FITCH MANSION
Nick
pulls his car into the driveway.
He turns the key and it falls into rest. He leans back in the leather seat,
his stomach still twisting in agony from his visit to the bank ...
"Are you sure?" Nick
asks, intensity pulling his face together tightly.
"Yes," the other man replies emphatically.
"As I already told you,
your wife never authorized you to have access to
these accounts. You'll have to have her come in here and grant you access."
A sigh rumbles from within Nick
and passes through his mouth.
"She said she was going to give me
access to the accounts," he mumbles, as if he is the one to whom he has
to explain this mess. "We discussed it ..."
He reaches for his cellular phone
with weak fingers and punches in the number that he has gotten to know
far too well.
"It's Moriani," he says when there
is an answer on the other end.
"Just the man I've been wanting to
talk to," comes the response. "So, do you have the money?"
"I--Not quite." Nick can hear anger
ready to explode from the other end of the line, so he quickly adds, "There
was a mix-up. I have it, I just haven't been able to access it yet. I can
have it in 48 hours--"
"You know what? Enough is enough.
We've been waiting on you for how long now? I'm through with this."
Nick knows exactly what that means.
"I can have it to you in 48 hours," he repeats.
"You better. Interest and all."
"I promise, I will."
"Good. And in the meantime, don't
be surprised if you find a few surprises thrown your way."
Nick's breath catches in his throat.
"No," he manages, trying his best not to sound as weak as he feels right
now. "I'll get you the money, okay? You don't have to--"
He is interrupted by a click.
Nick turns off his phone and tosses
it down on the passenger seat, rolling his head back with a groan. All
he wants to do is pass out and not wake up -- but his mind is moving too
quickly to allow for even a moment of rest.
How am I going to get out of this?
he wonders as he slides out of the car.
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