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“Zach? What’s this all about?” She felt sick with fear but she didn’t want to give him the satisfaction of seeing that. So she did her best to keep her voice steady and her expression neutral.
“What’s this all about?” he mused, repeating her question. He was speaking in a low, angry voice, as though he didn’t want anyone else around him to hear what he was saying. “Well, I don’t know, Molly. Maybe it’s about the fact that you fucked me over. The fact that you sent your fucking Kindred husband down to steal my latest game and beat me up!”
“I never sent Torus—he went on his own!” Molly protested.
“Yeah, right.” He gave a snort of derision. “You screwed me and you know it. But you couldn’t stop there—noooo. Then you sued me and got the fucking jury on your side!”
“You sued me first! Or you sued Torus, anyway,” Molly pointed out. “And how can you know the jury is on my side? They haven’t even come back with a verdict yet!”
“Oh yes they have,” Zach said grimly. “And according to my source, they’re going to award you a shit-ton of money—my money, you bitch!” he snarled.
“What?” Molly shook her head. Nothing he was saying made any sense. “What are you talking about?”
“They want to give you everything I have!” Zach glared at her. “They’re trying to wipe me out! And it’s all your fucking fault, you little cunt!”
He broke off for a moment and looked away from the phone screen. His face twisted into a triumphant smirk as he looked at someone she couldn’t see, and then he looked back at Molly.
“If you’re wondering who I was looking at, it’s your fucking husband,” he told her. “I do believe he’s going to look for you so the jury can give their verdict. Not that he’s going to find you. Nobody’s going to find anything of you except maybe your bones, years from now.”
Molly’s entire body went cold.
“Wh-what are you talking about?” she demanded and now her voice was shaking no matter how she tried to steady it.
“I’m talking about what my good friend is going to do to you, babe,” he snarled. “Hey, big M!”
“Yeah, Zach?” Mandrew Pate turned the phone around so they could talk face-to-face.
“Get rid of her and be sure to hide the body,” Zach told him. “But be sure you fuck her up first—make her sorry she tried to screw me. I’d do it myself if her fucking Kindred husband hadn’t put me in these casts!”
Pate’s eyes gleamed in the dim room.
“My pleasure, Zach—you know you can count on me!”
“What about me?” Karen demanded plaintively. She’d been standing by during the phone conversation. “I want my money! I brought her to you, didn’t I? You promised to pay me!”
“Get the bitch her the money,” Zach growled. “And hurry up! I want to be sure whatever you do happens while I’m still here in the courthouse where everyone can see me.” He smirked. “Can’t get a better alibi than that!”
“Will do.” Mandrew Pate nodded. “I’ll text you when it’s done.”
“You do that. Let me see her one more time,” Zach commanded.
Pate turned the phone around once more and Molly was confronted with the leering face of her ex.
“I have to go now, babe,” he said. “But I’m sure you’re going to have lots of fun. Wish I could be there to see it.”
“Zach, wait!” Molly exclaimed. “Don’t do this! I don’t want your money—I don’t want anything but to be left alone!”
“You should have thought of that before you sent that fucking Kindred after me,” her ex snarled. “Now you’re going to pay, babe. Enjoy it!”
Then the screen went black and he was gone.
“Seriously, I want my money!” Karen whined again. “Come on, you heard him—he told you to pay me!”
“It’s out in my truck,” Pate said, frowning. He frowned at Karen. “I’ll go get it but you have to make sure she stays put. Here.” He pulled out a gun and handed it to her. “You know how to use this?”
“Went hunting with my Daddy when I was a little girl.” Karen handled the gun confidently. “Don’t worry about this little slut—just get me my money so I can get out of here before you do whatever it is you’re going to do to her.” She sniffed delicately. “I don’t like violence.”
“Fine. I like to keep things private anyway,” Pate said shortly. He went out the door, leaving Molly alone with Karen.
