The Present
Bech drives along in the dark, making his way to the rendezvous.
Finally….
Got the bitch….
Once Klempner’s had his little party….
…. Got it out of his system….
Should be able to persuade him to get rid of her….
…. and the other one….
If they just disappear, there’ll be a fuss for a while, then it should be back to business as usual….
…. Need to find a new base….
His good humour vanishes as he considers his personal situation, the hair-raising moment when he heard the message on the radio and realised his cover was blown.
Almost walked into that….
Need to get a change of ID….
And a different area. Maybe a different country?
…. fucking inconvenient….
…. Still, can’t make omelettes without breaking a few eggs….
Might be nice to make a fresh start…. A change of air….
Someplace more third-world maybe….
bribes mean you can get
against the dark and velvet night, light can be seen playing weirdly across the blackness, flashing
What the fuck…?
flips a square of gum from a packet, chewing thoughtfully, then turning
barely a road at all, simply mud and rock deeply rutted. Occasionally something scrapes or bangs under the chassis, but he continues his long detour, watching the skyline all the while. After some while, driving at a snail’s pace, he turns
another vehicle, an off-roader, parked,
What the fuck?
why should there be another vehicle
Campers?
Poachers?
light, he flashes a torch
It’s his….
…. Summerford’s….
silently as he can, he passes the vehicle, driving another few hundred feet along; far enough
cautiously he approaches
deeper
of police cars and ambulances. A prisoner security van pulls in and cuffed figures are pushed
are stretchered
Dead? Or just injured….?
it going to make a
a flake of soot, he detaches himself from
Another stretcher….
Fuck…
It’s Klempner….
down his face seems black, but there is no mistaking the identity of
That’s Klempner finished….
let him out
…. If he lives….
on fury and
Where’s the bitch?
…. End this….
police gather in groups, talking into phones. Car
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