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Miranda
This was a disaster.
I dialed my contact’s number.
“Yes?”said a man’s voice.
“They found the limo.” I could barely contain my anger. From the sound of my voice, a stranger might have thought I was merely annoyed – but anyone who had dealings with me would know their life was on the line.
The man sounded stunned. “Shit. My men told me they made sure it would never be found.”
“They were stupendously wrong.”
“Miranda… look… I’ll eat the cost on this. I’m sure it was an honest mistake – ”
“We’ll decide the appropriate actions to take later. I don’t have time to deal with your men’s incompetence right now.”
The voice turned pleading. “Miranda, these are good guys – except for this one wrinkle, they did an A+ job. Don’t make me – ”
“LATER. Activate the contingency plan.”
Stunned silence. Then –
“Are you kidding me? You really want to go through with that?”
“It’s why we developed it in the first place.”
“It’s going to look highly suspicious, doing it the first day he’s in Rikers.”
“Your men haven’t left me any choice.”
“The judge is going to shit a brick – he only agreed to this if nobody died. This is all going to blow back on him, and then he’s gonna fold and – ”
“After you take care of Connor, take care of Selwyn, too.”
There was a long pause. “You’re something else, lady.”
“Just do it.”
“I hope I never get on your bad side.”
“Pray that you never get on my bad side,” I snapped, and hung up.
