Dead Even by Mariah Stewart

Author:Mariah Stewart
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Serial murders, Government investigators, General, Romantic suspense fiction, Suspense, Fiction
ISBN: 9780345463944
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Published: 2004-08-03T23:16:25+00:00

CHAPTER

TWELVE

Burt lowered himself slowly into the lone chair in his motel room and rubbed his temples, trying to ease away the pain caused by forty minutes in the company of Archer Lowell, whom Burt had found to be one big fat pain in the ass. If Vince Giordano had simply asked him to do all this as a favor, Burt wouldn’t have given it a second thought. But Giordano had thrown a whole shitload of money his way—more money than he’d ever seen in one place before—so what else could he do but take this all the way to the end?

He only wished he didn’t have to take Lowell along in order to see it through.

Archer Lowell was a dangerous man, in Burt’s opinion. Dangerous because he was so stupid. Burt had been really careful not to let Lowell see anything with his full name on it. He wore a hat and dark glasses that covered much of his face when he was in Lowell’s company, and he made sure he wore gloves when he was in Lowell’s room. He wanted to leave nothing behind that could tie him to Lowell once the shit hit the fan. He’d even muddied up some of his license plate so that Lowell couldn’t give it up, should it ever occur to the twerp to turn on him.

He rubbed the back of his neck with his big, beefy right hand. That was something that had to be considered. What were the chances Lowell would just do what he had to do, then go quietly about his business? Would there come a time when, overcome with remorse, Lowell might go to the cops and spill the whole thing? The fact that, up to this point, he had gone along with the deal was no real guarantee that he might not someday regret what he’d done.

Burt was going to have to think long and hard about this. How to keep Lowell on track so that he could see this through and collect the rest of the money, and keep his head out of a noose at the same time.

It had been no surprise that he’d arrived at the motel to find Lowell had absolutely no plan for going after his next victim. The guy was totally clueless.

“I don’t know,” Lowell had whined when Burt had asked him what his next move was going to be.

“You got your vic picked out?” Burt had asked, trying to keep a rein on his temper, lest he belt Lowell in the head.

“Yes.”

“So you know where you’re going? How you’re getting there? How you’re gonna get the job done?”

“Not exactly.”

“What exactly do you know, Lowell?” Burt’s eyes had darkened. Lowell had visibly cringed at the menacing.

“I just know who. I don’t know where he is. New Jersey, I think. A farm or something. But that’s all Channing told me.”

“So you go on the Internet and you find him. You know how to do that?”

“Sorta.”

“There’s no sorta, asshole. You either know how to locate someone or you don’t.

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