The Night Shift: A high octane thriller that will have you gripped. (Sam Pope Series Book 1) by Robert Enright

Author:Robert Enright [Enright, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2018-09-07T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Sam stood on the patio that separated Theo’s house from the neatly trimmed grass of his garden. The high fences, clean and well painted, lined a long rectangle garden that was lined with freshly dug flower beds. The spring season had encouraged a plethora of colour to burst from the soil, with neat arrangements of flowers standing proudly in their designated rows. Sam knew Theo had taken to gardening as a means to relax after he left the military, a way to keep his mind active and away from the harrowing memories.

Sam had his own harrowing memories.

Memories that had brought him to this moment.

As the call connected, his eyes scanned the morning sky—another clear sky as Britain threatened an unlikely heatwave. His eyes were heavy, the lack of sleep hanging from his eyelids like weights.

The ringing stopped, replaced by a gruff voice.

‘Pearce.’

‘Sir, it’s Sam Pope. We need to talk.’

Sam could feel the urgency in Pearce’s voice as he told him to hold on before the muffled noise of someone eagerly making their way to seclusion filtered through. Eventually he returned to the receiver.

‘Pope. What the hell is going on? Is Mrs Devereux okay?’

‘She is fine. So is her husband.’ Sam glanced back over his shoulder to the house. Andy had finally fallen asleep after Theo’s charitable painkilling concoction. Amy had allowed the worry to nurse her to sleep.

‘Where are you?’ Pearce spoke, his tone low but his words full of purpose.

‘I can’t tell you that. Not right now.’ Sam knew that Pearce would likely track his phone. ‘I need your help.’

‘Sam, do you know how much trouble you are in? There is a briefing going on right now, led by Mayer, where you are the main event. The line here is, is that you are an ex-soldier who finally reached the end of his rope and has assaulted and kidnapped your therapist and her family.’

Sam shook his head. ‘That’s a nice story.’ He smirked. ‘Did Mayer come up with it?’

‘Let me help you. Tell me what is going on?’

‘I don’t know. All I can tell you, Pearce, is that something is happening and it’s from your end. Mayer knew what those men were doing at Amy’s flat, and then moments after I told him where I was, an unmarked car turned up with one of our own and a guy with a gun.’ Sam shook his head, disgusted by it all. ‘So whatever the hell it is I’ve stumbled on, Mayer acted pretty quickly to try and cover it up.’

Sam waited patiently as he let the information play through Pearce’s head. The man may have been annoying and antagonistic when he had interviewed him, but Sam knew the man was smart. Eventually Pearce responded, and Sam could hear the strain in his voice.

‘That’s a hell of an accusation, Pope.’

‘It’s not an accusation, sir.’

Silence.

‘Before we take this any further, I need you to be completely honest with me.’ Pearce spoke with a sense of urgency. ‘What were you doing at

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