Doctor Who - Past Doctor Adventures - 52 - Amorality Tale (3rd Doctor) by David Bishop

Author:David Bishop [Bishop, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, General, Science Fiction, Space Opera, Juvenile Fiction, Doctor Who (Fictitious Character), Gangsters, Nerve Gases
ISBN: 9780563538509
Google: 0RgDAAAACAAJ
Amazon: 0563538503
Publisher: BBC Pubns
Published: 2002-04-07T07:00:00+00:00

She wore it whenever she was expecting guests, or on the rare occasions she got out of the house. She couldn’t leave without the necklace.

‘You’ll be provided with food and clothing at the holding area. If you lock up the house securely, your valuables will still be here when you get back.’

Frank had finally pulled himself out of the armchair and joined his wife at the front door. ‘Valuables? What’s all this about valuables?’

Rose looked at her husband with worried eyes. ‘We have to go now. The policemen want us to leave everything behind.’

‘That can’t be right, can it?’ Frank looked at the sergeant with suspicion. He had a natural distrust of the police anyway but this seemed too sudden. Since when did the authorities care what happened to the residents of Great Sutton Street? All the local people had felt was neglect and contempt.

‘Yes, sir. You have to leave now,’ Sergeant Diggle insisted.

‘What if I don’t want to leave? This is my home! I own this house, you know – I don’t just rent it like most round here,’

Frank insisted, neglecting to mention the property was registered in his wife’s name.

‘It will still be here when you get back.’

‘Well when’s that?’

‘Probably only a few days, once the fog’s cleared away.’ The sergeant gestured towards the van. All the other residents had been loaded into the back of it now. Everyone was waiting for the Kellys.

Rose made up her mind. ‘Alright, we’re coming.’ She got her coat down from its hook in the hallway and pulled it around herself. Frank got the front door key from under the mat and locked the boarding house. They clambered into the back of the vehicle, Rose pushed up by Sergeant Diggle. He slammed the door shut after her and locked it tightly. The policeman slapped the back of the van twice with his hand.

‘Alright, this one’s full – move it out!’

Rose peered out the vehicle as it pulled away from her home.

How long before I come back, she wondered before her mind moved on to more exciting thoughts. ‘Where do you think we’re being evacuated to?’ she asked Frank.

Her husband almost smiled. ‘Somewhere sunny and warm, I hope!’

That brought a laugh from everyone.

A white Rolls Royce pulled up outside 15 Tabernacle Street. The driver got out and strode briskly around the vehicle to open the rear passenger’s door. Out stepped Steve MacManus, his camel-hair coat pulled tightly around himself. He was wearing a brown felt hat and a matching camel-hair scarf wrapped around his face.

Two men in black greatcoats also emerged from the back of the car, their identical faces dull and impassive.

MacManus knocked sharply on the front door of number 15.

Tommy Ramsey opened the door and welcomed his rival into the house. MacManus looked back at his driver. ‘Barry, you better stay in the car. Don’t want one of the local toerags taking a fancy to it now, do we?’

The driver nodded his agreement and returned to his seat, grateful to close the door and escape the smog.

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