"Ronnie and the rest of my men will be busy with other things. Now do as you’ve been instructed otherwise we’ll take you out for being a liability,” Julia said and rose to her feet. She left the room with Ronnie following behind. Maxwell Fitzgerald looked at me to speak but I flashed him a hostile glare that sent him bounding out of the room for safety.
I parked my car a little distance from Jasper’s house as a precautionary measure. I looked around the surroundings and was surprised to find it empty of anyone. Julia has mentioned drawing Jasper out to make an opening for me but I didn’t expect it to be this effective. There wasn’t a single guard on the premises as I walked up to the front door.
I swallowed back my last bit of nerve and rang the doorbell. A podgy middle-aged woman answer
