The_Fifth_Master
Super-Earth
- Joined
- Jul 5, 2010
Frank Brower sat in the white utility van down the street from the library. He turned off the windshield wipers. It had been spitting rain and now stopped. The view was perfect. He could look across the street and see the entrance.
It was Thursday. She was like clock work on Thursday night. She went to the library for research. He knew what she was doing. She was looking at the statute of limitation in the law section. How long did she have to hold that money before she could begin small purchases.
Taxes too. She'd be looking up tax codes. Where to stuff that money so it went unnoticed. She'd be looking at reporting casual investments with a payoff that would not call attention to her filing status. She could not tolerate an audit. She was smart. Smart and friendly. And she did a nasty little screw job on the naive.
But Frank was gonna change all that. He pressed send for the last time and closed the lap top. The lap top under the seat. It was show time.
He glanced to the back. The wire cage, the rings on the floor. The equipment he would need once he had her inside. All ready. He'd spent the last four years setting this up. Lots of time to blow thru the hate. He was not after payback.
It went beyond that. He was gonna break and own her. She was gonna be his bitch. She just didn't know it yet. But she would.
He put his hat on. A brim hat. The kind accountants wear. The clipboard he reached was brimming with subsidy and investment tax forms. Some Foreign investment forms and a few obscure ones on top for show. His hand on the cell phone on his hip. He set the time to ring in exactly 1 minute 27 seconds and put it back in the case on his belt.
It was exactly the amount of time it would take for him to walk across the street and reach the curb by the library entrance. It was a set up. He'd reach for the phone in front of her and lost the grip on the forms. Curiosity would do the rest.
All he needed was her to hold out her hand with the forms in them. One hand. And she would be his.
He stepped out of the van. No one around. No vehicles. The camera turned elsewhere. He'd made sure of that. His dark business suit and black shoes. He adjusted the tie and pulled the brim of the hat down. Keeping a shadow over his hazel eyes and covering his red hair.
He could see her standing at the entrance as he walked in that direction. Fifty seconds left to go.
It was Thursday. She was like clock work on Thursday night. She went to the library for research. He knew what she was doing. She was looking at the statute of limitation in the law section. How long did she have to hold that money before she could begin small purchases.
Taxes too. She'd be looking up tax codes. Where to stuff that money so it went unnoticed. She'd be looking at reporting casual investments with a payoff that would not call attention to her filing status. She could not tolerate an audit. She was smart. Smart and friendly. And she did a nasty little screw job on the naive.
But Frank was gonna change all that. He pressed send for the last time and closed the lap top. The lap top under the seat. It was show time.
He glanced to the back. The wire cage, the rings on the floor. The equipment he would need once he had her inside. All ready. He'd spent the last four years setting this up. Lots of time to blow thru the hate. He was not after payback.
It went beyond that. He was gonna break and own her. She was gonna be his bitch. She just didn't know it yet. But she would.
He put his hat on. A brim hat. The kind accountants wear. The clipboard he reached was brimming with subsidy and investment tax forms. Some Foreign investment forms and a few obscure ones on top for show. His hand on the cell phone on his hip. He set the time to ring in exactly 1 minute 27 seconds and put it back in the case on his belt.
It was exactly the amount of time it would take for him to walk across the street and reach the curb by the library entrance. It was a set up. He'd reach for the phone in front of her and lost the grip on the forms. Curiosity would do the rest.
All he needed was her to hold out her hand with the forms in them. One hand. And she would be his.
He stepped out of the van. No one around. No vehicles. The camera turned elsewhere. He'd made sure of that. His dark business suit and black shoes. He adjusted the tie and pulled the brim of the hat down. Keeping a shadow over his hazel eyes and covering his red hair.
He could see her standing at the entrance as he walked in that direction. Fifty seconds left to go.