Blood Feud by Anna Smith

Author:Anna Smith [Smith, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781786486547
Publisher: Quercus
Published: 2018-03-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Five

Cal had been put to work by Jack at the weekends, who had him valeting the cars in the used-car showroom at the edge of the city, which the Caseys had partly owned for the past two years. They’d bailed out the owner, Dec O’Hara – an old associate of Kerry’s dad she remembered from when they were growing up. The company had been about to go under with crippling debts, much of it accrued by Danno, his waster of a son, from gambling and cocaine. Not only did Danno have a gambling and cocaine habit, he had thrown a fortune at the ill-advised investment of a hotel complex on the Costa del Sol, only to discover the consortium behind the project had buggered off with his money. The hotel, which had looked fantastic on the plans, at the edge of an eighteen-hole golf course on the coast, was not even half built, and was now a blot on the landscape of Mijas. After the blow-out, old Dec had cut his son off from the business, and word was that he was last seen somewhere up in Alicante running a bar. Now that Kerry was running the show, she was looking to buy Dec out completely, as he was over seventy and in failing health. But she wasn’t that interested in the car showroom, even though it did turn a small profit. She wanted the hotel on the Costa, and the surrounding land, but at this stage nobody was able to tell her how she stood legally, as the consortium had vanished off the face of the earth, and only the foundations were dug. Marty had been trying to talk to Spanish lawyers, but it was a legal minefield of problems and typical Spanish red tape. But meantime, the car showroom had to be kept as a going concern, and Jack oversaw the running of it. He’d told Cal that he was keeping an eye on him, and that if he played his cards right he could make something of himself, as long as he kept away from the toerags at the car wash, who had hooked him into doing drug drops. No fear of that, Cal told him. He liked it here in the showroom. He was drawn there more and more these days, lying to Jack he’d been given a day off school for study leave, but that he would catch up on his books in the evening. Jack suspected he was playing hookie, but he had a soft spot for the kid and took him under his wing. Cal loved polishing the cars till they gleamed, especially the older Jags and Mercs, which he’d sit in, imagining himself cruising through the city. He was doing just that when he saw Jack approaching in the rear-view mirror, shaking him out of his reverie.

‘What’s this? You slacking in there? Don’t even fantasise about taking it for a run.’

Cal knew he was only half serious. He’d fantasised plenty of times about driving the cars, but wouldn’t have dared.

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