Kill Clock (novella) by Allan Guthrie

Author:Allan Guthrie [Guthrie, Allan]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Mystery, Organized Crime, Murder, Noir, Thrillers & Suspense, Hard-Boiled, Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery; Thriller & Suspense
ISBN: 9781405622776
Google: JS2yQAAACAAJ
Amazon: B00B0MTIYQ
Publisher: Criminal-E
Published: 2007-01-01T11:00:00+00:00

9:20 pm

The car spluttered and shook. The vibrations travelled through the soles of his boots as Pearce crunched up a gear.

"Is the car sick?"

He glanced at Kirk in the rear-view. "Sounds a bit like it, right enough."

"Will it die?"

"Not for a while yet. Don't worry."

"I'm a good driver, Pearce. Can I show you?"

"Don't think you'd reach the pedals, mate. Maybe when you're older."

"Granny lets me drive sometimes."

"That right?"

"I sit on her knee and vrooooom." He made steering motions. "I go very fast."

Pearce should have a word with the reckless old bat about that.

He'd called her before they left Ailsa's, quickly explained that he had her grandchildren and wasn't sure what to do with them.

"Where's Julie?" Granny's voice was soft.

"She … she had to go somewhere."

"What about Mike? He usually calls me every day. Not like him to be out of touch."

She was Mike's mother? No good reason she should be Julie's, when he thought about it. Still, you'd have thought Julie would have told her about her son. Or maybe not. He could see how it might be difficult.

"How come you have Julie's phone?"

"She was in a hurry. Left it behind."

"Is she OK?"

"I'll tell you what I know when we arrive."

He wasn't looking forward to it.

"Hilda's asleep. Pearce! Hilda's asleep!"

"Shh, Devon." He looked in the back. "You'll wake him."

"I'm tired too."

"Granny's 'lergic to dogs." Kirk yawned. "She sneezes and gets big plooks on her face."

"Can't have that. We better leave Hilda in the car."

"Will he get all hot and die?"

"I think he'll be OK for a few minutes."

There was a clear road ahead. Pearce put his foot down. Didn't risk going over twenty-five, though. Get everybody to Granny's in one piece, that was his priority.

He closed the window. The smell was bearable now.

A few minutes later he looked in the rear-view and saw the kids had joined Hilda in the Land of Nod.

Peace at last.

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