The Wolf of Los Angeles

[Chapter 211: Time Bomb]

At night, in a villa on 20th Street, Tim stood in front of a pitch-black window, raising a night vision binocular to observe the villa across the street.

He was an assistant to Douglas, the investment manager for BlackRock's Los Angeles office, but his responsibilities were always shrouded in secrecy. Since going public in New York in 1999, BlackRock had grown rapidly, accumulating numerous resources from its time under the Blackstone Group, but its flexible approach to business competition was also key.

The street lit up with car headlights.

Tim shifted his focus to the street as a red Mercedes G-Class pulled up and drove into the garage across the way. As the garage door descended, he spotted Hawke Osment and a tall, athletic woman taking things from the trunk of the Mercedes.

Tim lowered the binoculars and glanced down at a newspaper on the windowsill.

It was an old copy of the Los Angeles Times.

The headline photo was of the woman in the garage.

Hawke Osment's girlfriend, Erica Ferguson.