Until Now by Delaney Diamond

Author:Delaney Diamond [Diamond, Delaney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Garden Avenue Press

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As was his daily custom, Randall Logan sat on the back porch of his two-story Georgian house drinking his early morning black coffee. The stately mansion was his favorite and one of several he owned in the United States.

His affinity for real estate started at a young age when he used to accompany his father to collect rent payments as a child. Back then, his father had owned two duplexes and four quadruplexes, but he had never dreamed of the fortune his eldest child would eventually accrue. The truth was, his father never realized the true benefits of owning those properties.

He was too soft, always listening to the flimsy excuses from mealy-mouthed tenants about why they didn’t have this month’s rent or why they were late. Because of that, he was never able to expand beyond those six properties, and their family struggled financially the entire time Randall was growing up, despite having income-generating assets.

But those monthly visits taught Randall a valuable lesson. To succeed, you had to be tough. You had to be ruthless. And he had honed those traits over time and mastered them, enabling him to accumulate an enviable fortune in the real estate industry—an industry his father struggled to survive in.

Randall’s son, Jacob, came through the back door onto the porch. He was dressed in a tracksuit, his black hair damp around the edges. “Good morning,” he said, taking the seat beside Randall.

Randall had five children, two of them sons. Jacob was his youngest son and looked most like Randall. Perhaps that’s why he had always favored him over his oldest son. Jacob had inherited his dark hair and broad forehead directly from Randall. He was also an inch over six feet, the same height as Randall, and had the build of a professional athlete because of his rigorous daily exercise regimen.

Jacob was also disciplined—another reason Randall preferred him. He never missed his workouts, and he could smell the sweat drying on his son’s skin from his morning jog, a remnant of his military training.

Unfortunately, his other son, Randall Junior, was nothing like him. He was weak, like Randall’s father, and couldn’t stomach the gray areas Logan Investors operated in. Years ago, he left to forge his own path in the business world.

“Good morning,” Randall said, eyeing his son’s grave expression. “You look like you have bad news.”

“It’s definitely not good news. She got away.”

Randall slowly set down his mug. “What about the information?”

“They weren’t able to retrieve it.”

Randall angled his body toward his son. “How does one woman slip away from six men sent to retrieve her and the information she’s hiding?”

As soon as Randall’s contact at the FBI field office discovered Shanice Lawrence was in Miami and had a copy of the information, Jacob had activated a team to pay her a visit. Ultimately, Randall wanted her dead, but not before they knew where she was hiding the data her friend Dennis had uncovered.

“She had help.”

“From who?”

“Eyewitnesses say she fled the scene with a man, but I think that’s impossible because all of our men were killed.

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