Waves of Reckoning (The Montclair Brothers) Read Free Page A

He looked up at Vincent and suddenly the answer to his dilemma hit him. “Vinnie, call Carrie Oliver. Start rehearsing your pillow talk.”

Chapter 2
    V incent stared at Tyler. He had no idea what his brother had up his sleeve, but whatever it was, he knew that he’d be pulled right into the mix. Reluctantly, he took his phone out of his pocket, but didn’t do as he was asked.
    “Vin, call her.” Tyler stood up from the sofa.
    “Not until you tell me why it can’t wait. I’m seeing her tonight anyway.” Vincent would feel like an idiot if he called Carrie back just to ask for another ‘favor.’
    “If you won’t let me confront Angelique until the trial is over with, then at least ask Carrie to…follow her.” Tyler crossed his arms in front of his chest.
    “No. We’re not going to resort to stalking that woman, Ty.” Vincent could just picture Carrie telling him to screw off.
    “Please. Just ask her to come into the office. We’ll play it by ear. If she seems like she wants to steer clear of Angelique, we won’t involve her.” Tyler nervously looked at Jacob and Sean.
    Vincent rolled his eyes, but he knew his oldest brother. That look of determination was enough to tell him that Tyler was going to get to Carrie one way or the other. He had a strange feeling that this was all going to backfire on them. As Tyler stared at him, Vincent called Carrie. She picked up on the second ring.
    “Carrie! How are you?” Vincent turned his back to his brothers. “We’re all doing fine…No, that’s okay. A rain check is fine. Before you leave, do you think you’ll have time drop by Montclair Pharmaceuticals for a few minutes?...Security will escort you up to my office…Yep, they’re here with me right now…We’d just like to run something by you.” Vincent rubbed his forehead. He couldn’t believe he’d actually asked her to step into this nightmare. “Great. See you then.”
    “She agreed to meet with us?” Tyler quickly asked.
    “Yes, but this is a horrible idea.” Carrie had done a great job protecting them while they were in hiding from Robert, but Vincent couldn’t vouch for her discreetness beyond that. For all he knew, she’d become suspicious and report what they were doing to the prosecutor and the local cops.
    “But Vinnie,” began Sean with a chuckle. “It’s fate. Just accept the fact that she has it bad for you.”
    “Between now and the time that she shows up, Sean, you better grow the hell up. And by the way, she was going to call me anyway to cancel our coffee date.” Vincent didn’t expect to feel disappointed but he did.
    “Excuse me guys,” began Emma. “Carrie protected us because she was being paid to do so. You can’t expect her to keep a tail on Angelique out of the kindness of her heart. Money talks. Hire her as an investigator or something, but you’d better put it all in writing.”
    “She’s right,” agreed Vincent as he walked over to his desk. I still have the paperwork I drew up for the cops I’d hired to find Brian and Renee. Sorry, no offense to you two, but we were worried.” Brian laughed but Renee just looked at him in shock. “Give me a second.” Vincent walked into the adjacent room, to his secretary’s computer. He quickly logged on, found the forms he needed, and then printed out the six pages.
    “Six pages? You had those poor guys read through six pages of bull, just to run around the neighborhood?” Jacob cracked up.
    “The confidentiality clause is in here and we also had to cover our asses in case they were injured. I went to school for a couple of days, so back off.” Vincent playfully shoved Jacob, before handing the papers to Tyler.
    Tyler began to read through the document. “This is nothing but a bunch of legal jargon. They actually understood what they were signing? From what I can tell, there’s nothing in here about what their exact duties were.”
    “I’ll add in what her specific assignment is, so there will be no