Going Too Far by Going Too Far (epub)

Author:Going Too Far (epub)
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2001-12-06T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Red and Robbie were unsurprised by Jorge’s attempt at espionage but impressed with my avoidance of his trap, though I expected more lavish praise. I think they were still distracted by the thought of me slithering around the floor in nothing but clingfilm, my debut as a performance artist being the first thing I had told them.

They had news, too. Their contact on Chiloe had told them that Carlos was renting one of the most prestigious houses on the island. He hadn’t moved in yet but had set up meetings with important local government officers and wealthy businessmen.

‘How does your contact know all this? And how did you get a contact there anyway?’

Robbie shook his head. ‘You don’t need to know that. The safe way for us to work is with minimum information, Bliss. We don’t know much more ourselves.’

I was impressed. They clearly knew how to do this properly. I’d read the same thing in Mum’s favourite novel about a revolutionary in the US back in the good old days before I was born. But in the book they were blowing up banks and oil companies. This seemed trite in comparison.

‘Are you sure you’re not being a little bit theatrical about this? We’re talking about a holiday complex, right? A sort of Club Med, Center Parc effort? Is that such a big deal?’

Robbie nodded. ‘A very big deal, Bliss. We’re talking about a massive development here. One that could spread over the whole island and turn it into a theme park rather than a real place. A theme park with only one employer dictating wages and conditions. Buying up land thanks to bribing government officials and kicking off the indigenous people. Reproducing the local handicrafts in sweatshops, probably in China. Taking over the local hotels and restaurants, disenfranchising and disempowering the local people, and sending all the profits to the States; doesn’t that sound like a big deal?’

‘OK. So from the sound of it he’s going there to start the bribery and so on. But he told me we were taking a bit of a holiday, and he wanted me to give him my opinion of the place. What am I going to be doing while he has his meetings?’

Dim, Bliss. As the words came out of my mouth a picture came into my mind of Carlos and Señor X sitting by the pool while a bikini-clad waitress brought them a tray of drinks. I just hoped that waitress was the extent of the job description.

‘I assume you two would tell me if your “contact” implied that the local bigwigs were being offered any sexual favours in return for their co-operation?’

Red looked genuinely indignant. ‘Shit, Bliss, what do you take us for? Can you believe that we’d really let you go into this if we thought he was going to try to use you as a bribe?’

Robbie too seemed horrified. Bless. Given the nature of my relationship with Carlos, not just the bondage but the participation of unknown

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