Chapter 14: In the beginning... (continued)
"Mister Parker, there are two people over here that are looking for Thomas Bradhurst." Gary Parker's secretary said trough the telephone.
"Yes sir, i will tell him that, yes sir." She put the telephone down. "Mister Parker will be here in a few minutes, please have a seat over there."
Majo thanked her, and she and Louie sat down. The secretary looked up from her paperwork and smiled and Louie, who just looked back at her.
He then looked at the photographs on the wall, who were probably of the people that worked on this floor, the picture of Thomas Bradhurst hang next to Gary Parker's Photograph.
He was a young man, wearing and old and shabbey green tie, and looking as if he wanted to be everywhere as long as he didn't have to be here, at the office.
Majo was reading a magazine, and Louie was still looking at the picture, as if he had a precognition that he was going to need to remember what Thomas looked like later on.
"Hello madam, i am Gary Parker." Gary said as he reached for Majo's hand.
"Hello sir." She said. "I was wondering if you could tell me where i could find mister Bradhurst, i wanted to talk to him about the Greenthorpe mansion."
"Well, well." He said and he gave her a cheezy grin. "That place is quiet populair lately. I am afraid mister Bradhurst has left for Orleton the other day, but perhaps i could be off assistance."
"No." Louie said immidiatly. "Thanks for your time."
Majo was puzzeled. "But why not? He could..." But Louie had entered the elevator. Majo said goodbye to Gary Parker and entered the elevator just in time before the doors closed, her skirt almost got stuck between the sliding doors.
"I know what you want to ask, i sense something about that guy, he's very untrustworthy. Something tells me we'll be better off discussing this with mister Bradhurst."
"Whatever you want dear." She said.
They exited the elevator and were heading for the big rolling doors to exit the building, when two buff looking man in black suits approached them.
The slightly taller one put his hand on Louie's shoulder and slowly but firmly acommpanied him to a door to left side of the hallway.
"Hey, where are you taking me?" Louie looked over his shoulder, he could see that the other man had a gun pointed at Majo, hidden under his coat.
There were several people waiting in the lines in this hall, most of them came here to extend their passport, or their identity card.
Louie became angry when he saw that Majo was in danger. "My dad told me that i shouldn't go with strangers." He told the tall and buff man, before he gave him a headstomp against his nose.
The guy started cursing as blood ran down his nose, over his lips. Louie could not resist and licked up a small trail that ran down his chin, his hand went for the gun, he grasped it firmly and shot the other buff rabbit trough the head. Majo screamed as she saw a part of the man's brains and his right ear burst out of his skull and land a bit further away over the body of the people waiting in line.
The people started screaming in terror and ran out of the city hall, some tripping over eachother in their haste and panic.
"Shut up and come over here Majo." Louie said wrapping one of his strong arms around the living buff guys neck, as he held the gun to his head.
"Now, you tell me what you and your partner wanted of us, or i'll make sure that something happends to you that is far worse then what happend to your partner."
"Please, don't, i have my orders." Louie tightened his grip on the guy's neck, and he moved the gun from the side of the guys head down to his balls.
"Now, wouldn't it be painful and messy if i pulled the trigger?" He whispered in the guys ear.
"Parker, Parker told me i couldn't let you go, he says he recognized you, please don't shoot them off."
Louie got up and put the gun in the back of his pants. "Why should i, you told me everything i needed to know, i guess i'll just go shoot mister Parker instead."
The alarm went off, Louie looked at the back wall and saw that one of the employee's had pushed the alarm button, Louie grabbed Majo by the hand and the quickly ran out of the building.
"There, over there, by the pub." Several horses were standing in front of the pub, tied to the strong, wooden fence.
They both took one to their liking and left for Orleton.
Gary Parker picked up the phone in his office and dialed the number of the Cholmondely & Smith legal team.
"Jack? Gary here, i think we have a problem." Gary said seriously, while he took a bottle of gin out of the little refridgerator under his bureau.
He screwed the cap off with one hand, took a shot glass and poured himself a drink.
"Don't worry Gary, i send three men after mister Bradhurst, he should not be a problem for long."
"It's not him i am worried about Jack, it's Lawrence Greenthorpe's son. He was just here with a young girl."
It was quiet on the other end of the phone, Gary used this silence to take a big gulp from his gin.
"I'm sure that someone will take care of him soon enough my friend." Little did Jack Cholmondely know that he was speaking the truth, the hunters were looking for Louie already.
"...My men for instance, i'll make sure they go after him when they are done with mister Bradhurst.
"Thanks Jack, i knew i could count on you."
"Anytime pal, still up for that golfing match on Sunday? Jack asked him and he laughed.
"Oh absolutly, you are going down pal."
"Haha, goodbye Gary." Jack said and he hang up the phone.
Gary looked out of his window, over the town, with the mansion in the background, he hated that building with a passion, the sooner he got rid of it, the better.
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