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Today’s excerpt is from Pool Of Blood, Book #3 of the Becker Trilogy. Hired killer, after missing attempt to kill Michelle, goes back to his hideout to consider his options…happy with the safety of his hideout.  Enjoy and have a great day.

m.j.

 

While Bob, Jim, and Holly were changing into their black outfits, Richard Newton was doing the same thing.  After missing his shot, he had driven straight back to one of the houses Hoyer had made available to him.  He had garage door openers and keys to all six of the foreclosed houses.  All were fully furnished, and all had large supplies of foodstuffs.  He was only using two of the houses for the time being, but would switch off, if the contract he’d accepted took too much time to complete.

He was in deep thought about the contract—and had been, since missing his first try at killing Michelle Becker.  After accepting the contract and the down payment of one quarter of his fee, he had traveled to the United States.  His last two job-related visits to his home country had proved profitable and successful.  Successful to the point he had never even been under suspicion for the two murders. 

On this job, however, he was having second thoughts.  When he had gotten the dossier on Michelle, he had noted with concern that her husband was a retired Marine and Navy SEAL, who was also in the detective/protection business.  Newton was, of course, quite aware of the reputation (well-earned) of how lethal SEALs were.  So even before he went in search of the best place to take his shot from, he had driven down the two-lane highway the Becker property abutted up to on its west side. 

Now, after his first effort had failed thanks—according to the news reports—to a local policeman, he was considering making his next try from the area around their home.  The house he’d selected to spend most of him time in was ideally located.  It was an expansive four-bedroom building on a large lot.  His infrequent comings and goings were unlikely to draw much attention, since there was only one other occupied house on the same street.  It—like the other five houses available to him—already had the light attached to the garage door opener unscrewed, so when he came in, or left, at night, no light shown from inside…except for his headlights.

Another feature of all six houses was front porch lights, set-up to turn on at dusk, and off at dawn.  Inside, the only lights showing as being on were in the living room of each house.  There were night-lights plugged in and on in all other rooms and hallways, but little light from those low-intensity bulbs showed through the well-curtained windows of the buildings.  Henry Hoyer had planned carefully.  Richard Newton was thankful, and he had not turned on another light at any time during his visits to the two houses he was using. 

 

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