The Killer by Jack Elgos

Author:Jack Elgos [Elgos, Jack]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781908530394
Amazon: 1908530391
Goodreads: 15705500
Publisher: YellowBay Books
Published: 2012-05-30T00:00:00+00:00

9

The Message

Back at the training camp the regular routine had resumed and over the following weeks Darren saw continued improvement in the men. They were well into a session of small arms training one day when the sound of an approaching vehicle brought the lesson to an abrupt halt as Valentino arrived in a cloud of dust, jumped from his car and ran to Darren’s side. He saluted him and announced, ‘Mr. Butch, a message has arrived for you from Ireland. We think it is important. Please return to the house with me.’

‘Er, okay,’ Darren agreed, somewhat surprised that he would receive a message here. He’d lost track of how long he’d been with Rosa and her men – a month? Two? Certainly long enough for him to believe he was “out of sight, out of mind”. OK, so Willy has assured him he wasn’t being punished, but the whole degrading oil drum ride and the unceremonious dumping in the middle of nowhere with no warning of what to expect, felt as if he’d been sidelined. Now he had a message? He left Vassi in charge, jumped in the car with Valentino and off they headed back to the farmhouse.

Rosa stood on the porch waiting for Darren and her boys with a pot of hot coffee. ‘Mr. Butch,’ she began hurriedly, ‘I have a radio message for you. I copied it down exactly and I hope you can make sense of it.’

Darren took the note from her bony hand and read it quickly. “13X99KLC. D.M.B.O.B. 786. B.A.P. Cat. T.M. 2091. 29.” He looked up at the old lady. ‘I’ll be needing the use of a car,’ he explained, ‘I have to take a trip - and have to leave as soon as possible.’ He thought he noticed a flicker of sadness cross the wizened face and, surprised that he felt the same, assured her, ‘I’ll be back as soon as I can.’

‘We have two cars that are road worthy,’ Rosa offered. ‘This one belongs to Valentino,’ she indicated an old Citroen, ‘and that little Honda Civic is mine. Make use of either one.’

The battered Citroen looked as though it would be lucky to make it to the training camp, so the Honda was the only choice. ‘Is the Civic fully legal?’ he asked. ‘I don’t want to get pulled over by the police because of something stupid like faulty brake lights.’

‘With the exception of a broken heater, that Honda is in perfect shape,’ Rosa assured him.

‘Good, I’ll take that one, and a road map if you have one - I need to leave at first light,’ he informed the old lady.

Message in hand Darren strolled over to the little Honda. Once alone he slowly re-read his instructions, decoded them fully and consulted the map he found in the glove box. 13X99KLC was the authentication code direct from the boss in Belfast. The rest informed him that he had to meet a known contact at Barcelona airport the following evening.

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