Chapter TenNight. Nathan sat in a rental Prius — Octavia had told him to stick to public transportation — and through micro-binoculars he watched Jennie and Charlie settling into their new townhouse in Queens. Whenever he focused on her, he saw her happy and laughing and gazing off with love and warmth. It pleased him to see her so well.
But then he would look at Charlie, and a fiery film covered his eyes. He could break down that door, rush in, and wrench that bastard’s head so fast the man would be dead before he crumpled to the floor. He could wait until Jennie went to sleep, then sneak in through the window — it had a simple slide lock, easy to open — and abduct Charlie without her ever knowing. He’d place the backstabbing ass in the trunk, drive him out to the dumps in Jersey, and en
