Bitter Pill by Fern Michaels

Author:Fern Michaels [Michaels, Fern]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Zebra Books
Published: 2020-09-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27

The war room

Charles could hardly keep his stiff-upper-lip demeanor as he reported back to the women. “Sasha has completed planting the surveillance devices. Three offices and two residences are now covered. By this evening, we should have Dr. Marcus’s flat covered. As far as Dr. Steinwood’s going to Vegas, do you think we should have Avery tail him there?”

“I think Avery should find out what is in that garage and the house. With Steinwood away, that should give Avery better opportunities to drill down to what brand of underwear he wears,” Annie said smugly. The women snickered at the remark. “We know why he’s going to Vegas. We need to know what he’s doing in Aspen.”

“Righto,” Charles replied.

“Bummer,” Alexis teased. “I was itching for a few slot machines.”

“Not this time.” Myra smiled. “I think we’ve found Steinwood’s passion, so to speak. Expensive cars. We need Avery to find out how many he has.”

“Roger that.” Charles sent off a message to Avery.

“After meeting with Victor, we should have a good idea of what Dr. Corbett’s hobby is, and after a day or so of surveilling Marcus, we should have his. That’s when the game gets serious,” Annie reminded them.

“I have some pretty good contacts with car dealers. Had to haul a few trailers in my day,” said Kathryn, who had finally arrived at Pinewood. “I can take on that part once I get back from the Michigan trip. That should take only three days.”

“Perfect.” Myra beamed.

“This is all so complicated,” Charlotte observed, awestruck by the complexity of how the sisters went about a mission. Then she giggled. “You should start your own private investigating company!”

The sisters hooted.

“We have much more in our toolbox to offer than surveillance. That’s why we have Avery and his team,” Nikki reminded her.

“Well, I’m just along for the ride,” Charlotte said gleefully.

“I was hoping you’d be Annie’s and Myra’s chaperone,” Charles joked.

“Chaperone?” Myra pretended to be offended. “When have we ever . . . never mind.” She remembered, as did everyone else, and they started muttering.

“That will leave me and Charles here for the time being,” Fergus noted. “Nikki is on standby. Isabelle and Alexis are off to Aspen, Maggie is going to Long Island, Kathryn and Yoko are headed to Michigan, and the two troublemakers are off to New York City and parts unknown.” He winked at Annie, who was about to smack him on the back of the head.

“We still haven’t covered London yet,” Nikki pointed out.

“We’ll wait to hear back from Avery to see what Eileen was able to discover. Then we’ll make a plan. I’m curious about that rubbish Jerry Hardy. I wonder if he’s cheeking for Marcus,” Charles said.

“Cheeking?” several of the sisters asked quizzically.

Both Charles and Fergus snorted. “Sorry. Old Brit slang for someone who transports drugs between their butt cheeks.”

Hysterical laughter bounced off the walls.

“He looks too skinny to even have butt cheeks,” Kathryn roared. Tears of laughter were running down almost everyone’s face.

Charles whistled. “All right. Everyone calm down.

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