The mighty Quinns: Liam - By Kate Hoffmann Page 0,7
co-worker at the bank. I want to know if he shows up. I need photos of them together.”
“That’s it? I’m just waiting for him?”
“Yep. If they were in it together, they should make contact so they can divide up the loot. When I get back from Atlantic City—”
“What’s in Atlantic City?”
“A cheating husband,” Sean said. “Big money and an infidelity clause in the prenup. She needs proof.”
“Why don’t you let me take that job and you can stay in this freezing attic and spy on the bean counter?”
“I wanna know who she sees, where she goes,” Sean said.
“Why don’t you just bug her apartment?”
“You can go to prison for that.”
“And not for spying?”
“Nope.”
“So, how long are you going to be gone? If I were going to Atlantic City, I’d have a little fun, meet some pretty girls, do a little gambling. I know this one lady down there who has a killer—”
“It’s strictly business,” Sean muttered.
Liam laughed. “It’s hard to believe you’re a Quinn. When they were handing out the hound-dog gene, they skipped over you.”
“I don’t spend every spare moment chasing woman,” Sean murmured. “I have better things to do with my time.”
“Hey, I don’t chase women. They just happen to chase me. And why they keep chasing you, I’ll never understand. Maybe they like that aloof, silent act of yours. Or maybe they enjoy the challenge. I can hardly wait for the Quinn curse to catch up to you.”
“It won’t if I stay away from women,” Sean murmured. “You’re the one who should worry.”
Liam frowned. “I happen to love women. All kinds of women. And if I keep moving from one to another, none of them will catch me.”
Still, Liam’s joking about the Quinn curse could only go so far. Throughout their childhood, their father had warned them of the dangers of love, hiding his own mistrust of women in the tales of the Mighty Quinns. But now that three of Seamus’s sons had fallen under a woman’s power, Seamus had declared that they’d been the victim of a long-ago curse.
He’d told the new tale to his sons one night when they were all gathered around the bar at the pub. And though the three oldest brothers scoffed at the idea, the three youngest weren’t so skeptical. Liam wasn’t about to be caught in the same trap that had caught Conor, Dylan and Brendan. In truth, he knew the secret, the reason Olivia, Meggie and Amy had managed to snare themselves a Quinn. “Never ride to the rescue of a damsel in distress,” Liam murmured. For some reason, once a Quinn came to a woman’s rescue, it seemed he was doomed.
He glanced down at his watch. Had this been a normal Friday night, he would have been behind the bar at Quinn’s, scoping out the female clientele and deciding exactly which women he was going to charm that evening. Just because the three eldest Quinn brothers were off the market, women hadn’t given up on the younger trio.
“I bought you beer and sandwiches,” Sean said. “In the cooler. There’s take-out Chinese just down the block. Coffee shop on the corner. If you need to leave, set up the video camera. I’ll be back Sunday night, Monday night at the latest.”
“What am I supposed to do if this guy shows up? Do I tail him or her?”
“Call me. You’ve got your cell phone and my number. Then get as much on him as you can, the make of his car, his plate number, anything that we can use to track him down. Hell, break into his car if you have to.”
“Can’t they put me in jail for that?” Liam asked with a grin.
“Only if you get caught,” Sean said as he walked to the door.
Liam watched as his brother closed the attic door behind him, then turned back to the job at hand. Though the conditions weren’t ideal, his side jobs for Sean were usually pretty easy. He turned back to the window and focused his telephoto lens on the third-floor apartment. The lights were on in all the rooms and he found the subject of their surveillance sitting in the living room. Her back was turned to Liam but he could tell she was reading a book.
Suddenly she stood, holding the book in one hand and gesturing wildly with the other. He quickly scanned the apartment, wondering who the hell she was talking to. Then he realized she was talking to herself. “Ground control, we have a loony