Unleashed - An Omega Thriller (Omega Series Book 10) by Banner Blake

Author:Banner, Blake [Banner, Blake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-06T00:00:00+00:00

Twelve

His eyes narrowed but his mouth sagged. He said: “I not understand…”

I walked toward him, keeping the AK-47 trained on his belly. “It’s simple, Gregor. I killed everybody on your yacht, and I have set it on a course toward Florida. The Coast Guard should find it in the next couple of hours.”

“…How…?”

“A creative mix of kerosene and whiskey. Now tell your boys to lie face down with their hands on their heads.”

He frowned a moment longer, licked his lips and turned and spoke to his boys in Russian. I guess he told them to lie down with their hands on their heads, because that’s what they did. Behind me, I heard the slosh of water, followed by the pad of bare, wet feet, and a moment later, Emily appeared, soaked and dripping, in her bra and panties. She stared at me for a moment with a ‘what is wrong with you?’ face, then went into the house, trailing water behind her.

I said to Gregor: “Sit down.” He sat gingerly, like he thought something had happened to reality and he had to be extra careful. When he was sitting, I said, “I’m thinking about having one of your boys cut your fingers off.”

He looked startled. “What for?”

“I think you need a lesson in empathy.”

“What is?”

One of his boys lying face down on the grass lifted his head. He had short hair, a goatee and large, round eyes. He said something that sounded like, “ Soperezhivaniye …”

Gregor turned in his seat to look at him. “ Soperezhivaniye? ”

“ Da, Soperezhivaniye … sostradaniye… ” He pulled the corners of his mouth down and moved his head from side to side, then said more emphatically, “ Soperezhivaniye …”

Gregor shrugged. “ Spasibo, Yuri. ” He turned back to me and shook his head. “I think is no necessary, empathy. In our work…”

I sighed and reminded myself not to try and be funny with Russians. Emily came out in a fresh pair of jeans and a sweater. I pointed to her chair. “Sit down, Emily.”

She sat and said, “This is not what it looks like.”

“Really?” I smiled. “How many divorces do you think have been kicked off with that phrase? Guy gets home early from work, finds his wife naked in bed with another man. ‘This is not what it looks like, honey. This is Dr. Brown, he was just testing my core body temperature.’” She didn’t answer, so I asked, “What do you think it looks like, Emily? Because I’m still trying to work it out. I’d like somebody to explain.”

Gregor shrugged his big shoulders again. To him, everything was simple. “What to explain? One of you has box. I must have box. I don’t understand why you are complicating. Give me box, I give you money. Who has box?”

I pulled a pack of Camels from my pocket, shook one free and poked it in my mouth. I lit up and inhaled deep. As I blew out the smoke, I looked at Emily. “Yeah, Emily, who has the box?”

She didn’t answer.

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