A Quiet Man (Victor Book 9) by Tom Wood

Author:Tom Wood [Wood, Tom]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Published: 2021-05-26T14:00:00+00:00

FORTY-THREE

The meeting took place out of the city and far away from their estate. A long drive, yet a necessary one. They took the limousine because neither liked to drive any more. They used an agency to supply the driver so there was always one available, whatever day, whatever time of day. Once they had a live-in driver, but even servants had to sleep, had to eat, had to have time off from work. Some even had the audacity to complain when politely informed Christmas Day was not a holiday. How else were they supposed to get to mass and back?

This driver was one of their favourites because he never spoke unless spoken to first. He might as well have been invisible, which was perfect. They needed staff to help them through their busy lives but didn’t enjoy unnecessary interaction. Staff were only staff, after all.

All of the preparatory work had been done. Each of their personal assistants had been tasked to research, to compile, to narrow down the options. Two separate lists with two distinct yet overlapping goals. Two isolated tasks, each shielded from the other so neither assistant could ascertain the ultimate objective.

But there was only so much that could be achieved with the labours of ignorant parties. Ultimately, they needed to get their hands dirty.

They had come to enjoy getting their hands dirty.

The driver had been given a GPS coordinate and nothing more, and drove them to their destination with no questions, no words. Their favourite.

When the limousine stopped, the patter of rain on the bodywork became louder, almost violent. Raindrops clung to the window glass or snaked down in crooked rivulets. They waited until the driver opened the door for them and they climbed out, one at a time. A slow, awkward process. It had been a tortuously long journey.

The night was chilly, the rain falling in a relentless downpour. They needed to hurry.

The driver shielded them with an umbrella and handed it over before closing the limousine’s rear door and returning to the driver’s seat to wait until they were finished. They had told him in advance his presence was not required.

Waiting for them in the wash of the limousine’s headlights was a lone figure.

‘I’ll do the talking,’ she said.

He nodded. He knew his place. He held the umbrella aloft and they approached the figure.

The man had a tall, boxy frame. He had been waiting for them and was soaked to the skin. This appeared not to bother him in the slightest. They knew he had been a military man. They knew all about him.

His name was Garrett. An African-American gentleman, which neither was pleased to discover, but they could bite their lips for the greater good.

‘Thank you for meeting us,’ she said.

‘No problem.’

‘We always prefer to meet our employees, regardless of their reputation.’

‘I understand.’

She added, ‘Especially when the matter is of a sensitive nature.’

‘You’re not only paying for my services,’ Garrett said, ‘but my discretion.’

‘You understand what we want done?’

‘Yes.’

‘I don’t like how easily you say that.

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