Chapter 56

“Is that why you’re broke? Does protecting Chad require a lot of cash?”

The gun was now three feet away. I could see down the barrel of it. “I never liked you, you know.”

I nodded. “The feeling was immediately mutual.” My gulp came back with a vengeance. “You hired me because I’m a middling detective with an online education. Your once-partner hired my father because he was a middling accountant with a family to support. History repeated itself. And yet, we were both too smart to fall for either of your shit.”

“Pretty brave for a man with a gun held his way.”

I shrugged. “Chad is down the hall.”

He tilted the gun sideways. “Silencer.”

I gulped. I pointed at the rug. “Blood stains.”

“The rug isn’t an antique. It can be tossed. It and you both.”