Manic Monday (The Jake Monday Chronicles, #1) by Robert Michael

Author:Robert Michael
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: assassins, Jason Bourne, Lee Child, series, political thriller, Espionage, thrillers
Publisher: Robert Michael
Published: 2013-04-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

A Time to Throw Away Stones

The traffic on Santa Monica Boulevard was mild. It was a relief to get away from the airport. The holiday crowd was brisk.

Jake drove the Maserati Convertible Sport with the top up. The California winter wind was uncharacteristically brisk. This disappointed him; he had looked forward to driving with the top down around Beverly Hills and through Hollywood before flying back to the frozen northeast.

Jake was pleased to listen to the deep bass baffle of the sport car, though. The low rumble was soothing and therapeutic—very male, and satisfying to his ego. Jake downshifted and whipped the convertible into an underground parking garage near the Los Angeles Country Club. He placed his aviator glasses in his front pocket as he steered into a guest parking slot.

He removed the leather driving gloves and placed them in a small satchel on the passenger seat.

Galbraith had no qualms providing him with the perks of a six-figure vehicle, an expensive suite at the Four Seasons of Beverly Hills, and a wardrobe purchased from the priciest shops on Sunset Strip.

He felt ready. Something about the velvet and gold trappings of this profession prepared him for the grittiness of the act he committed. Murder was such a mess. However, in an Alexandre Plokhov blazer, Armani high-waist slacks, and Damir Doma derbies, he felt as though it added a class, a purity, to the untidiness that came with taking another’s life.

He exited the vehicle, not bothering with the alarm system. He had his satchel. It was all he would need. No prints on the car. He would just leave it here. Such a waste, he thought. There was some sense of freedom in the act of leaving behind expensive breadcrumbs.

Jake extracted the disposable cell phone he had purchased with a pre-paid credit card in the airport. He dialed Gary’s number.

“Hello, pal.”

“You there?”

“Yes. I parked next door, underground.”

“I have the feed for your glasses on tap here.”

“And Galbraith Central won’t know you are tapped in?”

“It isn’t that type of frequency. Anyone with a Bluetooth cell phone or laptop could pick up your feed if they knew the password.”

Jake kept walking, noting a couple ahead of him getting out of their SUV.

“Isn’t that a security risk?”

“Yeah. A big one. Unlikely, but a risk all the same. Violet is a fool.”

“Let’s hope that is true. Just remember I will hit the button in mid-sentence so it seems legitimate. I will go live once I get in the building. I will approach the elevator and then be talking as the elevator closes. You have the elevator controls, too, right?”

“Got it yesterday. Stay frosty.”

“Stop it. Out.” He switched off and pocketed the phone. He would need to dispose of it later. He got out the glasses and put them on.

He wondered blithely if maybe they were engineered by Apple. The pair he was given had only one button. It was discreetly hidden on the inside of the dark frame and was concave. He waited while the tiny processor went through its initiation programming.

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