Chapter 4 - The Walk Home (Posted 21 November 2011)
Mike was only a few steps away from Harvey's building when he got a text from him.
I'd better see you at work tomorrow.
He sighed, texting back, Are you telling me to quit my other jobs?
The reply came within seconds. Absolutely.
Does that mean you'll pay all my bills for me? Because that's the only way I'll be able to afford quitting.
To say he was surprised at the reply he received was the understatement of the century. Yes.
He stared down at the phone. That couldn't be right. Harvey would never offer something like that. Especially if he knew just how expensive nursing homes were. He was about to call him, thinking it would be easier to clear this all up if they actually talked, when he felt someone tap him on the shoulder.
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Harvey didn't get any sleep that night due to a sick feeling in his stomach. He wasn't sure why, but he just kept thinking he should have insisted on taking Mike home.
Soon morning came, and he was anxious to get to work. He wanted to see Mike. To see that he'd obeyed his orders to quit those other jobs. And to see that he was safe.
As time drew closer and closer to Mike's starting time, he became more and more nervous, searching for his associate among the many other faces of Pearson Hardman.
He finally saw him just a second before he would have been late. As he was about to finally feel some kind of relief, he saw the withdrawn look on Mike's face. He didn't like that kind of a look on anyone, much less his own associate. At first he thought it was unsettling, but then admitted that it was downright frightening and set out to find out what put it there.