Blood Requiem by David Leadbeater

Author:David Leadbeater [Leadbeater, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-08-12T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY TWO

Angeles had just finished his coffee, still trying to work up the nerve to call Reza, when his phone started ringing. He checked the screen.

‘Shit,’ he said. ‘It’s him.’

Webster still had bits of croissant around his mouth. ‘Who? Reza?’

Angeles nodded.

‘Answer it. Better sooner rather than later. Get it out of the way.’

Angeles answered the call. ‘Who is this?’

‘You know very well who it is,’ Reza said as Angeles put the call on speakerphone. ‘Did you learn your lesson last night?’

‘Learn my… your men failed.’

‘Did they? Or did you fly like a frightened bird from your house?’

‘What did you hope to achieve?’

‘I can get to you anywhere. You will come back to work for me or I will ruin you. If I have to, I will kill you. But first… the fun.’

‘Fun? You sick bastard. How can this be fun?’

‘My men fucked your place up, eh? Are you gonna upload all that to YouTube?’

Angeles didn’t mention that he’d been filming most of the incident. The idea was clearly nestled in his mind.

‘It’s just a house. You can’t get to me that way.’

‘Where are you now?’

‘Not at the house, obviously.’

‘Ah, you think you are funny now? You think you can hide forever? I will get to you, Angeles.’

‘To do what? Stab me?’ Angeles looked terrified.

‘That, and more.’

‘You lost a lot of men last night,’ Webster interrupted, trying to back Angeles up. ‘And some of them might talk.’

‘The bodyguard is there? That is good. Because now it is personal with you too. You injured several of my men last night and got others arrested. And they know better than to open their mouths. I am sure of that.’

‘Leave it, Reza,’ Webster said. ‘You’ve had your fun. You got a few dirty details on the celebs. You even launched a surprise attack in the Hollywood Hills. Surely, you have other things to do with your life.’

‘Yes, but now you have caught my attention. I have been thwarted, and I don’t take kindly to that. Come work for me now, though, and it will all be forgotten. The racetrack is progressing nicely, and it is still linked to the Serbian mafia, or have you forgotten?’

‘I’m not jumping through your hoops anymore,’ Angeles stood up to the man. ‘In fact, I’m gonna go to the cops. I’ve had enough of this shit.’

Webster winced at that. He spread his arms and mouthed ‘We should have talked about this,’ but Angeles was on a roll.

‘I will go to the cops unless you back off. Gonna give you a day, Reza. If I hear nothing from you ever again, we’ll call it quits. But you bother me one more time… you come near me again… and it’s all going big time to the police.’

There was a long minute’s silence from the other end of the phone. Finally, Reza said, ‘Is this your last word?’

‘It is.’

‘This is not over,’ Reza said and hung up the phone.

It rang again two minutes later.

‘You will regret this,’ Reza said immediately.

‘You’ve given me no choice.

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