The Door is Still Ajar by A. R. Forte

Author:A. R. Forte
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Fiction
Publisher: Matador
Published: 2023-02-20T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

Blumer sat in his office in Shoreditch, contemplating his next move. He had to find the where abouts of Dennis Hammond first and then Jack Dawes. It was highly unlikly that Lisa Noonan would have met up with either one of these two characters as revolting as these two creeps. At the time of her disappearance Hammond had been released from prison eight months before. He had been familiar with the town and may have even had the audacity to go back there, judging by his completely arrogant, cavalier and preposterous disregard about what other people thought of him. Stupid men do stupid things, when vanity and false ego kicks in. And from what Alice Burgess had told him, the Jack-Daw was of the same mold. It was quite feasible that one of them may have noticed her alone and had stalked her.

Blumer was now convinced that Dawes had targeted Hammond as an escape route from his criminal shenanigans, because he had serious dirt on him. And if it was anything to do with the Heathrow gold bullion heist and Dawes had found out that Hammond had been bragging about what he knew. Then indeed if Dawes’ threat that, ‘If certain people found out what you’ve been bragging about’ judging by underworld protocol, Hammond would indeed be a dead man walking. And who was Danny Garcia. If he had known both Hammond and Dawes, he may know things about them that could be of interest to Blumer. He must also trace this Danny Garcia, but that would have to be put on hold. This would be the first time that Blumer had called on an underworld boss for anything and Harry Parkes had been surprised and thoroughly delighted to receive a phone called from him requesting a private meeting. They had arranged to meet at Harry’s office in East Ham at ten o’clock the following morning.

Dave Sobel, one of Harry Parkes’s board of directors, met Blumer at a side door of one of Parkes’s clubs, The Western Belle. Blumer noticed how smartly dressed in a very expensive suit Dave Sobel was and thought that business must be booming. He led Blumer up a narrow set of rickety stairs and Sobel knocked on the door at the top of the stairs. A man’s loud voice said, “Come in.”

Blumer entered the office and was immediately impressed by the decor. A plush oxblood leather sofa, with two matching armchairs. A green deep-pile carpet and a contstable print on the wall. He thought about his own shabby office and wondered if he was in the wrong business. Harry Parkes was sitting behind an big oak desk thumbing through a pile of papers. Harrry was delighted to see him. “Hello John. Long time no see. What can I do for you?”

“Hello Harry. I’ve come to ask you if you can do me a couple favours I need.”

“Okay John, I’ll see what I can do.”

“I want to interview two blokes that you might know, Dennis Hammond and Jack Dawes.

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