Black Is Back (Quentin Black Mystery #4) by JC Andrijeski

Author:JC Andrijeski
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: White Sun Press
Published: 2016-02-03T05:00:00+00:00

BLACK STARED OUT at the parking lot of the apartment complex from across the street, wearing dark glasses and hunching down in the rental car’s driver’s seat as he drank his coffee. In the end, when he realized he’d have to wait this one out, he’d had one of his people bring him a car with non-company plates. Javier rode the bike back up to San Francisco, and now Dex and Kiko were covering other sides of the same complex, watching to make sure Travis didn’t make him and try to slip by without being seen.

They’d been here for two full days now.

Black knew it could take weeks, but he was betting it wouldn’t.

When he read the girlfriend, Beatrice, he could feel Travis made a stop here after every job. He’d already been gone a few weeks. In her mind, that was longer than usual.

So he should be back soon.

Well... unless he was the Templar. But Black had his doubts.

The guy would be good though. Archangel wouldn’t have tagged him if he wasn’t. Also, he was still alive. Life expectancy in this profession wasn’t exceptional, so the fact that Travis was still walking around after a few years in the game meant he likely was.

That, or he was just lucky as hell. That happened too.

Dex’s voice rose in his earpiece. “Got something.”

“Where?”

“Southeast corner. He must have parked down the street and walked in. Definitely carrying.”

Black’s eyes scanned the lower levels of the apartment complex, looking for what Dex had seen. He used his sight then, meaning the non-physical variety, and got a hit at once.

“That’s him,” he said.

“You want us to move on him?” Kiko that time.

Black shook his head, even though the other two wouldn’t see it. “No.”

He was already getting out of the car.

“Boss?” Dex must have seen him from where he was.

“I just want to talk to him. Stay where you are unless you hear gunfire.”

“What makes you think he’s going to let you talk to him?” Dex said.

Black let out a grunt, remembering Nick’s words. “Professional courtesy.”

He walked across the road, staying to the north end of the building and out of sight of the man under the eaves of the first floor. Travis would be climbing the stairs by now, so Black didn’t have much time to get under him before he reached the second story landing and had a wider view. Black knew Beatrice would talk. He’d never thought for a second that she wouldn’t tell Travis about the strange man in the bike leathers who stopped by and asked about him. It would probably be the first thing she said to him when he walked through the door.

He just had to hope Travis could be reasonable.

Of course, if he wasn’t reasonable, Black had other options at his disposal.

He began moving silently up the stairs as he thought it, his gun still in its holster. He moved slow, more focused on being quiet than fast. He wanted to remain close enough to hide in Travis’s blind spots, but not so close the other man might feel him.

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