Avenger by Rigby Robert

Author:Rigby, Robert
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: RHCP

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DANNY WAS IN the back of a hire car cruising past the Pennsylvania as Elena walked into the building. His ribs still ached and his face felt as though there was an imprint of a hand across his mouth.

Mick was not exactly the caring, sharing new-man type; he had not been gentle as he pulled Danny over the wall, and Fran’s words had been almost equally bruising once Danny had been bundled away from the surveillance area.

Fran was driving the vehicle and Mick was in the passenger seat; they carried on for a block before taking a left turn. ‘You were told!’ said Fran to Danny for the third time. ‘You were told to stay away and you deliberately disobeyed orders. You could have compromised the operation.’

‘Yeah, all right,’ said Danny, pissed off with apologizing. ‘But I didn’t, did I? There was nothing to see.’ He thought for a minute. ‘I suppose I should have guessed that you two would be part of all this. Why didn’t Deveraux tell us?’

The two agents exchanged a look. ‘Because you didn’t need to know until it was necessary,’ said Mick. ‘Who d’you think is here to take out the target when we get to him? You? Your little friend? It’s our job. Taking care of business.’

Danny said nothing, but the thought struck him that maybe these two were not just here to take out Black Star. Maybe their business would not be concluded until they had also taken out Elena and him too. And what about his granddad? Maybe they had already . . . He pushed the thought from his mind; he didn’t even want to go there.

Fran took another left; she was heading towards the rear of the Pennsylvania, and she was still fuming that Danny had risked compromising not only the surveillance, but the whole operation. She pulled the vehicle into the kerb, switched off the engine and turned in her seat to glare into Danny’s eyes.

‘Your granddad cost me a few busted teeth and Mick three cracked ribs last year. And he was also responsible for the deaths of two of our mates, with your assistance. So dropping you because you’re fucking things up wouldn’t cause me one moment’s loss of sleep. You understand?’

Danny swallowed hard and nodded, but Fran hadn’t finished.

‘Good. So now you’ve had your horoscope read, you can get out!’

She started up the engine as Danny opened the door and got out. As soon as it was closed again, she shoved the vehicle into gear and roared away.

‘Up yours,’ said Danny as he headed for the hotel entrance.

Elena was close to exhaustion, but she had still remembered to check out the rubbish bin on the way into the hotel. The small red dot was easy to see, if you knew what you were looking for. It was about five centimetres below the rim of the bin, which was almost overflowing with discarded McDonald’s cartons, drinks cans and paper cups.

When she reached the eighth floor, Elena went

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