Allison; Taking Control

Chapter 91

Allison allowed his bent leg to drop from the wall. The sole of his shoe swung down to scrape the ground in the manner of a frustrated child. It was likely Suggs already knew the answer and it shouldn’t even be necessary to broach that subject again. He had ample time during their layover in the dockyard to tell him everything he and Caldwell had discussed on their way back to the island. His arms remained crossed as he leaned against the wall while looking upward thoughtfully at the darkened outlines of the hillocks and headlands that cradled the harbor.

“Yes, it’s the concerns about Gambles again,” he admitted with a sigh. “Everything is circumstantial, it’s true, but I’ve said it before, a man in his position stands to do a colossal amount of harm if he is in fact compromised. His wealth and influence give him a very long reach which means that our being here essentially puts us on his very doorstep – and yet we haven’t heard a thing from him. Indeed, it makes any precaution of li