The Reckoning (Carter Brothers) by Kerry Kaya

Author:Kerry Kaya [Kaya, Kerry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Boldwood Books
Published: 2022-05-10T16:00:00+00:00

The next morning, Jimmy Carter perched his backside on the edge of the desk. As always, it was standing room only at the scrapyard, and the remaining Carters were either leaning against the walls or sprawled out across the sofas, their long legs kicked out in front of them. ‘Yeah, I’ve heard of Gerry Mann,’ he said, nodding. ‘Years back, Tommy had a run-in with him in the boozer, the Royal Oak, I think it was. Or was it the Three Travellers? Anyway, Mann had been running his mouth off about something or other, and well, you know what Tommy was like’ – he laughed – ‘he had a short fuse at the best of times. He ended up taking Gerry outside and weighing him in, and that was pretty much the end of it.’ He shrugged. ‘Ever since then, Mann’s steered clear of us.’

‘He’s got a bit of a rep, ain’t he?’ Danny asked.

Jimmy screwed up his face. ‘A reputation for what? The man’s an absolute fool. He shat himself when Tommy went for him, he was literally quaking in his boots. I thought he was gonna burst into tears at one point. Nah,’ he said, shaking his head, ‘he sends his son Joey in to do his heavy work for him. He was pals with… what was his name.’ His face a mask of concentration, Jimmy clicked his fingers several times, as though hoping the action would somehow jog his memory. ‘That’s it, Christos,’ he said, pointing his finger forward, ‘the geezer who Freddie topped years ago, you know the one I mean, Freddie and whatshisname, Lee… Lee Hart, they strung him up on a hook and left him there to rot.’

‘Yeah, I know who you mean.’ Averting his gaze, Danny nodded. As close as he and Jimmy were, he’d never divulged to anyone that it had been him and Moray who’d murdered Adam Christos and not their one-time boss Freddie Smith and his associate Lee Hart; he was too ashamed, too afraid to see the disgust filter across his friend’s face. He and Moray had sent two innocent men to their deaths for a murder that they themselves had committed, or at least Freddie and Lee had been innocent of that crime anyway, there were far worse atrocities that they had been guilty of, that they had deserved to die for. The abuse of young boys being just one of them. The very notion still made his stomach churn with repulsion, and not forgetting the price Freddie had put on his head, if he’d had his way, Freddie would have seen him butchered, or toppled into a shallow grave with half his face blown away. Either way, he would still have ended up dead.

‘So what’s Gerry’s problem with you and Moray?’ Jimmy probed.

‘Your guess is as good as mine,’ Danny lied. Chewing on the inside of his cheek, he kept his gaze firmly on his boots, sure that Jimmy would be able to see his guilt; he was like Tommy in that respect, could smell bullshit a mile away.

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