Counter Attack by Mark Abernethy

Author:Mark Abernethy
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd
Published: 2010-05-10T22:00:00+00:00

The stocky Anglo male with a ruddy complexion emerged from Tan Son Nhat Airport’s sliding doors at 11.18 am and looked around.

Mac yelled through the lowered window, ‘Mister for Marriott?’

Moving suspiciously, Scotty carefully raised his sunglasses and peered into the van before relaxing his shoulders and shaking his head.

‘Shit, Macca, you’re a fucking worry,’ he said, throwing his bag into the back of the van and climbing into the passenger seat. ‘A bloody moustache? You gone rogue again?’

‘Nah, mate,’ said Mac, pulling away from the apron. ‘Just wanted to book into a hotel for one night without someone putting ANFO in the light bulb.’

‘I heard about that – you okay?’

‘No, but I’m better than Poh.’

‘The hotel security guy?’ said Scotty, lighting a smoke and searching for the window button.

‘That’s him.’

Scotty exhaled smoke into Saigon’s smog. ‘Get me to the Rex – I’ll have a shower and meet you in the restaurant, okay? I could eat the crotch out of a low-flying duck.’

‘Done,’ said Mac, dodging cyclos and other vans and wishing Tranh was still around.

‘You at the Rex too?’ said Scotty.

‘I’d rather not say,’ said Mac.

‘Shit, mate,’ said Scotty, sighing as he examined his phone for messages. ‘That bad?’

‘A wise old man once told me that paranoid and alive is good when you consider the alternative.’

‘He wasn’t old,’ said Scotty.

‘Wasn’t wise either,’ said Mac. ‘Didn’t stop him jawing on like Confucius.’

‘Fuck’s sake,’ said Scotty, laughing. ‘Get me to a shower, you frigging lunatic. I smell like Artie Beetson’s undies after a full eighty minutes.’

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