Dead Asleep by Jamie Freveletti

Author:Jamie Freveletti [Freveletti, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Mystery
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2012-11-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 25

Kemmer watched as Joseph lowered the rifle.

“I missed. The waves are throwing off my aim. Get the boat closer and I’ll try again.”

He spun the wheel and turned the boat toward the white cabin cruiser floating in the water almost a quarter mile away. Kemmer wasn’t sure the weapon Joseph was wielding could accurately hit a target at that distance, but his immediate concern was doing what Joseph wanted. He cursed inwardly at his folly. The Vulture had taken advantage of his need for cash and gotten him caught up in attempted murder. Kemmer didn’t know who owned the white cabin cruiser or why the Vulture had gone to such great lengths to intercept it on the ocean, and he didn’t particularly care. His concern was that Joseph would kill him after he completed the assassination. The man didn’t seem the type to let witnesses live.

Though he hadn’t loaded dive equipment onto the boat, Kemmer did have a handgun in a compartment near the steering wheel, in addition to the bag of weapons he’d shown Joseph earlier. As he drove he plotted how he would retrieve the gun and shoot Joseph before Joseph would begin his cleanup. He had never killed anyone, but that didn’t mean he wouldn’t hesitate to dispatch Joseph if it meant saving his own life.

The water remained smooth and sparkling as Kemmer opened the throttle and began gaining on the cruiser. He watched the boat turn its nose away and start moving. He heard the distant roar of the engines. The cabin cruiser clearly had power, but it also had added weight in contrast to the smaller vessel that Kemmer drove. That weight would affect the larger boat’s speed, and eventually he would gain on it. He urged some more speed out of his boat, and the engine’s whine grew higher pitched as the machinery pulsed.

Joseph sat on a back bench seat with a sniper rifle in his hands and concentrated on the vessel ahead. Kemmer’s speed made their boat slam into the waves and buck upward, sending both of them bouncing in the air. Joseph shot Kemmer an annoyed glance.

“Can’t this thing stabilize? I can’t be thrown around when I aim. I’ll miss again.”

“Why didn’t you wait until we were closer? Now they’re running.”

“I don’t need to get in a firefight. The more I can drop at a distance, the safer I am.”

“You think they have guns on board, too?”

“I doubt it, but I’ve learned never to assume anything.”

Kemmer wasn’t pleased at that latest piece of information, but it made sense. If the boat ahead of him were cartel flunkies on a drug run, they’d have every type of weapon imaginable on board as well as the will to use them.

“Why are you after them? Who are they?” Kemmer said.

Joseph ignored both questions and remained silent.

“Did you hear me?” Kemmer said.

“It’s none of your business. Just get this boat to stop bucking.”

“Only thing I can do to settle the boat is ease off the throttle.

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