “Yeah, it’s a small town. Fact is, we just found out you went to Mono Lake with Maura yesterday.”

“And Daddy sent you to give me a talking to.”

The expression went from sunny to cloudy.

“Listen, Freeman…”

Now I was “Freeman.” Next thing it would be “punk.” After that, it was anybody’s guess.

“No, Nick, you listen. It’s high time you quit dogging Maura’s footsteps like a jealous lover.” He colored up so fast it made me wonder if I had touched a nerve. “She’s all grown up, and her husband’s been dead for two years. Why don’t you stay off her back?”

“She tell you the reason she had to go all that way to see her daughter?”

“She said she lost custody of her a year ago because of her gambling connections.”

It was a credible lie, unless Maura had told him the truth.

He let out a long breath. “Yes, that’s right. The girl lives with Carl and Justine now, as you discovered, I guess.”

“Fine. That all?”

A van pulled in next to the Ferrari. Nick fell quiet as a burly guy in coveralls got out and set off across the parking lot.

I assumed we were done and made to enter my car. Nick grabbed my sleeve.

“Wait a minute, I haven’t finished talking to you yet.” He continued clutching my sleeve; I prized his fingers away. “We don’t want you hanging around Maura. That plain enough for you?”

“Or else?”

He squared up to me. He was much the same height, and his shoulders were broad. The slight paunch under his vest told me he wasn’t as fit as he might have been.

“We might have to convince you it’s not profitable.”

I looked him in the eye. “You’re a well-built guy, Nick, and you’re younger than me. But you’re out of condition. I could put you on the ground before you could open your mouth and shout ‘help’. And then, if I was really pissed at you, I could kill you dead with my thumb and index finger. Do you want me to demonstrate?”

He seethed noisily, like a whistling kettle on the boil.

“Okay, Mister Tough Guy. Now we know where we stand with you.”

“And vice-versa, messenger boy. Make sure you tell Daddy what I said, preferably verbatim.”

Being a lawyer, he would know what verbatim meant.

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