Five Minute Fantasies 1 by Cathryn Cooper

Author:Cathryn Cooper
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Xcite Books
Published: 2013-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

A Club For The Discerning Young Gentleman

by David Harvie

The luminous digits on the clock read 19:00. This was the time Niall expected them to arrive. He pulled back a section of the drawn curtain and peered into the dark street, looking for a likely car, but saw none. When they spoke on the phone the woman at the other end seemed to know where his house was. Niall sat down and again watched the clock in the twilight of his bedsitter. The house was quiet this evening; the other tenants had either gone out or had not yet got in. ‘Please let it stay like this until I’m out,’ he said to himself, not wanting to be seen when he was taken away. His stomach continued to gurgle and his heart beat out a nervy rhythm. 19:03. Once more he fumbled inside his jacket pocket for his money and counted it. It was still £270.

19:05. When the doorbell rang it startled the young man out of his chair.

Opening the front door, Niall was faced with a short but heavily built black-suited bouncer-cum-chauffeur.

‘Niall?’ said the heavy. Niall nodded. He was led to a big saloon car with darkened windows. Once inside, the man said, ‘They explained about this did they?’ showing his passenger a balaclava with a thick patch stitched over the visor. Niall hummed a confirmation, not yet confident that his voice would work properly. He donned the spooky headgear. Satisfied, the driver started the car and moved off. The stereo played frantic rave music, loud but not enough to attract attention. During the ride the only conversation was an occasional and perfunctory ‘You all right in there?’ from the driver, to which Niall managed ‘Yeah, fine,’ each time.

The journey along urban-sounding streets may have taken about fifteen minutes. The car stopped in a quiet place.

‘Here we are,’ said the driver.

Niall took this as a cue to take off the balaclava but, on attempting it, felt a big hand grasp his wrist, not threatening but firm. ‘Not until we get inside,’ the driver said.

After being helped from the car, Niall was led a short distance – footsteps echoing – when his escort stopped him and pushed an entry buzzer. A squeezed electronic female voice answered. ‘It’s Ellie’s boy,’ said the man. The door clicked and opened. Inside Niall was guided down some uncovered stairs. The fat thud of club music forced itself out through a wall beside him. At the bottom of the stairs a squeaky door was eased open and they turned into a room. The hard clonking steps gave way to a soft quiet surface. Niall heard the door close behind him with another squeak and a clack, shutting out the music.

‘Right, you can take this off now,’ the man said. Niall adjusted his eyes to see a short blonde, brassy woman.

‘Come in baby,’ she said, ‘take your coat off, sit down. Ellie will be with you in a minute. Do you want anything while you’re waiting, a coffee, orange juice, glass of water?’ Niall politely declined.

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