Better the Devil by Solomon Carter

Author:Solomon Carter [Carter, Solomon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Great Leap
Published: 2015-03-10T04:00:00+00:00

Gerrard and Eva walked slowly towards the house, speaking quietly to each other, keeping their faces, neutral, trying to act as though nothing was wrong in case Maggie or Kendra saw them outside. Eva could feel the stranger wandering further behind them. The man was making her unease worse. He reminded her of a fox or a jackal, a lower form of predator biding his time, looking for an opportunity to strike. So far she neither liked him nor hated him, but his presence was not a good thing. He was a burden, a problem waiting to happen. Eva scanned the windows and saw movement within. The kitchen was a vivid lime green colour, and the light within it was stark and harsh. The light fell on Kendra as she walked into the kitchen and made some drinks at the tap. She didn’t look up or she would have seen them easily. She looked harsh and tense. Through the dirty net curtains Eva saw the woman reappear in the brown sitting room. Kendra laid two drinks on the table, and leaned down towards Maggie, and kissed her on the lips, a move between affection and reassurance. The kiss lasted just a few seconds, and then they were talking to one another like friends comfortable in each other’s company. Maggie had the bottle of wine beside her, and she gestured with her hands as she talked. Kendra laughed loud enough for them to hear. So far, so ordinary for the lesbian gangster and the double agent assassin. Gerrard had stopped walking forward to watch the show. As had Eva. The stranger came up by their shoulder and watched the scene with them. Eva was aware of his presence, but ignored him.

“This isn’t right. Surely, she would have done the hit while we were out. But here we are it’s all hearts and flowers in there.”

“Any second now they will see us. We should make a decision, are we going in or do we hold on and wait it out?”

The stranger’s gruff voice broke in. “You won’t have to wait long.”

Gerrard peered over Eva’s shoulder, his face already switched to anger mode. “What are you speaking for?”

“The blonde is psyching herself up. Look at her. Look at her right now.”

They looked. Kendra was talking to Maggie, but yes, she was edgy, moving in and out of the room. It was the kind of detail she should have noticed, and in the old days, Dan would have picked it up straight away. Gerrard moved over towards the kitchen to find a better vantage point. A moment later, Eva followed. The stranger stayed exactly where he was. In the darkness, with his black clothes, he would have been nigh-on invisible to anyone in the house. Gerrard and Eva pressed close to the privet hedge near the kitchen, hoping its darkness would absorb them. The original plan was abandoned because this wasn’t playing out as expected. They expected an emergency, but the hit was unfolding gradually.

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