The Promisor: A Suspense Thriller by Dustin Stevens

Author:Dustin Stevens [Stevens, Dustin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dustin Stevens
Published: 2021-08-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Forty-One

Unlike the two men currently sitting in the Gallipolis Police Department, there was no attempt by Alex Aquino to mask the hostility roiling through him. Angst that seemed to seep from his pores as he entered the interrogation room, thrust outward in waves.

Less than twenty-four hours since the last time Reed saw the man, any trace of the emotion that was pouring forth from him in their last encounter was gone. His eyes were clear, void of any puffiness. He wasn’t fighting against his restraints. Not a sound escaped him.

His gaze fixed on the one-way glass comprising the rear wall of the room, he stared with an intensity that gave Reed the impression the man was trying to shatter the pane with his mind. Reduce it to a million tiny shards so he could peer directly at whoever was standing on the other side.

As if any one of them had a thing to do with what happened to his sister.

Keeping his gaze fixed on the mirror, he stared directly at it as he was led to his seat and his bandaged wrists were fastened to the bar rising from the center of the table. Fixed in that position, he waited as the guards retreated from the room behind him.

Only then did he turn his gaze toward Reed standing in the corner, Billie by his side.

“Shouldn’t you be somewhere else?” Aquino opened.

“Yeah?” Reed asked. “Where’s that?”

Unlike a day before, Reed had no interest in sitting down across from the man. In their previous encounter, Aquino had been gifted the benefit of the doubt. Considering that Reed had never met him, that he knew the man had just lost his sister, he tried to come straight at him.

Talk to him with reason, getting him to open up before telling him what happened to Cara.

Courtesies that would not be extended a second time, the stunt Aquino pulled the night before robbing him of that.

“If I have to tell you, you’re even worse at your job than I thought.”

Knowing what happened the day before, Reed entered expecting Aquino would be looking to reassert control. The loss of his sister and the inability to do anything about it himself would have him desperate to prove himself.

Posturing Reed was not about to fall for, refusing to take the bait.

“I don’t know about that,” Reed said. “Didn’t take us long to sniff out those two goons you sent down and put them in cuffs.”

Using his elbow, Reed leveraged himself away from the wall. Stepping behind Billie, he began to pace the length of the room, passing through the gap between his chair and the one-way glass.

“Don’t know what you’re talking about,” Aquino muttered, his glare shifting back to the mirror.

A none-too-subtle gesture that Reed caught without comment.

“No?” Reed asked. “Those two guys with the leather jackets and long hair that didn’t belong within fifty miles of that small town weren’t yours? Just a couple guys out looking to enjoy the nightlife? Scream at the locals about

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