Sally Jones and the False Rose by Jakob Wegelius

Author:Jakob Wegelius
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Steerforth Press
Published: 2022-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

My headache eased bit by bit, and one morning I noticed I could open my eye just a little. It came as a great relief to realize that my vision hadn’t been damaged.

I no longer felt I could just lie there in my sick bed and do nothing. When Bernie brought me breakfast the following morning, I was already up and about in order to show him I was fit to start work again. He looked pleased, unlike the rest of the gang who didn’t even seem to have noticed that I’d been lying injured in my bed since New Year. But that suited me: the less attention the thugs paid to my activities, the better.

The day being dry and windless, Flintheart thought it was an opportunity for Bernie and me to light a bonfire out in the backyard and burn a load of unsellable, old clothes. We were just about to carry a pile of moth-eaten trousers to the fire when Kevin came rushing down, out of breath. He told Flintheart to shut the shop and fetch Skinflint. The whole gang was to meet together in Moira’s office without delay.

“What’s up?” Flintheart wondered.

There was a tremor on Kevin’s worm-like lips when he answered, “Tommy Tarantello is on his way here!”

Flintheart’s hand covered her mouth. She was horrified. “Oh, Mother of God,” she groaned. “This will be the end of us!”

Kevin disappeared rapidly the way he’d come. He shouted back over his shoulder, “Don’t forget your pistol! And tell Skinflint to bring his shotgun!”

I regretted not having stayed down in my cellar that morning.

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