Page 38 of The Silent Note

Or maybe I was a monster in the making and this is how far I’ve come.

Either way, something tells me I won’t get another chance like this. If I can’t get Slavno talking, all the answers I’m looking for will be lost forever.

How do I get this bastard to turn on his superiors?

Zane jumps in, “What do you want?”

Slavno and I look at him.

“The only reason you’re still talking is because you want something in return for info. Stop wasting time and tell us.”

A muscle in his jaw ticks. A sign of nerves. “You coming here means we’re both dead, you know that, right?”

“If we’re dead anyway, that means there’s no need to protect whoever put you in this sinkhole.”

Slavno rubs his chin.

Someone knocks on the door, making the metal boom. “Time’s up.”

Slavno’s eyes jump from us to the door.

“Now or never,” Zane demands.

“The Sunshine Chapel Nursing Home.”

“What?” I frown. Is he messing with us?

Slavno pushes his wheelchair forward and slips a note into Zane’s hand.

“Take her there and I’ll give you everything I have,” he says cryptically.

“Who?” I snap.

He scowls. “My grandmother.”

Both my eyebrows hike.

Zane eases the paper into his pocket and nods. Is he seriously thinking about trusting Slavno on this?

The door creaks open and the warden stands in the doorway. His expression is thunderous and he barks at Zane. “The supervisor is on my back. You need to get outta here. Now.”

“We’re leaving,” Zane murmurs.

“Thank you,” I say to him.

“Don’t thank me. You were never here.” The warden rushes into the room, grabs Slavno’s wheelchair handles and pushes him out.

Slavno twists his neck to look at us. “You have forty eight hours.”

Zane’s gaze sweeps over the murderer. “A week.”

“I don’t have a week.”

“I can get you protection,” Zane argues.

Slavno levels him a sober look. “That’s why you have forty eight hours.”

Chapter Ten

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