Chapter 5
“I need a favour.” Logan kept his tone clipped as he navigated away from Amy’s street, hearing the man’s rapid Chinese relaying his request to someone in the background. The new phone bounced in the cradle and Logan wondered what possessed him to buy such an expensive one on impulse. Another voice spoke from the handset and Logan winced as a natural reaction. Dealing with the devil never seemed to get any easier.
“Du Rose.” The voice sounded smooth like syrup, an impeccable English accent masking an Oriental twang. “I owe you thanks.”
Logan inhaled and made the turns to take him away from the Claudelands area, his mind elsewhere. The Chinese man’s face drifted across his inner vision and he shuddered. “It’s nothing. I’m glad everything turned out okay.”
“Better than okay, Mr
