Circle of Death by James Patterson

Author:James Patterson [Patterson, James / Sitts, Brian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2023-07-03T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 51

IT’S NOT MUCH of a wake. I don’t even have a photo of Moe to display. But Jessica filled the whole parlor with candles, which makes it feel kind of like a chapel. Moe wasn’t religious. In fact, he probably would have called the whole thing silly. But we had to do something.

Margo is sitting across from me in a high-backed chair. Her eyes are red. “It’s amazing how alike they were,” she says.

“Who?” asks Jericho.

“Moe and his ancestor.”

“Those Shrevnitz genes were strong,” says Burbank from his seat in the corner.

He’s right. I think back to the original Moe Shrevnitz—the New York cabbie who became my confidant, my spy, and my escape driver back in the 1930s. I can’t even count how many times he got me out of a jam or helped me crack a case. Moe could be crusty at times, but he had street smarts like nobody else. And I always knew he’d take a bullet for me, if it came to that.

The Moe we just lost was exactly the same. I know how proud he was to be on the team. And I know how much he adored Maddy. In just one week, they’d built a special connection. Everybody saw it. Across the room, Maddy is curled on the sofa, her head buried in Jessica’s lap.

I have no doubt that the bomber who blew up Moe’s car was the same one who tried to blow up the building during Diaz’s speech. It was a message. If they can get to one of us, they can get to any of us.

I uncork a bottle of brandy and fill seven snifters. I pass the glasses around the room and set the last one on the mantel.

I raise my glass. “To Moe.”

“To life,” says Margo.

“To the team,” says Jericho.

Maddy stands up from the sofa and pushes her hair back from her face. She downs her drink in one gulp.

“To revenge,” she says.

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