Trinity: The Complete Trilogy (The Twin Cities Series) by Drew Avera

Author:Drew Avera [Avera, Drew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2014-07-09T23:00:00+00:00

THE TWIN CITIES SERIES

MR GRIMM

Chapter 1

The labored breath of an old man escaped my lips as I sauntered over to an even older desk. It was perched atop three sturdy legs, the forth was braced with an old Webster's dictionary. The damned thing still didn't sit level, but I honestly didn't give two shits about that. It was the ringing phone that drew me over to this side of the room, the side that I often neglected because of the window that was open to a street view. One never could be too careful these days.

I picked up the receiver, "Yeah," I answered in my general gruff demeanor.

"Mr. Grimm, I see you have returned from your last...contract," the French accented voice said with an air of superiority over someone of my class.

"It's done," I answered in an attempt to end the conversation more abruptly.

"That's good to hear, though it seems that you were not as successful as we had hoped for."

This was news to me, "What do you mean?" I asked, knowing that failure was unforgivable in this line of work and I had worked too hard, had too much on the line for failure to be an option. I thought of my daughter, the reason why I had been so willing to take this life of punishment, just to save her. If I failed and was killed, what did that mean for her?

"I mean, my dear, Alexander, that there was a witness this time and you have exactly two hours to silence them, or maybe I will let the appeals process take effect and we can renegotiate the terms of your sentence. I think we both know where that will lead, don't you?"

Son of a, "I'm on it. What's the name?" I pulled out an old yellow legal pad and pencil to take down notes.

"The witness is a black woman named Genevieve Le Fortier," he said over the line, a slight hiss of static punctuated his words.

"Not a common name nowadays," I said. "She must be one of your kind."

"Don't fail to silence this one, Mr. Grimm," he neglected to confirm my suspicion, yet it didn't matter. The only thing that mattered was that I succeeded in removing this threat to my master's society, or else the repercussions were not going to be in my favor.

I went to speak only to have my thought interrupted by a dial tone. It was just like him to hang up on me, treating me like I was beneath him. I guess the truth is that I was. I was nothing more than a food source for his kind. My only clout now was that I was good at killing them. That granted me just enough respect in his dark, little world.

I set the receiver back in place and pulled out my .38 and reloaded the silver hollow point bullets into the cartridge. Once satisfied, I rolled the cylinder and reengaged it so that I could pull back the hammer and be ready to discharge a round into one, Genevieve Le Fortier.

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