The Lawyer's Lawyer by James Sheehan

Author:James Sheehan
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Thrillers, Fiction, Suspense, Legal, General
ISBN: 9781455547067
Publisher: Center Street
Published: 2014-01-13T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Forty-Two

Two days after she returned from Boulder and a day before the funeral of Kathleen Jeffries, Danni received a surprise guest at her home. She opened the door and there stood Sam Jeffries, rumpled and disheveled with at least a three days’ growth on his face, maybe more.

“Sam, come on in.” She gave him a long hug after he entered the house. “I’m so sorry for your troubles, Sam.”

“Thanks, Danni. You know the funeral is tomorrow.”

“Yeah, they called me from the station and told me. That’s pretty quick.”

“I want it over with. I’ve got things to do.”

“Why don’t you come in and sit down, Sam. I’ll get you some coffee.”

“Thanks.”

Danni had an intimate little table for two in her kitchen. They sat there to drink their coffee.

“How are you doing?” she asked, knowing at least part of the answer. Sam’s hands were shaking, which told her he’d been doing what cops did in times of trouble—drowning his sorrows in alcohol.

“Well, you don’t need to take my guns if that’s what you’re asking. I’ve had my moments but now I’m focused.”

Danni was pretty sure she knew what he was focused on, but she felt obligated to ask the question.

“On what?”

“On finding Tom Felton and killing him. I’d like to cut his fuckin’ balls off and stick them in his mouth and while he was choking slowly slit his throat, but I want to keep my job, so I’ll have to settle for a bullet to the head or the heart, whichever is most convenient.”

“Sounds good.”

“I’d like to do the same for your boy Tobin.”

“He’s not my boy.”

“He was at one time, Danni. You were head over heels for him. Don’t deny it.”

“What’s your point, Sam?”

“My point is that he’s a piece of shit and I’d like to spare the world his presence as well if I could get away with it.”

“Is that what you came here to tell me?”

“No. I’ve been thinking about this constantly, even when I was so drunk I could hardly move. Felton’s a smart boy. He had ten years in a small cell to figure out there was only a small group of people that had the ability to fuck him over. He likes to kill women so he went after my daughter first. I assume you figured this part out already.”

“I have.”

“And Hannah is safe?”

“She is.”

“That leaves you, Danni. He’s coming for you as sure as I’m sitting here. He’s not going to back off. Killing the women of the people who fucked him, or, in your case, the woman who might have directly fucked him over, is probably the ultimate jolly for this sick bastard.”

“Are you trying to scare the shit out of me, Sam?”

“Absolutely not. You were a homicide cop for fifteen of your twenty years. You know all this shit already. I’m here to ask you if I can stay here at night and wait for him. You can stay here, too, if you like. I won’t be sleeping. Or you could go to my house.

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