Takedown (An Alexandra Poe Thriller) (35 page)
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Authors: Robert Gregory Browne,Brett Battles
She ran to her bedroom and grabbed her tablet, then dropped to the bed and typed in the URL.
The file waiting for her was called
FEP.mp4
.
Her father’s initials.
Her heart really pounding now, she clicked the download button, entered the same passcode she had used for the wedding video, and waited as the file was retrieved.
After tapping the link, she watched as the screen filled with the face of her father, and she couldn’t quite believe it.
But it was him.
It was really him.
He was sitting in a dark room, only the light of a laptop screen illuminating him. He looked so much older than she remembered. Tired. Worn. But with eyes that had that same fire she had known as a child.
He said, “Hello, Alex. I know this has been a long time coming—
too
long—and I know what you must think of me and the way I left things with you and Danny. If I could have done it any other way, believe me, I would have.”
Alex couldn’t hold back. Tears were already streaming down her cheeks.
“But now that you’re involved with some of the very people who forced me to run—people I believe are responsible for Mitra’s death—I think it’s time I answered some of the questions I know you must have.”
He paused, his gaze focusing on nothing for a moment, as if lost in a very distant past.
Then he looked at her and said, “I think it’s time I told you the truth about what happened to your mother.”
Alexandra Poe Will Be Back
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
BRETT BATTLES
Brett Battles is the author of over sixteen novels and several short stories. His first novel,
The Cleaner
, was nominated for a Barry Award for Best Thriller, and a Shamus Award for Best Debut Novel. His second,
The Deceived
, won the Barry Award for Best Thriller.
He is one of the founding members of Killer Year, and a member of International Thriller Writers and Mystery Writers of America. He lives and writes in Los Angeles.
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ROBERT GREGORY BROWNE
Robert Gregory Browne is an AMPAS Nicholl Fellowship-winning screenwriter and ITW Thriller Award-nominated novelist.
He has written several thrillers published in the US and around the world, including the Amazon bestsellers
Trial Junkies, Trial Junkies 2: Negligence
and
Kiss her Goodbye
.
Kiss Her Goodbye
was recently produced in Chicago as a pilot for a CBS Television series by Sony Pictures and Timberman/Beverly Productions.
Rob lives in California with his wife, dog, two cats, and his beloved moka pot.
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