Deadly Game by D S Butler

Author:D S Butler
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2016-08-24T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 34

“Now, Benny, you’ve been a very naughty boy. What do we do with naughty boys?”

Benny was silent.

Marlo kicked him with the edge of his shoe. “Answer me!”

“I don’t know,” Benny whispered.

“They have to be punished,” Marlo said.

Benny bit his lip and took a step backwards. “How?”

“I haven’t decided yet.” He held up his hand and crooked his finger. “Follow me, Benny. We’re going for a little walk.”

He lifted the broken door, leaning it against the wall. The lock and one of the door panels were shattered, so it wasn’t as though he could fix it and hide what had happened from Rob, but he’d cross that bridge when he came to it.

Marlo left the girls locked in the other bedroom, and he and Benny stepped outside into the balmy evening. There was a rumble of thunder in the distance.

Benny followed Marlo up the steps to the pavement. “Where are we going?”

“We are going to the allotments. It’s a lovely evening for it.”

Benny looked up at the sky, narrowed his eyes at the dark clouds and shook his head. “You’re not supposed to go to the allotments after dark. I know because my mum used to have an allotment. You can’t grow bananas. It’s not warm enough here, but my mum grew tomatoes. We had to give it up after she died because Rob’s not got time. He’s too busy.”

Marlo nodded and pretended to listen to Benny warbling on as they walked towards the bus stop.

Benny was happy enough once they got on the D7 bus. Once they were outside the basement flat, Benny appeared to relax in Marlo’s company. It seemed as though he put all the bad experiences of the flat behind him and felt he was safe now he was out in the real world.

Benny was about to get a rude awakening.

They reached the allotments, which were fenced off and locked. They’d had trouble with kids hanging around and breaking into sheds, so they’d taken to locking up at eight p.m.

Marlo didn’t let that bother him. It was only a normal padlock, and with practised ease, he picked the lock.

Benny watched him with wide eyes. “You shouldn’t do that,” he said. “You’ll get in trouble.”

Marlo didn’t bother to reply. He walked along the small pathway between the rows of runner beans, heading for a shed right at the back of the allotments.

He’d spent a few nights here a couple of months ago, trying to lay low, so he knew exactly where he was going.

“Hurry up,” Marlo said, and stepped off the path, skirting around a vegetable patch.

He waited for Benny to follow him and then knelt down at the back of the shed.

It was already getting dark so Marlo used his hands to feel along the wood panels at the back of the shed. When one of them gave way, he smiled. It still hadn’t been fixed. Good.

He pushed two of the panels to one side and then looked back at Benny, scowled at the size of him and removed two more panels.

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