Lib Novel Page 57
What else?
His gait and his breathing sounded different from the man who had attacked her at Sloane’s condo the other night. Another psycho?
“I want you to know you weren’t part of the original plan, Kendra.”
He was now on the other side of the garage, close to Pauley. Gotta draw him away. Make him talk.
“What plan?”
She heard him turn.
Keep him coming.
“Where have you been all these years?” She spoke in an almost taunting manner.
He paused before replying. “Waiting.”
“Waiting for what?”
Another long pause. “The time wasn’t right.”
Kendra cocked her head. He was on the move again, away from where she thought Pauley was. She listened for the sound of that rustling nylon. He was creeping along the edge of the garage, trying to make a long arc toward her.
Do you think that’s going to keep me from hearing you, you asshole?
She moved closer to the wall.
Wait a minute… She’d seen something earlier in the week, something that had annoyed the hell out of her. It was in front of a white work truck, cluttering this corner of the garage. Kendra crouched low and crept toward the truck. Were the offending objects still there?
Keep him talking. Make it harder for him to listen.
“I never knew there was ever a good time to start killing innocent people,” she said.
“You’d be surprised, Kendra.”
“Then go ahead and surprise me. I’m listening.”
His icy chuckle cut through the darkness.
“I’m serious. Tell me.”
“It’s a long story, Kendra. I was… interrupted.”
“You were in prison.”
He laughed again. He was closer now. “Prison? Have I done anything to make you think I could be so hopelessly inept?”
Kendra knelt in front of the truck. He wanted to talk. Good. “Where are Chloe and Sloane Morgan?”
“I’m afraid I can’t help you with that.”
“Can’t or won’t?”
“Let’s just say I’ve never been afraid of them. They were always going to remain on my list.”
Kendra’s hand closed around something on the dark floor. It was cold and heavy, and it scraped across the concrete as she picked it up.
The man froze. Shit. Had she given herself away?