Power, the
“Van Zandt said quietly. “I wouldn’t tell you if I did.”
“I watched Scott get his and I read all about Karl dying in an alleyway. I don’t have the qualms I used to, Van.” Tanner’s hand tensed. “You’re a free agent. You don’t have the compulsion not to talk. Where is he?”
Van Zandt’s smile faded. His hands on the table top trembled slightly. Then there was something else in his eyes besides fear, the barest shadow of relief.
Tanner felt it at the same instant, like he had felt it once before in P...etey’s apartment building. The presence at the side gate lifting the latch, the presence walking up the sidewalk.
The third guest was arriving.
“You’re lucky, Van,” Tanner whispered. “At least for a few minutes. I don’t think Adam’s going to be very happy with you.”
He turned and ran through the house to the front door, then hesitated in the darkness and looked out the front window. There were no cars out front, nobody was waiting.
He eased the door open, held the lock so it wouldn’t make a noise snapping shut, and closed it gently behind him.MoreLess
“I watched Scott get his and I read all about Karl dying in an alleyway. I don’t have the qualms I used to, Van.” Tanner’s hand tensed. “You’re a free agent. You don’t have the compulsion not to talk. Where is he?”
Van Zandt’s smile faded. His hands on the table top trembled slightly. Then there was something else in his eyes besides fear, the barest shadow of relief.
Tanner felt it at the same instant, like he had felt it once before in P...etey’s apartment building. The presence at the side gate lifting the latch, the presence walking up the sidewalk.
The third guest was arriving.
“You’re lucky, Van,” Tanner whispered. “At least for a few minutes. I don’t think Adam’s going to be very happy with you.”
He turned and ran through the house to the front door, then hesitated in the darkness and looked out the front window. There were no cars out front, nobody was waiting.
He eased the door open, held the lock so it wouldn’t make a noise snapping shut, and closed it gently behind him.MoreLess
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