love of the money and power. On the other hand Colin Peterson had always played around and couldn’t resist meaningless regular affairs with much younger women. Maria Peterson knew that every man who saw and met her longed to get close to her but her desire to make money took priority over her sexual appetite and she rarely capitalised on her indisputable and natural sexual charisma. In recent years though, she had become very dissatisfied with her marriage, had started to find her husband tiresome and annoying. She felt the wealth had gone to his head. He had developed boastful flamboyant antics and Maria was extremely concerned that he was starting to draw unnecessary attention to their ever-increasing wealth.
Today, though, Maria’s hard unemotional shell had been softened. She had met a man to whom she felt an immediate sexual attraction. Tom Lancaster. Shit she thought, a Detective, the last sort of occupation I would desire in a man! She got up off the floor and turned the CD off. The first man in my life that I really fancy and feel a strong sexual attraction to and he’s a fucking Detective. How unreal is that! Holding that thought Maria Peterson went into the bathroom, ran a hot bath and lit some candles. A hot relaxing bath before bed, a ritual in her life. She secretly imagined Tom climbing into the hot soapy water with her and to her surprise felt stirrings that she hadn’t felt for some considerable time. She laughed out loud to herself as she thought. Sex with a Detective!! How ridiculous would that be? I’d have to shag him silly then kill him before he found out what I was up to. A bit too dangerous even for me I think! Fun though. She smiled to herself as her imagination ran a little wild.
CHAPTER 8
Unlike Maria, Carlos was not particularly interested in the high life or the trappings of immense wealth. A man of simple tastes he enjoyed considerable success from his own criminal endeavours. However he was always secure in the knowledge that whatever happened, Maria would look after him more than adequately financially, should the need ever occur. He had developed into a very hard and dangerous man having inherited many evil and violent traits from his father. As the Peterson’s drug importation empire had expanded he had found the perfect niche as an organiser and trouble-shooter. Maria called him her ‘fixer’. He kept an extremely low profile and was only known by name to very few immensely trusted people. He was greatly feared and quite rightly so. He had the utmost respect for Maria Peterson whose father had been his own father’s mentor. He felt he owed her a great deal for helping him so much after his father’s demise, something that he had experienced great difficulties in coming to terms with. A man of few words but of great presence is how she had described him prior to introducing him to her husband Colin. Colin tolerated his place in their affairs but knowing nothing of their past was highly suspicious of Carlos’s interests in their business and disliked his brutal mannerisms and displays of violence towards anyone who dared cross him or argue with him. For this reason Maria kept Carlos’s involvement to a minimum, rarely discussing his use with Colin. Colin was always happy to watch the off shore bank account balances grow together with their international property empire but was growing suspicious of Maria’s methods of increasing profit and her regular use of Carlos. This had recently been the cause of many rows between them. Colin had started to see a very hard and occasionally violent side of Maria that he neither liked nor understood and which had on more than one occasion frightened him a little.
Carlos would be wearing all black clothing tonight. He always liked to blend in to the night when he was merely observing. He disliked being seen or recognised by too many people. He picked up his Smith & Wesson revolver, opened it and checked all chambers were full. He placed it
Today, though, Maria’s hard unemotional shell had been softened. She had met a man to whom she felt an immediate sexual attraction. Tom Lancaster. Shit she thought, a Detective, the last sort of occupation I would desire in a man! She got up off the floor and turned the CD off. The first man in my life that I really fancy and feel a strong sexual attraction to and he’s a fucking Detective. How unreal is that! Holding that thought Maria Peterson went into the bathroom, ran a hot bath and lit some candles. A hot relaxing bath before bed, a ritual in her life. She secretly imagined Tom climbing into the hot soapy water with her and to her surprise felt stirrings that she hadn’t felt for some considerable time. She laughed out loud to herself as she thought. Sex with a Detective!! How ridiculous would that be? I’d have to shag him silly then kill him before he found out what I was up to. A bit too dangerous even for me I think! Fun though. She smiled to herself as her imagination ran a little wild.
CHAPTER 8
Unlike Maria, Carlos was not particularly interested in the high life or the trappings of immense wealth. A man of simple tastes he enjoyed considerable success from his own criminal endeavours. However he was always secure in the knowledge that whatever happened, Maria would look after him more than adequately financially, should the need ever occur. He had developed into a very hard and dangerous man having inherited many evil and violent traits from his father. As the Peterson’s drug importation empire had expanded he had found the perfect niche as an organiser and trouble-shooter. Maria called him her ‘fixer’. He kept an extremely low profile and was only known by name to very few immensely trusted people. He was greatly feared and quite rightly so. He had the utmost respect for Maria Peterson whose father had been his own father’s mentor. He felt he owed her a great deal for helping him so much after his father’s demise, something that he had experienced great difficulties in coming to terms with. A man of few words but of great presence is how she had described him prior to introducing him to her husband Colin. Colin tolerated his place in their affairs but knowing nothing of their past was highly suspicious of Carlos’s interests in their business and disliked his brutal mannerisms and displays of violence towards anyone who dared cross him or argue with him. For this reason Maria kept Carlos’s involvement to a minimum, rarely discussing his use with Colin. Colin was always happy to watch the off shore bank account balances grow together with their international property empire but was growing suspicious of Maria’s methods of increasing profit and her regular use of Carlos. This had recently been the cause of many rows between them. Colin had started to see a very hard and occasionally violent side of Maria that he neither liked nor understood and which had on more than one occasion frightened him a little.
Carlos would be wearing all black clothing tonight. He always liked to blend in to the night when he was merely observing. He disliked being seen or recognised by too many people. He picked up his Smith & Wesson revolver, opened it and checked all chambers were full. He placed it
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