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‘What do you ?’

‘He left in his car in the ht and now neither he nor his car can be found’

‘Are you joking?’

‘Of course not,’ I say coldly

‘Sorry,’ he apologizes, taken aback by my coldness ‘It just seems so incredible’

‘Anyway, the reason I’ is to tell you under the circu’

‘Not so fast Your father and I had a deal’

‘Yes, I know You’ll have to take it up with him when he shows up Goodbye’

‘Hang on a minu—’

I end the call ‘That’s that,’ I say, and a smile comes to my lips

My phone rings It is him I reject the call and block his number

It is tio, throw my old cell phone in a bin on Park Lane and the battery in a bin outside the police station just before I go in toperson report

That night I sleep in Baba’s room with Niki

Forty-one

Jake Eden

You could have knocked me doith a feather when my brother Shane called while on holiday in Guyana He toldfrom the Russian Mafia

‘You better not be fucking involved with the Russian Mob,’ was my first reaction

He assured me he was not

My next question was, ‘How the fuck do you know anyone who needs a safe house?’

‘It’s a long story,’ he says He doesn’t want to say it on the phone Long story short, he owed a favor to Zane, the Russian mobster who became Alexander Malenkov, the world famous pianist I had no idea Shane even knew Zane Sometimes Shane surprises me All my life I always treated him as a kid The playboy of the family, but when the chips are down he always surprises me

The man’s name is Noah Abraed for him to be collected from this doctor’s apartment and transferred to the safe house This afternoon I’m supposed to pick up Tasha Evanoff and take her to him I know her father rather well, actually Corrupt as hell His legitimate companies are a front for his shady businesses