*****
I’m fucking furious.
I drive away, my foot hard on the gas, then as I screech around a corner, realise I’m driving with my temper instead of my head.
Calm down….
I pull over at a coffee bar, buy a large latte to go, then sit in the car while I cool off enough to think clearly.
By the time I finish my drink my head is working again.
Call James….
I tap at my screen and he answers almost instantly.
“Can you talk?”
“Mmmm….”
“Does that mean I can talk but you can't?
“That's right. How are things?”
“Not good. Couldn't move them. Stephen just dug his heels in. I think David might have relaxed if I could have caught him alone, but Stephen’s in charge. He was furious when I showed them the photo and the birth certificate for Charlotte’s mother, but he wouldn’t budge. Ordered me out of the house and threatened me with the police if I showed up again.”
There is a silence, then. “Understood.”
In the background, I hear. “Is that Michael? How is he?”
“He sounds bored rigid and ready to come home.”
“Can I talk to him?”
Charlotte on
was your trade
James said. Mind-numbingly boring. I’m on my
“I’ve missed you.”
“I’ve missed you too.”
*****
Klempner
Is it worth it?
Bare brick….
Barred windows….
sound of yelling, coughing, toilets
doors closing, then
And the smell….
Sweat….
Disinfectant….
Cigarette smoke….
…. And fucking cabbage….
All the fucking vegetables in the world and the whole fucking place smells
a book. Thankfully, that’s one thing that isn’t taken away; the ability to lose yourself in a decent
‘The Godfather’….
Amateurs….
lying first on one side, then the other, trying to find a position where the mattress doesn’t sag enough to
inside. He looks briefly back out into the walkway then re-enters, pushing the door semi-closed.“Excuse me
What would that
that you are hoping
ears prick. “Yes, what
appears they have found an
interrupt him. “It’s not unexpected. I already knew the women
sir, but another connection has emerged. Apparently, Haswell…. Richard Haswell that is, not his wife…. His father had a
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