Tough As Nails. Jackie Manning

clicked off the monitor, then walked to the darkroom. The next photo will frighten the hell out of her. He could hardly wait.

      A pity that he couldn’t have seen the bitch’s face when they found the bugging device inside the phone. It didn’t matter. Soon he’d get what he wanted.

      Very soon it will be over. And he knew exactly what it would take to bring her out into the open.

      He laughed. Damn, she’d go willingly. She always did. Run right after one of her flock. He grinned, thinking of the way her eyes would bulge in shock, her mouth twist in terror while she begged him for her life.

      Landis was an extra bonus, an added thrill. Once the incriminating evidence was planted, Landis would be the first person the police would think murdered her.

      Thank you, bitch. He laughed. Yeah, now that he had a chance to think about it, he was ecstatic at the lucky turn of events.

      He grabbed the telephone and punched in the numbers that were deeply burned into his memory.