Blackout by Joe Craig

Author:Joe Craig
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2013-05-21T04:00:00+00:00

Another plane ripped through the clouds overhead and Georgie couldn’t help following it with her binoculars.

“This one’s going to Spain,” she muttered, not expecting her mother to hear. Georgie’s binoculars were pressed up against the window, which she could feel vibrating with the drone of the plane even though it was the thickest pane of glass she’d ever seen. Helen Coates was sitting on the bed behind her, checking her phone.

“Keep your eyes on the limos,” she said firmly.

They were on the fifth floor of the hotel opposite the Langley Georgian, in the cheapest room available that overlooked the Langley’s forecourt. Georgie swivelled the binoculars back to where they were meant to be aimed.

“They’re on their way,” Helen announced, a slight tremor in her voice.

“Did they get it?” Georgie asked.

Helen took a deep breath. “Jimmy said they did,” she sighed, not at all convinced.

“That’s great!” Georgie turned from the window and was surprised by the serious expression on her mum’s face. “Isn’t it?”

“We’ll see,” said Helen calmly. “It’s only half the job, isn’t it? It’s going to take them a while to get here. An hour or two at least. According to Eva, Dr Longville’s meant to leave on a plane in forty minutes.” She let the numbers hang in the air for a moment, then nodded towards the window. “Keep watching the drivers. They’ll tell us when our target’s on his way down.”

Georgie didn’t need to keep watching much longer.

“I think it’s happening,” she said less than a minute later. “They both just got a phone call within a few seconds of each other.”

“Now what are they doing?” Helen jumped up and joined her daughter at the window.

“The one that’s been asleep for ages is putting his tie back on. The other one’s checking himself in the rear-view mirror.”

“Signal Felix,” Helen ordered. “Time to move.”

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