the refrigerator. He made himself a snack before returning to the living room, where he sat in front of his computer and checked his emails.
Mandelbaum couldn’t tear his eyes away. His heart wouldn’t stop pounding. The betrayal was so unforgivable. He had to do it.
Mandelbaum broke silently into the house, walked softly into Driscoll’s living room and just stood there.
John Driscoll glanced up from his desk. He went pale with shock. “Tobias? How’d you get in?”
“Your door was open.”
Fear flared in his eyes, but he tried not to show it. “I don’t think I left it open.”
Mandelbaum didn’t respond to this. He stood shifting his weight between his hips. “Do you know what you’ve done?” he said softly.
Driscoll’s mouth turned down at the corners. “What do you mean?”
“Think a minute.”
He winced and looked around for an exit. He swallowed hard. “How the hell was I supposed to know? He blackmailed me. We talked about this, right? It’s water under the bridge.”
“How old are you?” Mandelbaum asked, picking up his cane.
“Thirty-sev-...”
The heavy mahogany cane impacted the side of Driscoll’s head and his brains sluiced across the wall, crimson splotches blooming like peonies. Driscoll slumped in his chair, and the next blow knocked him to the floor.
Mandelbaum stepped over the body and swung the cane higher and higher, bringing it down with all his might, until he’d battered the man’s head to a pulp. Then he got out his handkerchief and wiped the blood off his walking stick.
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