MURDER ON TIME an enthralling crime mystery full of twists by ROGER SILVERWOOD

Author:ROGER SILVERWOOD [SILVERWOOD, ROGER]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Joffe Books crime fiction and suspense mystery
Published: 2021-04-12T16:00:00+00:00

TEN

Crum led the blindfolded man into the car the waitress had exchanged for him and drove for around forty minutes, then guided him out of the car into a building with narrow staircases and many steps.

A piano was being played most beautifully. From the slight echo, Piggott thought the sound was coming from a large empty room or hall. He didn’t recognise the tune, but the music was pleasant enough.

Crum knocked on the door.

The piano stopped and a voice called, ‘Come in.’

Crum led Arthur into a darkened room. ‘I’ve got Arthur Piggott here, boss.’

‘Right, Mr Crum. Well, sit him down somewhere.’

Piggott heard the scrape of a chair on a wooden floor close behind him. Then he was pushed backwards into it.

‘That’s better. Now me and you can have a little chat. I had a little chat with your father about the money you owed me and he said he would let me have it. But he never showed and then sadly he died. So sad. I don’t like it when people die. I don’t like going to funerals. Now, Mr Piggott, we don’t want anything like that happening to you, do we?’

Piggott didn’t say anything.

The boss said, ‘Pardon?’ and waited. Then, ‘I said we don’t want anything like that happening to you, Mr Piggott, do we?’

‘No. What is it exactly you’re wanting, Mr . . .’

‘Ah good. I’m glad you’re receiving me. At the last reckoning it was £13,000. With interest for the delay in settling, say £3,000, and this evening’s cost of getting you out, say £20,000, I reckon it must be around £36,000. Being a reasonable man, if it is paid in the next couple of days, I’ll settle for £35,000.’

Piggott’s mouth opened wide. ‘Wow! That’s a lot of money.’

‘You’re not making the sort of noises I like to hear, Mr Piggott. I think you’re forgetting that the day you get this moolah from your ma, pay off this debt, you’ll be as free as a bird. The sky will be yours. The sea and the entire earth will be yours. You can start afresh in any part of the world. I’ve saved you the emptiness, the indignity and the emotions of being held as a criminal awaiting prison. How do you put a value on that? If it was my destiny to receive even a night in prison, I would give almost all I possess to avoid it. And you are looking at years. Two years. Five years. Ten years. It goes on. It’s your life they’re taking from you. I’ve saved you from all that, and £35,000 is cheap considering what you’re getting. I don’t think, Mr Piggott, that you fully understand the mathematics of this situation. The costs of running my organisation can be likened to that of running a university. You see, if we use education as our currency — well, education don’t come free. I mean, you don’t get born with education. Oh no. I mean . . . say your father is

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