Won't Back Down by J.D. Rhoades

Author:J.D. Rhoades [Pinter, Jason]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Polis Books

SIXTY-NINE

“This the place?” Tench is behind the wheel again, Waller in the seat beside him with the binoculars. They’re cruising slowly by the little stone house across the field from an old church.

“Records check says it is.” Waller gives the place a quick once-over as Tench drives by, then speeds up. “Doesn’t look like there’s anyone home.”

“So how do we handle this?” Tench says. “Lay up and wait for this Keller to get off duty and come home?”

Waller looks out the window and taps on the frame of the open car window as he thinks it over.

“Maybe leave him a surprise for when he comes home?” Tench suggests.

Waller looks over at his partner. “That’s not a bad idea. But it’s going to require some improvisation.”

Tench grins. “That’s another one of the things we’re good at, isn’t it?”

“Pull in,” Waller says. “Let me get a quick look at the set up. Doors, windows, stuff like that.”

Tench frowns. “We don’t want to get seen there.”

“Won’t be too long,” Waller reassures him. He reaches into the glove box and pulls out a flat leather case. He holds it in his lap as Tench pulls into the short driveway of Keller’s house. “Keep the motor running,” he orders as he slips out the door.

The old locks yield to the picks in his case within a moment, and Waller slips inside. The front door leads to a shallow foyer with a flagstone floor and coat pegs protruding from one wall. Waller steps through into a living space with a worn couch and easy chair. He turns and looks back at the front door. The interior wall is faced with the same stone as the outside of the cottage. An explosion in that tiny space will do horrific damage. Waller knows instinctively what they need to do. He doesn’t bother locking the door behind him as he trots back out to the truck where Tench is waiting impatiently. “I got it,” he says as he reaches for the small duffel bag they’ve stowed behind the driver’s seat. “Drive. Come back and pick me up in fifteen minutes.”

“You sure? What if Keller gets back in the meantime?”

Waller grins and pulls a Walther pistol out of the bag. “Then I take care of the problem sooner rather than later. And call you for a faster pickup. Now go.”

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