Total pages in book: 62
Estimated words: 57499 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 287(@200wpm)___ 230(@250wpm)___ 192(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 57499 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 287(@200wpm)___ 230(@250wpm)___ 192(@300wpm)
It was better when he was driving, that way I could see his hands and knew I still had time.
He slammed out of the car and was around the side before I could get the door open and jump out.
“Let’s go, and don’t try anything or I’ll use this.” He waved the gun in my face before pushing me ahead of him.
“Why did you come back here anyway, this place is a cesspit? I can’t believe you’ll give up your life in the city for this, or is lover boy?”
I didn’t answer him just watched his every move. Okay Shania, do what you do best; your life depends on it.
“I don’t think this is about our failed relationship so why don’t you tell me what this is really about?”
His sly grin made my skin crawl but I held my stance, not giving away any of the fear that was gnawing at my gut.
“You always were too smart for your own good. You’re right sweet Shania.” I dodged the hand he reached out to me and it angered him.
“I knew you would catch on, knew that it was too dangerous. Had I known you were going to come back here I might’ve done things different, then again, had I known that asshole would be such a screw up I would’ve done a lot different.
Who was he talking about? I bit my tongue to keep from asking. Any good interviewer knows how to read her subject, and I knew if I spoke, he might not give me what I needed, but if I let him run the show, he’d spill his guts.
“Do you know what this is?” He held up a little microchip under my nose. “This is my future, do you know how I got it?” I didn’t like the grin on his face; it actually made me take a step back.
“You, it was all you.” My look of confusion propelled him on with his story.
“Do you remember that expose you did on the space program over a year and a half ago? It was right before we met, remember?
I read your little story, heard all the talk about how good you were at what you did. So I bided my time.
That day we met; it wasn’t an accident like I pretended. I was waiting for you. I set the whole thing up to get to you.
Of course you weren’t about to give up the goods to a complete stranger, so I knew I had to be in it for the long haul.
I set about wooing you and it was easy, you were starved for it. Still you were a tough nut to crack. You’d let me in but only so far.
That’s when I started fucking sweet little Maryann.”
I think I’m going to be sick. I put my hand on my queasy stomach as his words hit home. How could I have been so terribly wrong?
“She was only too happy to share, I think she got a kick out of fucking me in your bed. That day you found us, wasn’t the first time, not by a long shot.
I fucked her all over your apartment on a regular basis while you were playing hard to get. Though by then I was growing quite fond of you I must admit.
By the time I was done, or rather, by the time you found us out, I’d collected pretty much all the info I needed.
Riley had worked with the bureau before, so it was easy to get an in with him. A little background digging and I knew where to turn the screws to get him to cooperate.”
“I don’t understand, if he was working with you, why did you kill him?”
“Because fifty million, is better than twenty-five. The cost of living has gone up babe. Anyway, I convinced him that it would be in his best interest to get me what I wanted. It took some doing, but in the end he came through.
I had a buyer or should I say, buyers on the hook already, I just needed a way to get rid of him after he brought the information out.
I remembered your telling me about this place. I visited here a few times before choosing Clarence to do the deed.
Just one conversation with him was enough to reveal his greed. He was perfect for what I had in mind; a down on his luck druggie with no prospects and no hope of life getting any better.
I offered him a pittance, which to him was a king’s ransom to put a bullet in Riley and steal the goods.”
“But I don’t understand, why would he come here?”
“Because he thought he was meeting a buyer. That took some skill on my part. It took weeks to clean that piece a shit up to the point where he could be useful.