Chapters (55)
- Contents
- Title
- Copyright
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22
- Chapter 23
- Chapter 24
- Chapter 25
- Chapter 26
- Chapter 27
- Chapter 28
- Chapter 29
- Chapter 30
- Chapter 31
- Chapter 32
- Chapter 33
- Chapter 34
- Chapter 35
- Chapter 36
- Chapter 37
- Chapter 38
- Chapter 39
- Chapter 40
- Chapter 41
- Chapter 42
- Chapter 43
- Chapter 44
- Chapter 45
- Chapter 46
- Chapter 47
- Chapter 48
- Chapter 49
- Chapter 50
- Chapter 51
- Contents
Visually, he moved to his sprint toward the driveway. Montez blowing that infuriating kiss good-bye from the van’s passenger seat. The van. A white Ford van. A minute ago, he’d spotted a similar white van as Harv turned into the Bahia. It was backed into a stall with its rear doors facing the grass.
Nathan surfaced, took a gulp of air, and submerged for three more strokes.
Once again, he rewound back to Kallstrom’s residence, to the closed study door. Inside the study, he’d destroyed an expensive Tiffany lamp. Rage overwhelmed him and while everything became a blur, Harv helped him control his anger. Then what? He calmed down and looked around the office again. This led him to connect many of Montez’s recent tactics to water. He opened his eyes and pointed at the photograph of the yacht. Harv understood immediately and broke into the file drawer, but the file wasn’t there. It lay on top of the desk. Had Nathan subconsciously seen it before thinking about Montez and water? Before pointing at the photo? He wasn’t sure. Why did it matter? What was it about that damned file? Its owner?
He took a deep breath and went under for three more strokes. When he broke the surface again, he looked left and saw the yacht rounding the corner.
To his surprise, it was cutting through the water far slower than he’d anticipated.
He ducked below the surface for three more strokes.
A visual of Kramer sinking to the bottom of Lake Powell invaded his mind. Fueled by anger, he stroked harder before resurfacing for air, something Kramer hadn’t been able to do. The horror and fear the man must’ve felt had to be the worst imaginable. Knowing death was the only escape. How long had he held his breath before inhaling water? A minute? Longer?
Montez, you lousy piece of shit.
No. Calm down. Think back.
Kallstrom’s mansion.
The study.
The photo of the yacht.
The file sitting on the desk.
The images wouldn’t go away.…
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Harvey followed Nate’s swim through the field glasses. It was hard to judge how much farther Nate had gone. He stole a look at the yacht. It looked to be doing two or three knots at best. Why so slowly? He did a quick calculation. Three knots was roughly four or five feet per second. It was going to be tight, but he thought Nate would have a reasonable chance of getting hold of the rear diving deck. Part of him wished Nate would miss and return to shore unharmed—chilled to the bone, but otherwise intact.
Wait a minute.
He refocused the binoculars on the spot where he’d last seen Nate. He was nowhere to be seen. Had he started another underwater swim? Harv focused on the area where he guessed Nate would surface next, but he detected nothing except wind-chopped water.