The hunt, p.46
The Hunt, page 46
He paused.
He took off the tourniquet and pulled a piece of paper and a pen from his desk drawer.
He wrote:
Call up Mike Badger.
He neatly wrote down the phone number, then two high eight-digit figures.
The place is worth the top amount. If you can get the bottom amount, you gave him a good deal. Anything less is highway robbery.
He paused. Then he wrote:
There’s a duffel of Mom’s things in my bedroom closet. It includes her personal items and some valuable jewelry. Please give it toJuleen when she turns eighteen. I expect you to support her in whatever way she needs. She’s a good kid. Also, you take care of Peter and Rina. They stepped in when your mom and I failed you. They became the parents that you should have had all along.
He put down the pen.
Another pause.
Then he picked up the pen again.
He wrote:
Mom loved you with every fiber in her body. She was so proud of you. And so was I, although I never said much to your face. Go out there and be the man I never could be.
Live because that’s what Mom would have wanted.
Live because I don’t have the courage to do it anymore.
Live your best life, Gabriel.
Live.
He put the pen down, picked up the tourniquet, and wrapped it around his right arm. Then the prick of the needle, fluid in his vein, the warm flush flowing through his body. Just a few more minutes and he’d be there.
Curtain down.
House lights dimmed.
Fade to black.
Keep Reading …
If you enjoyed The Hunt, make sure you’ve read the previous book in Faye Kellerman’s Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series
A disappearance …
When Bertram Lanz, a disabled man, goes missing from a local diner, detective Peter Decker is put on the case. He soon realizes there is more to the disappearance than meets the eye when he discovers Lanz’s nurse is missing too, and blood is found in her house.
A body …
Then, while combing the woods, searchers discover the remains of a young man who vanished during a camping trip years ago.
A detective facing his toughest case yet …
Juggling a hot case and a cold case, Decker races to find justice for the families. But as the answers become ever more elusive, he is forced to question if the woods will ever give up their dark secrets … and if these intertwining cases will ever be solved.
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About the Author
Faye Kellerman is the author of thirty-four novels, including twenty-six books in the bestselling mystery series featuring the husband-and-wife team of Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus. She has also penned two bestselling short novels with her husband, New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman and teamed up with her daughter Aliza to co-write a young adult novel, Prism. She lives with her husband in Los Angeles, California, and Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Also by Faye Kellerman
Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus series
The Lost Boys
Walking Shadows
Bone Box
The Theory of Death
Murder 101
Predator
Blood Games
Hangman
Blindman’s Bluff
Cold Case
The Burnt House
Street Dreams
Stone Kiss
The Forgotten
Stalker
Jupiter’s Bones
Serpent’s Tooth
Prayers for the Dead
Justice
Sanctuary
Grievous Sin
False Prophet
Day of Atonement
Milk and Honey
Sacred and Profane
The Ritual Bath
Standalone books
Killing Season
Moon Music
The Garden of Eden and Other Criminal Delights: A Book of Short Stories
Straight into Darkness
The Quality of Mercy
With Jonathan Kellerman
Capital Crimes
Double Homicide
With Aliza Kellerman
Prism
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