That's what you need to prove. You can believe what you like and I am not interested in arguing for arguing's sake, but if you assert that the Bible rejects a holding place for the dead then you'll have to prove it and support that contention using scripture. It is exactly the opposite and scripture strongly and clearly supports a holding place for the dead.
Scripture tells us that we will be judged immediately after death, which is why Jesus told the thief that today you will be with me in heaven
Then why will Jesus come to judge the quick and the dead? Do you reject the Apostle's Creed?
Furthermore, Jesus didn't tell the criminal (we don't know if he's a thief or not) that he'd be with him in heaven. Jesus categorically didn't use the word heaven and did so for a purpose.