Coldwater by Tom Pitts

Author:Tom Pitts [Pitts, Tom]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Crime, Thrillers
ISBN: 1643960814
Google: oYXhDwAAQBAJ
Amazon: B0839PCJ6Y
Publisher: Down & Out Books
Published: 2020-05-17T23:00:00+00:00

Ashton Taber set the receiver back on its cradle before leaning forward in his chair. Dwarfed by the huge mahogany desk in front of him, he rested his elbows on the polished wood and cupped his head with his hands.

Stephan DeWildt sat in an overstuffed leather chair across from the desk, one usually reserved for visitors or underlings trying to curry favor. The leather squeaked as he shifted. He gave a constricted show of emotion, knitting his brow a few seconds before saying, “Well? Does he know where he is or not?”

Taber lifted his head from his hands. “No. He doesn’t. And that’s not all. Jason has killed someone.”

DeWildt let out a slow growl, an angry purr that told the lawyer he was disturbed, but not surprised.

“Who?”

“One of his. A running partner,” the lawyer said. “But he’s crossed the line. He’s going to get caught, it’s only a matter of time now—maybe hours. And if that happens, it’s going to be a lot tougher to get to him.”

“What choices do we have?”

Taber turned down the corners of his mouth and shrugged.

DeWildt’s chair squeaked again as he rose. “We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it. Until then, let Dennings do what he’s paid for.”

“There’s one other thing. He’s got a hostage, a woman who lives across the street from your sister’s place.”

“Why?”

“I don’t know. She got mixed up in it somehow.”

“Hopefully Dennings does his job well. It’d be a shame to have that kind of collateral damage.”

The lawyer nodded.

“We wait, Ashton. That’s all we can do. We wait for the situation to change.”

Taber watched DeWildt walk out of the room. He knew the old man better than that. He didn’t wait for situations to change. He forced change. That’s what he did. That’s what made him who he was.

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