The Priest's Graveyard by Ted Dekker

Author:Ted Dekker
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3, pdf
Tags: Thrillers, General, Suspense, Fiction
ISBN: 9781599953335
Publisher: Center Street
Published: 2011-10-17T22:00:00+00:00

17

SIMON REDDING SAT in his Suburban at midnight watching the Staybridge across the street. His task was simple, one he’d accomplished many times over the past five years. This time his employer had crossed a young woman, one with connections to Lamont Myers, Bourque had said.

She was likely as innocent of wrongdoing as he was guilty. But that no longer concerned him. She was a problem; his task was to eliminate problems.

Before a problem could be eliminated, it had to be identified. Then located. And then, when the time was right, dealt with.

It had taken Redding four days to identify and locate Renee Gilmore. The fact that her only mode of transportation was by cab had rendered the motor vehicle registration search useless, which had stalled him. But it had taken only two days using his contacts at the cab companies to flush out information on a bleached-blond girl who weighed a scant hundred pounds if she was wet.

Cabbies talked. Put the word out that a five-hundred-dollar tip was in the works for anyone who could locate a particular fare, and they would, especially if they believed the subject in question was a runaway who needed help.

Although he could have taken her in the Staybridge, he needed to know what she knew before silencing her. Hotels were not suited to the task of coercion.

Better to wait for her to exit the building and climb into a Yellow Cab.

Redding sighed and picked up a bag of sunflower seeds. He sometimes thought that the five years of medical training he’d put himself through were a complete waste, considering his present profession. But the money was good and the benefits were far too generous to ignore. Bourque did not believe in thugs, preferring trustworthy men with brains over brawn, and he was willing to pay for those brains, especially if they came with some brawn. In this way, Redding was uniquely suited for his occupation.

Thirty minutes later, Renee Gilmore exited the Staybridge. But she did not climb into a Yellow Cab.

She was picked up instead by a black BMW.

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