Now all he had to do was wait to see what would fall.
Tooms and Tony went back to the alley. The place where they’d found Tara and the cabbie had been spirited away. This time they took to the rooftops. They wanted a bird’s-eye view of the situation. High above, they could get an idea of entrances and exits. The place they were above was a fast-food joint, which suited Tooms just fine. The stench of burnt oil and fats made Tony want to throw up and caused Joshua Tooms to drool. Tony had wondered how his partner wasn’t suffering with a weight problem but remembered that Tooms hit the gym as much as he could, so none of the food turned into flab.
Being at roof level brought with it a biting wind, but the overview was perfect. It was a straight line past the main street to the next row of b
