Captivated
Серия: Colter Shaw
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“She’s been gone for a month. And two days.”
The man’s troubled expression suggested that he could easily have added the number of hours.
“No contact with you at all?”
“None.” The voice stumbled. He cleared his throat. “No, sir.”
The two men were sitting in an Asian fusion restaurant — self-billed as such, though to Colter Shaw it resembled any other Chinese place. He was having wonton soup, concocted with homemade chicken stock, Shaw believed. It was good. The man across from him in the booth was ringed by a parapet of bowls and plates — some tofu thing, sauces, soup, egg roll and rice. One of the lunchtime combos. The man had taken two bites of the rice and set down his chopsticks.
“I know — in my soul — I know she’s in danger. Somebody’s kidnapped her. We have to do something!” He tugged at the collar of his gray suit jacket. Brooks Brothers, Shaw had seen when the front flaps parted. The cuffs were frayed. Matthews’s shirt was white, the collar yellowing where it met his neck, and was a size too large. His tie was bold green and he sported a matching pocket square. A big gold ring encircled the middle finger of his right hand.
