The Deceiving Look by Victor Methos

Author:Victor Methos [Methos, Victor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-01-09T00:00:00+00:00

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Billie’s phone buzzed with a text from Solomon while she was still at the station, her nerves already frayed from the day’s events. The stress had been building up inside her, and she knew she needed to leave the office to find some relief. After her meeting with Dave Garcia had gone about as expected—with him losing his temper and flipping over his chair on the way out—she felt like she needed nothing more than a glass of wine and a hot bath to soothe her frayed nerves.

But as she read Solomon’s urgent message, she knew she had to go right now.

As Billie’s truck entered the residential neighborhood, her eyes scanned the quiet streets until she saw Solomon sitting on a porch with an old man. They each held mugs that billowed steam into the chilly air. Solomon noticed her arrival and stood up, exchanging a few words with the old man before shaking his hand. Then he moved carefully across the icy sidewalk, a distinct limp in his step, before getting into the passenger side of her truck.

As she drove away, Billie noticed the old man watching them from the porch, his expression unreadable in the dim light.

“New friend?” she said.

“That guy was a fighter pilot in Vietnam. You should’ve heard his stories, Billie. Actually, after he was done telling me, he said he’d never told anyone those stories and wondered why he had to me.”

“What did you say?”

“That it’s just my charm.” He looked out the window. “Can we stop for a drink?”

“I have beer and wine at my house.”

He looked at her. “Are you hitting on me, Billie?”

She grinned. “I’m just not letting you sleep in a house that’s already been broken into once.” She glanced at him. “You rarely tell me it’s an emergency. What’s going on?”

Solomon was silent a moment before he said, “Someone tried to run me over. Well, not really. If they had really wanted to, they could’ve caught up with me.”

“Who?”

Solomon shook his head. “I don’t know. I couldn’t see the driver, but I’m sure it was whoever was in my house.”

“When did this happen?”

“About an hour ago. He chased me in his car, but he didn’t run me down when he had the chance. I was right. I don’t think he wants to kill me. Not yet anyway. Not until I see whatever it is he’s trying to show me.”

“Are you sure it was the man we’re after?”

He nodded. “Unless I was just the victim of a really bad case of mistaken identity, yeah, he was gunning for me.”

“I meant it might’ve been someone Tommy sent.”

“Running me down wouldn’t be Tommy’s style. Not outrageous enough. If he was going to take out the prosecutor that tried to put him away for a decade, he’d want to make a big show of it.”

“Like a sniper in a trailer park?”

“Or a bomb in my sneaker or poison in my Mountain Dew. It’d be something I wouldn’t see coming.”

“That doesn’t sound comforting.”

Solomon’s nerves prickled

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