The Choice by Kerry Barnes

Author:Kerry Barnes
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2019-06-20T17:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Mike was already up and dressed when Zara woke up. ‘What are you doing?’

Mike spun around and tightened his belt. ‘I’ve called Eric a hundred times on his mobile. He ain’t answering that or his landline. I’ve got an uneasy fucking feeling about that last call I made to Eric’s house. Eric may well have been connected to Torvic, but I just have this gut instinct that maybe he was trying to take Torvic down himself. Me brother was always trying to prove himself but fucking things up along the bleedin’ way too. I hate to say it, but I feel that Torvic’s killed him.’

Zara put her hand to her mouth. ‘You ain’t the type to get all spiritual. Do ya really think Eric’s dead?’

Slowly, he nodded. ‘Yeah, I do, but there’s only one way to find out. I’m going to his house.’

Zara sat upright. ‘Okay, I’ll get dressed and come with you.’

‘No!’

‘Mike, you ain’t going alone. I am coming.’

He softened his voice. ‘Babe, please stay here. This ain’t about the business anymore, is it? I want you safe. Please, just do it for me, just this once. And I ain’t going alone. Staffie’s gonna meet me.’

‘Mike, the longer that bastard is out there, the more chances he’ll have to make a plan for himself. With Lance and Willie out there in Spain, we’re thin on the ground. I’m going back to my house, to check on Jackie.’

‘No!’ he demanded again. ‘I’ll go there, okay, when I’ve been to Eric’s place. Why don’t you call Neil and his cousin to check out that address of Torvic’s hideaway place your brother gave us?’

‘Okay, no problem. I’ll call them when you’ve left.’ She tried to sound convincing, and it worked because Mike was still worrying over his brother.

Zara watched as Mike found his jacket. Her father had always instilled into her a simple mantra: make sure you are in control. But the problem was she felt that things were spinning out of control. What with Torvic on the loose, Willie on the warpath for some doctor weirdo, then hearing all about Torvic’s infatuation with her – was the bastard serious? – and, finally, Staffie finding out that what had happened to Liam may be linked to Staffie’s uncles, it was as if she’d thrown hand grenades up in the air and then been expected to catch them all at once before they exploded around her.

So, despite Mike’s plea for her to stay at the hotel, that was not who she was. She needed to get back control – of her life and her business – before she could even think of a proper future with Mike and his family.

Once again, the rush to get out of that hangar plagued her mind. She’d been absurdly foolhardy after meticulously planning to set up that meeting with Torvic. So, the upshot was that as much as she wanted to do as Mike asked, she couldn’t: it just wasn’t in her make-up. She was the

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