Tony Austin heard a noise behind him and he reached for the lamp on the table beside him at the same moment he saw the curtains stir beside the sliding glass doors. "Don't turn on the light!" the voice commanded as a shadow moved away from the curtains. "I can see you fine from right here."
"I don't need light to recognize your voice! Why the hell didn't you come to the front door?" Austin said, jerking his hand away and masking his surprise behind contempt. "I left it open for you."
"Do you have any idea how much I've wanted to kill you?"
"You blew your chance five years ago. Where's the money?"
"You're like a vampire, you bleed people dry."
"Shut up and hand over the money."
The shadow at the curtains raised its hand and Tony saw the gun. "Don't be a fool! If you kill me now, they'll figure out it was you in twenty-four hours."
"No! They won't. Zayn Malik is on the loose, he's on a rampage, haven't you heard?" The laugh was chillingly shrill. "He's making threatening phone calls. People think I got one, too. I made sure they do. They'll think he killed you. I waited such a long time for this moment—" The gun lifted, aimed, adjusted...
"Don't be crazy! If you kill me, they'll tr—"
The explosion from the barrel of the gun blew a small hole in Tony Austin's chest near his collar bone, but the fact that the hollow point shell had missed his heart didn't matter. On impact, it fragmented throughout his entire chest cavity, killing him instantly.
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A PERFECT RENDEZVOUS
RomanceA foster child who blossomed under the love showered upon by his adoptive family. Now a young and handsome man, he is a respected teacher in his small Texas town and is determined to give back all the kindness he has received, believing that nothing...
