The Price by Kerry Kaya

Author:Kerry Kaya [Kaya, Kerry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: KJT BOOKS
Published: 2020-05-31T16:00:00+00:00

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George could barely take in the news he had just been given. With no known next of kin, it had taken just over a week for Mickey’s death to become common knowledge. As he thought this through, a thousand thoughts rattled around inside his brain. He was certain that his cousin had still been alive when they had dumped him on his doorstep. He could recall being angry with the man, but surely he hadn’t been so angry that he’d killed him?

“Rumour has it that the sword was still sticking out of him when the old bill turned up,” Pete said. He raised his eyebrows. “I heard it was embedded into the fucking ground.”

“Sword?” Pete’s words broke his thought’s and he sat back in his seat, contemplating what this could mean. He knew for a fact that neither he, nor any members of his firm, had used the weapon. “So you’re saying that someone did him in then?”

“Looks that way. And I’m not being funny, George. I know he was your cousin and all that, but it was only a matter of time until someone topped him. I mean, let’s face it, Shank has been raising hell and getting away with murder for years.” He raised his eyebrows to emphasis his point. “And I mean that literally.”

“Yeah, I know.” Sinking back in his chair, George steepled his fingers in front of him. It shouldn’t have come as a surprise that Mickey had been topped. It was common knowledge that he was a lunatic, a psychopath even. In a way, it was ironic. Some may even say it was poetic justice. The very same weapon that had made him feel safe, was the very same instrument that took his life. “So who did it? Has anyone claimed responsibility?”

“Nope, not as of yet,” Pete answered, with a shrug of his shoulders. “No one has come forward, and the rumour mill is quiet, too fucking quiet. But if there’s one thing that I do know, it’s that the majority of people around here will be glad to see the back of him.”

Sitting forward, George leaned his forearms across the desk and sighed. “We both know for a fact that Shank did a lot of damage over the years. It stands to reason that someone, somewhere, will boast about how they brought him down. They’re bound to, and if they don’t …” He left the unfinished sentence to hang heavy in the air.

“If they don’t, then it could be the same person who was responsible for Albie going missing?”

Silently, George nodded his head. Was it just a coincidence that two of his firm members, one being his brother, were now either missing or dead?

“So, what do we do now then, boss?”

“Dig around for answers,” George said, his voice coming across a lot more confident than he actually felt. “Someone out there knows what happened.” His thoughts wandered to his sister-in-law, and his three nephews. He was due to pay them a visit.

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