Chapter 16: A big change
"John Clark is the one who wants your head. He's too busy to keep an eye on you these days, but he has paid plenty of people to make sure your life stays miserable."
Elliot frowned. What this man had said was nothing new to him, but there seemed to be much more behind the words.
"Does that include you?" he asked casually.
The debt collector hesitated, looking away a little before giving a small nod.
"The local government, too."
Elliot nodded slowly. "It still doesn't seem like that's all. A small fraction of something I already knew. And that won't save your life."
The way Elliot spoke all that so calmly made the debt collector's hair stand on end. He just couldn't tell whether Elliot was angry or whether he would really let him live, but it was of no use considering either of the two possibilities; both seemed detrimental for him.
The current situation was that he needed to find a way to survive, and for that, he had to do anything he could to save his life.
That's why he swallowed hard and spoke.
"John Clark recently passed a new order to his family. They want you to live until the end of the year. Tyler Clark is returning, and he seemed to be interested in personally killing you. That's why..."
"That's why you were trying to grab me, wasn't it?" Elliot interrupted.