Some enemies can be ignored; other enemies must die.
He read the text once more — to see if there were any clues as to where the Watchmaker was texting from or where he intended to go. Nothing. And by now the phone was, in fact, destroyed. He told Cooper to power down his own phone, remove the battery and throw it out. Then call the server and cancel that number.
He then moved to the landline and spoke into the microphone attached to it.
“Call Daryl Mulbry. AIS.”
The numbers trilled by quickly as the dialer went to work.
Two rings. Then a woman’s matter-of-fact voice: “Yes?”
“Daryl Mulbry. Please.”
“I’m sorry. He’s not available right now.”
“It’s important.”
“I’ll make sure he gets the message. If you—”
“Please tell him it’s Lincoln Rhyme calling.”
A pause. “Just a minute, sir. I’ll get him.”