The Getaway Girls: A hilarious feel-good summer read by Dee MacDonald

Author:Dee MacDonald
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781786814784
Publisher: Bookouture

Fifteen

NOT SO NICE

Connie woke early the following morning and idly flicked through the pages of Larry’s Times as she drank her coffee. The edition was a week old, but she didn’t mind; it was just good to read an English newspaper. And then the headline caught her eye. ‘Criminal Gang Rob Bluett’s Bank’ it proclaimed, and underneath in smaller print, ‘Police are seeking “Ringer” Bell’. Scarcely able to believe her eyes, Connie read that three of the gang had already been apprehended, and the fourth, Ringer Bell, their leader, had escaped and was believed to be on the continent.

Connie’s hand was shaking so badly she had to put her mug of coffee on the table as it was spilling everywhere. She double-checked the date of the robbery; it would have been the night before they all left England. Did Maggie know? Surely Maggie knew? The gang had got away with over a million pounds from this bank in the City.

Connie felt a cold chill deep inside. Scratch-card indeed! He’d given Maggie that money! Stolen money, which they’d been blithely spending day after day! She could contain herself no longer. ‘Maggie!’ she yelled.

A few minutes later a dishevelled Maggie tottered through. ‘What’s wrong?’

‘This is what’s wrong!’ Connie snapped, thrusting the newspaper under Maggie’s nose. ‘And I’d like you to tell me that this money we’ve been spending like water was not given to you by Ringer.’

‘No, it wasn’t given to me by Ringer,’ Maggie answered truthfully as she read the article.

‘What’s all the fuss about?’ Now Gill had appeared on the scene, rubbing her eyes. ‘Any tea in the pot?’

‘Never mind tea, I think you should read this article, Gill,’ Connie said.

Gill peered over Maggie’s shoulder. ‘Oo-ah,’ she said.

‘I want Maggie to tell me that this money was not given to her by Ringer,’ Connie went on.

‘No, it wasn’t,’ Gill said cheerily. ‘She found it in the oven.’

There was a moment’s horrified silence before Maggie snapped, ‘Well, thanks very much for that, Gill!’

Connie felt sick. ‘Am I the only person who doesn’t know what’s going on here?’

Maggie sat down opposite Connie. ‘I was going to tell you today anyway,’ she said. ‘You were so honest and truthful with us last night that I thought it was only fair you should know.’

‘Go on,’ said Connie.

‘Well, what Gill says is true. It was stashed in the oven overnight and he was snoring his head off in the spare room, so I helped myself.’

Connie glared at Gill. ‘And you knew?’

‘Only ’cos I found out from Raoul that Maggie had asked him to let her know if a man came looking for her.’

‘Raoul!’ Connie was becoming angrier and angrier. ‘That was ages ago! And nobody bothered to tell me!’

‘We thought you might go to the police,’ Gill said.

‘Damned right I would! Let me get this clear: we’ve been spending money that you, Maggie, stole from Ringer, which Ringer stole from the bank?’

‘That’s about it,’ Maggie admitted. ‘But don’t go off your trolley, Connie, because that

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